At its core, science is a frustrating field. Those that take on the profession prove themselves wrong far more often than they prove themselves right. And the process itself can be staggeringly ...

2022 marked a year when the world continued to feel its way through the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet another new variant upended the desire to arrive at a “new normal,” but the development of improved ...

It was another bumper year for breakthroughs, records, and firsts for science, in fields ranging from conception to death, with some freak waves and prehistoric fish hearts thrown in for good measure.

We are pleased to share with you the 25 most downloaded Nature Communications articles* in social science and human behaviour published in 2022. Featuring authors ...

The 2022 eruption of a submarine volcano in Tonga was more powerful than the largest U.S. nuclear explosion, according to a new study. The 15-megaton volcanic explosion from Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, ...

Last year was one of the hottest on record, even though a major recurring climate pattern was cooling the Earth. But this year, changes to that climate pattern could make things even hotter. For all ...

The Future Science Prize is the first privately funded science prize jointly established by scientists and entrepreneurs. It was established in 2016 by the Future Forum, a non-profit organization ...

It was another shattering year. Climate change amped up weather extremes around the globe, smashing temperature records, sinking river levels to historic lows and raising rainfall to devastating highs ...

A decade ago, only a handful of launch companies existed in the US; United Launch Alliance was the big dog, with SpaceX starting to nip at its heels. Since then, however, a multiplicity of new launch ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...