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An analysis of DOIs suggests that digital preservation is not keeping up with burgeoning scholarly knowledge.

Yang Li’s research has developed a high-precision chronology of rocks.

Chinese researchers find the gene responsible for the brown-and-white fur of a handful of giant pandas in China.

Result reveals for the first time how some cephalopods determine sex.

Organ-like groups of cells can be grown from amniotic fluid samples and offer hope for studying congenital conditions.

An advanced light source for research would boost growth in the Greater Caribbean region — scientific, economic and societal.

How researchers can maximize creativity and connection in the ‘new normal’.

Understanding that our bodies and minds are capable of variance day by day is an important step to becoming a more balanced scientist.

Robert Oppenheimer’s isn’t the only film-worthy story from the nuclear age. Kurt Gödel’s cameo as a secret agent was surprising — and itself a bomb.

Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

Evening skies, which are usually red after a volcanic eruption, were instead emerald after the 1883 event.

Physicists discuss experiments that could improve laboratory measurements of the super-light particle’s mass.

A vaccine shortage and persistent sanitation problems threaten the success of the world’s first public vaccination campaign against dengue virus.

Zoologist whose understanding of chimpanzee behaviours has helped to assure their survival.

Set to launch as early as next week, MethaneSAT will partner with Google to map leaks from the oil and gas industry and beyond.

Worm-lined pit latrines may take some getting used to, but they are key to delivering Sustainable Development Goal targets, says civil engineer Laure Sione.

The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.

In Pathless Forest, botanist Chris Thorogood delves into his obsession with the ‘corpse flower’. Plus, a breakthrough in molecular motors and questions about the future of two giant US telescopes.