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  • Nature Outlook |

    "All couples and individuals have the basic right to decide freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children and to have the information, education and means to do so." Few would disagree with this statement, agreed by world leaders at the United Nations' International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, a decade ago.

  • Special |

    A species of tiny human has been discovered, which lived on a remote island just 18,000 years ago. These astonishing little people, nicknamed 'hobbits', are changing the world of palaeoanthropology.

  • Special |

    The global spread of nuclear weapons is once again a major headache for world leaders. Naturesurveys the current situation, and finds out how experts hope to put the genie back in the bottle.

  • Focus |

    The transduction of environmental stimuli into a cellular response is known as sensory transduction.

  • Insight |

    If you read these words from Marvin Minsky: "minds are what brains do" and "doing means changing", your brain's fine structure may be durably altered. Such is neuronal plasticity, a concept that has found a home in many areas of neuroscience, from brain repair to learning and memory. But plasticity is not only a reaction to change; it is also a source of change. This Insight considers plasticity as the critical engine of neuronal computation.

  • Special |

    Synthesizing and selecting the lead compounds that will become the drugs of the future are the heart of drug discovery. Julie Clayton goes back to basics.

  • Special |

    The X-prize is a $10 million booty for the first privately financed spacecraft to escape the atmosphere. But what does it mean for the future of space travel? To find out, Naturehas analysed the competition.

  • Insight |

    The most familiar role for RNA is as a relatively passive intermediary in the translation of information from genes into proteins.

  • Special |

    In the build-up to the US presidential election, science is making a sizeable impact on the political agenda. But what will another four years of George W. Bush mean for science, compared with a term under Democratic challenger John Kerry?

  • Nature Outlook |

    Malaria: The long road to a healthy Africa. The Naturezeroes in on the major issues in the war on malaria, with a particular focus on Africa. It analyses the current state of affairs, the major scientific and other obstacles in treatment and control, and the promising areas where substantial progress might be made.

  • Special |

    As the world gears up for the Olympic Games in Athens, Naturejourneys to the frontiers of physical performance.