News Q&A in 2023

Sociologist Mathew Creighton discusses how events in Europe in the past month are fed by people’s covert prejudices.

Neuroscientist Sergiy Sylantyev tells Nature that science and war cannot be separated.

Researcher Joon Park talks about making a small town of AI-powered agents open-source.

An astrophysicist who advised the agency talks to Nature about ways to bring rigour to reports of ‘unidentified anomalous phenomena’.

The professional athlete and research technician explains why focus, collaboration and teamwork are important on and off the pitch.

Lead attorney Julia Olson lays out what’s needed for future victories.

A clinical health psychologist speaks to Nature about Barbie’s influence on how women and girls view their bodies.

Atomic bomb historian Richard Rhodes talks to Nature about how researchers fare in the film, and what it gets right and wrong.

Oceanographer Peter Girguis offers an insider view of deep-sea exploration.

Patrick Vallance, who advised the UK government during the height of COVID, says that scientific officials should know four key things when guiding policymakers.

Arati Prabhakar speaks to Nature about innovation, science’s role in political decision-making and taking the reins after scandal.

One year after the launch of ARPA-H, Nature talks to director Renee Wegrzyn about her vision for the agency.

The nation has spurned a major arms-control agreement, pushing nuclear powers towards a worrying lack of regulation, says non-proliferation researcher.

Physicist-turned-politician Sylvie Retailleau speaks to Nature about her ambitions for the country’s scientific research.

Scientist who sequenced the virus isolated from a Cambodian girl says it is not the strain causing mass deaths in birds globally.