Stories by Nature magazine

With its ‘topological’ quantum computers, Microsoft aims to reach useful scales faster than competing technologies

Space scientists within NASA and outside it feel betrayed by the Trump administration’s changes at the agency, which was known for promoting inclusion in science

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has expressed support for some fields of science but has also declared he’d like a “break” in infectious-disease research. Here’s what he might do as the U.S.’s newly confirmed secretary of health and human services

Earth’s core is transforming, which could affect the length of our 24-hour day, Earth’s magnetic field, and more

Google’s AlphaGeometry2 AI reaches the level of gold-medal students in the International Mathematical Olympiad

The U.S. National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil

President Trump has placed an indefinite suspension on research grant reviews and travel at the National Institutes of Health and appears to have erased diversity programming pages at the agency’s website

After his second inauguration, President Donald Trump signed a host of executive orders, some with important implications for science

Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes an approach that looks at how excess body fat affects health

Communication and misinformation researchers reveal the value of fact-checking, where perceived biases come from and what Meta’s decision could mean

Theoretical physicists predict the existence of exotic “paraparticles” that defy classification and could have quantum computing applications

All of statistics and much of science depends on probability—an astonishing achievement, considering no one’s really sure what it is

Three-dimensional models of Australopithecus afarensis hint at the muscular adaptations that made modern humans better runners

Shi Zhengli, the virologist at the center of COVID lab-leak theory, reveals coronavirus sequences from the Wuhan institute

Analysis of nearly 2,000 people living in remote villages in Honduras reveals who’s spreading gut microorganisms to whom

Samples from the far side of the moon gathered by China’s Chang’e 6 mission record eons of tumultuous lunar history

Sweeping reorganization and more research scrutiny could be on the way for the U.S. National Institutes of Health

Analysis of a strain of the virus circulating in Central Africa shows genetic mutations indicative of sustained human-to-human spread

A heart attack unleashes immune cells that stimulate neurons in the brain, leading to restorative slumber

We can anticipate many false claims as we approach the U.S. presidential election—including untrue allegations of mass voting by noncitizens or of “suspicious vans” outside polling booths—and should quickly counter them, a misinformation expert says

While many researchers celebrated this year’s chemistry and physics prizes, others were disappointed by the focus on computational methods

A model suggests a massive uplift caused by a phenomenon called “river piracy” partly explains Everest’s impressive height

Wiring diagram lays out connections between nearly 140,000 neurons and reveals new types of nerve cell

As Microsoft strikes a deal to restart a reactor at Three Mile Island to power AI, nuclear specialists weigh in on the unprecedented process