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A technique that uses an electric field to tighten the bond between two atoms can allow a game of atomic pick-up-sticks.

Loredana Bessone instructs astronauts on living in space, walking on the Moon’s surface and choosing rock samples for analysis.

Nature’s in-depth study of scientists’ troubles and triumphs will help us to identify and address barriers to research careers.

An ecologist traces forests’ support networks — and finds parallels in her own life.

Since lockdowns closed classrooms and labs, scientists have devised online activities to inspire the next generation of researchers.

Warming resulting from human activities accounts for a high percentage of heat-related deaths, especially in southern Asia and South America.

How doubt is fuelling the debate over the origin of coronavirus

Scientists pinpoint almost 150 biomarkers linked to intrinsic cardiovascular fitness, and 100 linked to fitness gained from training.

Scientists create a hybrid antibody that can sharply cut the amount of SARS-CoV-2 in the lungs of infected mice.

Up to 90% of the global shark population was wiped out around 19 million years ago. Plus, a nasal spray that could provide COVID-19 protection, and a Q&A with Biden’s new science adviser.

Eric Lander spoke to Nature during his first day as the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Researchers added 200 million DNA base pairs and 115 protein-coding genes — but they’ve yet to entirely sequence the Y chromosome.

David Hiller finds that the joy of exploring maths and science with kids rivals his best days in the lab.

CoronaVac is one of two Chinese vaccines already sustaining vaccination campaigns in more than 70 nations. Both should soon be much more widely available to low-income countries.

Examination of the molecular interactions that govern the assembly of neural circuits in a brain region called the hippocampus reveals that neuronal projections are guided to their targets by both attractive and repulsive cues.

At a pivotal moment in the pandemic, Nature explores key questions about the vaccines that countries are racing to deliver while viral variants spread around the globe.

Genomic analysis draws a link between a devastating second COVID wave in Brazil and increased travel and contact.