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Scientists are already using image-generating models to jazz up papers and presentations. But some say these tools could harm research.

Large language models are transforming scientific writing and publishing. But the productivity boost that these tools bring could have a downside.

A study suggests that the asthma treatment omalizumab can reduce the risk of dangerous allergic reactions to peanuts and other foods.

The EU AI Act is the world’s first major legislation on artificial intelligence and strictly regulates general-purpose models.

Publishers are deploying AI-based tools to detect suspicious images, but generative AI threatens their efforts.

The world is racing to land on the Moon. How do space agencies and commercial companies test their landers ahead of time?

Some researchers are concerned about a lack of transparency surrounding the implant, which aims to allow people to control devices through thought alone.

A drastic rise in infections in the United Kingdom and Europe follows a drop in vaccine uptake.

A massive quake that triggered tsunamis, fires and multiple aftershocks was the largest on the country’s west coast in more than a century.

Health is on the agenda at the COP28 climate meeting. Rising temperatures increase the spread of infectious diseases, claim lives and drive food insecurity.

Scientists are closely monitoring a virus that has been detected for the first time in a UK individual.

Scientists expected a surge in respiratory disease, but what is happening in China is unusual.

A debacle at the company that built ChatGPT highlights concern that commercial forces are acting against the responsible development of artificial-intelligence systems.

Demand is fuelling an illegal trade. But smuggled monkeys carry diseases that can disrupt experiments and lead to unreliable data.

The post-monsoon season creates ideal conditions for air pollution to accumulate in the Indian megacity.

Scientists warn that it will take multiple methods to stop the disease, which is also known as breakbone fever and was once confined to the tropics.

The post-COVID travel boom combined with a warm summer have led to dengue outbreaks in Italy and France.

Advisers to the US regulatory agency will examine the safety profile of a CRISPR-based treatment for sickle-cell disease.

Recent studies evaluate risks associated with drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro.

Nature talks to experts about how messenger RNA is transforming medicine.