How I stoked my passion for oceanography in Chile’s waters
“In the oceans are oxygen minimum zones (OMZs), which have little to no oxygen owing to various biological, chemical and
Gender bias might be working at level of whole disciplines
A New Zealand data set shows that women in male-dominated fields, such as physics, scored better on researcher-evaluation metrics than
why inclusion matters in academia
Changemakers This Nature Q&A series celebrates people who fight racism in science and who champion inclusion. It also highlights initiatives
Cash for catching scientific errors
Malte Elson is blunt when it comes to science’s ability to self-correct. “The way we currently treat errors doesn’t work,”
These labs have prepared for a big earthquake — will it be enough?
Earlier this month, Japan’s Meteorological Agency issued its first-ever ‘megaquake’ alert, advising that the risk of a large earthquake along
Stonehenge’s altar is surprisingly Scottish
At the centre of the circle is the Altar Stone, which lies recumbent under two other slabs.Credit: Gavin Hellier/robertharding/Getty Chemical
Child with ultra-rare disease gets a treatment just for her
Quality of life for a 9-year-old girl with an often-lethal neurological disorder improved after a course of a bespoke experimental
Hopes dashed for drug aimed at monkeypox strain spreading in Africa
Tecovirimat, an antiviral drug, has been used to treat mpox.Credit: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg/Getty The drug tecovirimat did not accelerate healing for
The mysteries of inflammatory bowel disease are being cracked — offering hope for new therapies
Crohn’s disease, a form of inflammatory bowel disease, often affects the intestines (artist’s illustration).Credit: Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library When geneticist
Deepest-ever samples from Earth’s mantle
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