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A panel of researchers and journalists explore the key issues health care must face as the psychedelic wave gathers momentum.

The wreck of a German patrol boat continues to influence ocean chemistry and microbiology at its final resting spot.

Two hotly debated lawsuits argue that race-conscious admissions discriminate against white and Asian American applicants.

Descendants of Omicron are proliferating worldwide — and the same mutations are coming up again and again.

In this podcast special we explore the myriad ways people have injected biases and racism into modern medicine.

Tiangong will host more than 1,000 experiments over a decade, including attempts to reproduce results from the International Space Station.

It’s all in the mind.

A genetic variant connected to a rare form of inherited epilepsy arose in an individual who lived some 800 years ago.

A study of low-income households in California suggests that many more could be cut off from the grid by the end of this century.

Aye-ayes use their long, skinny middle fingers to pick their noses, and eat the mucus. Plus: preparing for the next pandemic and what the future holds for science in China.

InSight lander reports largest-ever meteorite strikes on Mars, and scientists wish it a fond farewell.

At the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th congress, Xi laid out his vision for science and innovation to drive the country’s growth.

Arab governments are ramping up their green ambitions ahead of the COP27 climate summit, but show few signs of reining in fossil-fuel exports.

A climate-driven rise in exposure to extreme temperatures will hasten mortality. To predict such losses, we need to know how quickly organisms succumb to stressful temperatures. A study shows how heat-failure rates vary across species.

Three charts from the world of research, selected by Nature editors.

Two super-hot planets have atmospheres laced with barium.

Researchers are clear about what countries need to do to prevent another disease outbreak with pandemic potential.

Evidence of the first known neanderthal family group, and the latest from the Nature Briefing.

An electron transfer mechanism that involves a light-triggered geometric conversion between metal and oxygen redox chemistry shows superior performance compared with approaches that use either metal or oxygen redox chemistry.