Survey examines how often academics attempt jokes during conference talks — and how these attempts at comedy land.

The database of 200 million protein-structure predictions now includes homodimers, adding new biological relevance.

One pill for obesity is already on the market, and more are on the way. But the injected drugs have key advantages.

Governments that value effective policymaking should be alert to the perils of falling survey-response rates, inadequate ...

US biomedical funding behemoth says the approach will boost innovation, but some researchers worry that understudied areas of science will suffer.

As artificial intelligence begins to mimic consciousness with uncanny skill, we need design norms and laws that prevent it from being mistaken for sentient beings.

It has long been known as the arbiter of reward in the brain, but recent findings could upend this classic theory of dopamine ...

Antibiotic use has been linked to changes in the gut’s bacterial species that can last for four to eight years 1. The gut ...

Of roughly 1,200 scientists who responded to a Nature poll, 46% said they have or had a side hustle during their PhD.

China has approved a brain implant for people with severe paralysis to help restore their hand movements. The brain–computer ...

Climate change refers to a statistically defined change in the average and/or variability of the climate system, this includes the atmosphere, the water cycle, the land surface, ice and the living ...

Transcriptomics is the study of the transcriptome—the complete set of RNA transcripts that are produced by the genome, under specific circumstances or in a specific cell—using high-throughput methods, ...