A quick electrical test is as good as a person’s taste buds at determining the strength and roast of a cup of coffee 1. Robin ...

Genome evidence points to a slow blending of peoples — not a violent tide of invaders — that laid the foundations of modern ...

Detailed maps of smell receptors in the nose overturn textbook models of olfactory receptor organization in mice.

How eating can boost the immune system. Research Article: Kumar et al. 08:28 Research Highlights. Nature: Cosmic- ...

Red blood cells modified with Nobel-prizewinning chemistry can snap together to form clots that staunch bleeding in seconds.

Infection-fighting T cells from people who have eaten recently can proliferate more quickly in response to threats.

Cephalopods such as octopuses are known to feel pain, but there is a lack of suitable analgesics for use in these animals.

Renewable energy is energy that comes from sources that are readily replenishable on short-timescales. Examples of these are solar radiation, wind, and biomass. Wind farm wakes are a growing issue as ...

The massive computing facilities powering the AI boom have drawn ire for soaking up energy and water on Earth.

Different carbon‑removal approaches solve different problems, and pitting these technologies against each other could slow progress.

Training AI world models on data about physical environments could improve their real-world capabilities in technologies such ...

Understanding the Earth's history and its future evolution is becoming ever more important as the human influence on climate and landscapes, the oceans and the atmosphere expands. Nature Geoscience is ...