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The fringe-lipped bat ambushes its prey, helping to make it an exceptionally efficient hunter.

Biologically inspired electronic neurons could boost the efficiency of artificial-intelligence systems.

The moisture emitted by forests travels across national borders to provide precipitation to far-away fields.

People who rack up most of their daily steps in walks lasting less than five minutes have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease than do those who amass their steps in big blocks.

Modelling shows how the infant Universe might have stayed warm and dense during its primoridal expansion.

In a world first, a bespoke gene-editing therapy benefitted one child. Now reseachers plan to launch a clinical trial of the approach.

Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.

According to the Indian government, the experiment helped to reduce air pollution — but researchers attribute that to the weather.

Learning by example.

Large language models fed low-quality data skip steps in their reasoning process.

A key fossil suggests that the controversial Nanotyrannus is its own species, not a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex.

New evidence answers the question about whether some fossils are Tyrannosaurus rex juveniles or a different species, with implications for decades of published science.

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

A cold-activated protein protects the bowhead whale’s DNA from dangerous mutations. Plus, an elephant-inspired bioprinter and a new way to test the progress of artificial intelligence.

The discovery of smaller predator Nanotyrannus could prompt a re-think of tyrannosaur evolution.