A genomic study of gut microbes during antibiotic use finds selective sweeps in a DNA gyrase gene that drive resistance.

To study this history, population geneticist Harald Ringbauer at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in ...

Scans of 18 ancient papyri that were buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius look ‘very promising’, and there are plans to ...

Researchers pinpoint the genes responsible for the final three pea traits studied by the famed citizen scientist.

Two studies show the extent of gunshot wounds inflicted by police and link certain police-department policies with a lower ...

The antiviral drug tecovirimat has been approved in Europe to treat mpox, on the basis of animal studies. But a clinical ...

A three-part Nature Podcast series explores the importance of scientific naming conventions — and talks to researchers ...

The international community has a golden opportunity to start reining in the escalating, mostly ignored global burden of ...

Accomplishing this will be hard at a time when some world powers are hampering research in the region. Scientists need to ...

In episode 3 of 'What's in a name' we look at what can be lost in translation when physicists try and name the unknown.

Although the setup required to accomplish this feat is currently complicated, this finding could provide more understanding about how the brain perceives colour and could one day help boost the vision ...

Five people have been able to perceive a colour never before seen by human eyes, after researchers used lasers and tracking ...