NATURE
-
How India rewrote the rules of space travel when it launched its first satellite
The satellite, Aryabhata, provided a huge boost to India’s space programme.Credit: NASA/Alamy In the early hours of 19 April 1975,…
Read More » -
Brand-new colour created by tricking human eyes with laser
Researchers used lasers to stimulate individual cone cells in the retina — leading to the perception of a completely new…
Read More » -
palaeontologist, author and TV presenter who traced continents through fossils
The UK palaeontologist Richard Fortey — who spent his career at the Natural History Museum in London — was an…
Read More » -
Nature’s guide to what’s next
Lawsuits against the US National Institutes of Health might end up at the Supreme Court.Credit: Tierney L Cross/AFP/Getty Threats to…
Read More » -
A mental-health crisis plagues PhDs — these evidence-led initiatives offer help
Researchers have found that sharing experiences of mental-health struggles reduces stigma.Credit: Tempura/Getty In 2019, at a conference in Germany, Wendy…
Read More » -
Obesity-drug pioneers and 13,508 physicists win US$3-million Breakthrough Prizes
The Breakthrough prize trophy’s design is inspired by imagery from science, including black holes, seashells and the structure of DNA.Credit:…
Read More » -
How does the brain control consciousness? This deep-brain structure
The inner structures of the brain are difficult to investigate without surgery.Credit: K H Fung/Science Photo Library Neuroscientists have observed…
Read More » -
Style over substance? What birds’ mating behaviours reveal about sexual selection
Birds, Sex & Beauty: The Extraordinary Implications of Charles Darwin’s Strangest Idea Matt Ridley 4th Estate (2025) At 4 a.m.…
Read More » -
Publishers trial paying peer reviewers — what did they find?
Trials suggest that offering payment can increase the chance of a researcher agreeing to review, and in some cases speed…
Read More » -
what are the health benefits?
As anyone seeking to lose weight knows, diets come in and out of fashion. The Sexy Pineapple diet, launched by…
Read More »