The cover shows the Sea Stallion, the world’s largest Viking ship reconstruction. The maritime expansion of Scandinavian populations during the Viking Age (around AD 750–1050) altered the political, ...

Flooding affects more people than any other environmental hazard — and the risk of floods is growing. In this week’s issue, Beth Tellman and her colleagues reveal the extent of rising flood exposure ...

The ability of the lungs to rebuild themselves has long been underappreciated, now researchers are raising the possibility that it could help to tackle chronic disease.

When I found out that I was no longer eligible for an early-career grant, I took a moment to pause and reflect on my family life and my work.

The cover shows examples of early rock art found in limestone caves on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. As Adhi Agus Oktaviana and colleagues report in this week’s issue, a hand stencil dated to at ...

The cover captures a tropical forest in Danum Valley, Malaysia, veiled in mist. Species diversity declines as you move from the equator towards the poles. This decline is particularly marked in trees, ...

Struggling to remember why you picked a career in science? Here are some heart-warming tales to jog your memory.

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Browse the archive of articles on Nature Author Correction: Broadly stable atmospheric CO 2 and CH 4 levels over the past 3 million years Julia Marks-Peterson Sarah Shackleton Edward Brook ...

Interfaces between cells are created when cells stick to each other, a process usually mediated by adhesion molecules called adhesins. Engineering the formation of cell–cell interfaces and programming ...

Different terrains can present significant mobility challenges for robots — especially if the robot is required to move between environments. In this week’s issue, Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio and her ...

It is one year since Donald Trump began his second term as president of the United States and, with grant cuts and staff reductions, these 12 months have seen some seismic changes in US science. In ...