Stories by Nature magazine

GLP-1 drugs currently being tested in China target complications associated with obesity such as heart disease, fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes

In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim

A certain species of sea slug steals chloroplasts from algae and houses its contraband in special organelles that it can raid for food in times of need

Scientists warn against reading too much into a small experiment about ChatGPT and brain activity that is receiving a lot of buzz

Nuclear policy specialist David Albright explains how his organization is monitoring for damage to nuclear sites following U.S. and Israeli strikes

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque

The strength of Earth’s magnetic field and the amount of oxygen in its atmosphere seem to be correlated—and scientists want to know why

Critics fear that U.S. Department of Health and Human Services chief RFK, Jr., known for his antivaccine views, has picked a crucial CDC committee that will be a “disaster for public health”

Physicists are a step closer to using quantum computers for simulations that are beyond the ability of any ordinary computers

A new brain-computer interface turns thoughts into singing and expressive speech in real time

Senators grilled NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya the day after more than 300 NIH staff members sent him a fiery letter protesting the cancellation of thousands of research projects

As cases of chronic kidney disease emerge in outdoor laborers around the world, scientists are finding that repeated damage from prolonged extreme heat seems to be a leading factor to kidney failure

Investigations by the Japanese company ispace identified issues with speed and an altitude sensor that likely doomed the lander

The White House’s budget plan for NASA would be woefully inadequate for achieving near-term human voyages to Mars, experts say

Reducing the copies of one gene in the bubonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, made it less deadly but potentially more transmissible

Behavioral ecologist David Hughes, who consulted on the video game that inspired the hit TV show The Last of Us, speaks about how our experience with the COVID pandemic changed the way we relate to zombie fiction

Straight out of science fiction, these contact lenses convert infrared light into visible light that humans can see

A new study suggests blood and urine samples could provide an objective measure of diets and help unravel their connections to disease

Researchers have tested an mRNA vaccine against avian influenza in calves with promising results

A quantum computer has used a single atom to model the complex dynamics of organic molecules interacting with light

A CRISPR treatment seems to have been effective for a baby’s devastating disease, but it is not clear whether such bespoke therapies can be widely applied

Fossilized claw tracks discovered in Australia show that the animal group that includes reptiles, mammals and birds formed earlier than expected

A Google DeepMind system improves chip designs and addresses unsolved math problems but has not been rolled out to researchers outside the company

Results from a phase 3 clinical trial suggest that taking ubrogepant at the first sign of an oncoming migraine can prevent preheadache fatigue and light sensitivity