Discovery of almost 400 structures may help to redefine the true scale of the Aquiry civilization — plus, tiny fossils of the earliest fossil squid ancestor.

Newly discovered figurines point to skills that might have helped shape early humans’ expansion across Europe.

Four independent research teams report big advances in devices built with the underestimated quantum bits, including lower ...

Mosquito-borne diseases are breaking records as climate change and other human influences allow the insects to expand their ...

Scientist have developed a host of AI ‘protein language models’ that can create proteins from scratch. But Raygun can modify ...

Archaeology is the study of the artefacts and other physical evidence left by past societies of humans and closely related species. It uses scientific analysis of field samples to inform historical ...

Ultra-weak ‘biophotons’ might be used to diagnose disease, or could even represent a new signalling mechanism in cells.

The idea of AI sentience is drawing more focus to consciousness science. But some researchers aren’t sure that’s a good thing.

In a hangar in Broomfield, Colorado, a Gulfstream V jet plane is getting last-minute checks before it heads out on a daring mission. The aeroplane is part of a NASA campaign that will, for the first ...

The University of Oxford has already vaccinated its first clinical-trial participant. The study’s lead scientist Teresa Lambe tells Nature how they were able to move so fast. Four days ago, the first ...