Astronomers discover the 1st ever green star, a cosmic zombie just in time for Halloween
How awesome would it be if the sun could take on a spooky green glow for Halloween? It…
Femtosecond x-rays solve contentious question of how azobenzene flips between isomers | Research
Firing femtosecond x-ray pulses at azobenzene has helped chemists study how its structure changes as it flips between…
Test your knowledge on dolphins with Deadly 60
Steve and the Deadly 60 crew travel to Oman to look for the most amazing marine mammal, the…
ArXiv versus AI slop: will capping preprint submissions work?
Some preprint servers report being flooded with submissions.Credit: Michael Szebor/Nature In a bid to tackle the deluge of…
Android earthquake alerts expand to over 200 regions
A few seconds of warning when an earthquake hits can give you crucial time to take cover and…
On this day in space! Oct. 15, 1997: NASA launches Cassini-Hugyens probe on 7-year voyage to Saturn
On Oct. 15, 1997, NASA launched the Cassini spacecraft on a mission to explore Saturn and its moons.…
Norman McCubbin obituary | Particle physics
My brother Norman McCubbin, who has died aged 77, was a scientist who worked at the forefront of…
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 Winners Showcase Nature’s Power and Vulnerability — Colossal
Federico Veronesi received the top honor of the 2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his poignant black-and-white…
Axolotls Have a Surprisingly Clever Ability, Even in Complete Darkness : ScienceAlert
You might think axolotls don’t have a lot going on. These strange amphibians seem to spend their days…
Super El Niño: ‘Collapse could be precipitous’: Super El Niño could push coral reefs closer to extinction, UN biodiversity expert warns
File photo: A fish swims through a coral reef in the Dutch Cays of Guna Yala on Panama’s…
Watch SpaceX launch classified mission for the US Space Force today
SpaceX will launch a classified mission for the U.S. Space Force this evening (Oct. 15), and you can…
Monolayer van der Waals kagome lattice for high-temperature flat-band physics
Yin, J.-X., Lian, B. & Hasan, M. Z. Topological kagome magnets and superconductors. Nature 612, 647–657 (2022). Article …