Bendy, twisty and collapsable origami towers could make temperature controlling panels, or, dancing robots.

Freshwater insects used ‘microplastic’ as a building material long before scientists coined the term.

The specialized cells that let lymph leak (and why that's a good thing)

Rare substance found in ancient skull reveals presence of a super-heated ash cloud.

Crows make a huge number of different sounds; Artificial Intelligence could help us understand what they mean.

Researchers create precise 3D patterns with water.

Scientists studying the controversial 'running of the bulls' discover unique crowd movements they hope could prevent overcrowding deaths

How Grand Canyon-sized lunar-valleys could have been carved in mere minutes.

A long-sought nuclear clock is closer than ever thanks to ultra-accurate measurements of Thorium-229.

The Nature Podcast team have rewritten a popular holiday song in light of one of the biggest science trends of 2024.

The Nature Podcast team have rewritten a popular holiday song in light of one of the biggest science stories of 2024.

Lightweight mechanical legs enable this fixed-wing drone to navigate complicated terrain.

Colliding muons could lead to new discoveries – and for a fraction of the cost of facilities like the Large Hadron Collider

Can jets of drugs from pressurized capsules replace needles?

The female figures, dubbed Helga and Zohar, took a trip round the moon to measure the levels of space radiation outside low Earth orbit.

Mitochondria form two distinct subpopulations enabling them to produce essential cell components and energy, even under nutrient stress.

Drone-mounted LiDAR reveals the true extent of two lost-cities in the mountains of Uzbekistan.

Nature looks at 646 past laureates to work out who is statistically most likely to take home a medal

Dating mineral deposits in a flooded cave reveals that humans reached Mallorca over 5,000 years ago.

Current techniques to spot gravitational waves can only detect them in a narrow band, so researchers are investigating new techniques to spot these ripples in space-time.