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The United States and China are pursuing parallel scientific tracks. To solve crises on multiple fronts, the two roads need to become one.

Firms commercializing perovskite–silicon ‘tandem’ photovoltaics say that the panels will be more efficient and could lead to cheaper electricity.

What more could you want?

Data from the Nature Index suggest China-based authors are increasingly publishing without international colleagues.

Snippets from Nature’s past.

Disabled people with STEM PhDs earn less than their non-disabled colleagues.

California governor Gavin Newsom’s delegation is building on existing research and policy initiatives with China, showing that effective climate action can happen below the national level.

‘Thirsty’ computing hubs could put pressure on already stretched water resources in sub-Saharan Africa. Plus, GPT-4 generates fake data set to support bogus science and what the OpenAI drama means for AI progress — and safety.

Why people take to the streets to march against global heating is relatively well documented. But it’s unclear why certain tactics work better than others in reaching the public and policymakers.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights — proclaimed 75 years ago — describes science as fundamental to humanity. Upholding this right has never been more relevant than it is now.

Under the proposal, technology with potential military use would need authorization to be shared with non-Australian colleagues.

Putting the specific needs of individuals and communities at the heart of HIV/AIDS care, by harnessing behavioural science, is key to building on the progress already been made.

An advocacy group is pushing for more ‘human challenge’ trials to spur vaccine discovery. Following COVID-19 and Zika studies, hepatitis C could be next.

A paper claiming that a structure in Indonesia is the oldest pyramid in the world has raised the eyebrows of archaeologists. Plus, some anglerfish species live life upside down and babies start learning language in the womb.

The trick baffles researchers — but they are getting closer to understanding how the songbird does it.

The massive buried structures at Gunung Padang in Indonesia would be far older than Egypt’s great pyramids — if they’re even human constructions at all.