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In August, Springer Nature, the publisher of 3,000 academic journals, including the "Nature" portfolio of the world's most influential science journals, announced new ethics guidance for its editors, addressing the balance between academic freedom and the risk that publication of some research will harm specific groups of humans. The guidance…

The British journal Nature was founded in 1869 and is one of the world’s most influential and prestigious outlets for scientific research. Its publisher, Nature Portfolio (a subsidiary of the academic publishing giant Springer Nature), also publishes dozens of specialised journals under the Nature banner, covering almost every branch of…

Ramachandran and his scholar Gopinath Kartha proposed the structure of collagen in two years (1954), which was the famous “triple helix”

Researchers say Scleromochlus taylori belonged to species that evolved into giant flying reptiles

Researchers analyzed 80 scientific experiments to conclude how Earth’s microbiome diversity benefits the planet.

In a cluster of new studies from recent years, researchers have been able to grow life from animal stem cells in a petri dish. But it isn't yet clear when (and if) they'll do the same for humans.

A big catch of fish fossils in southern China includes the oldest teeth ever found — and may help scientists learn how our aquatic ancestors got their bite. The finds offer new clues about a key period of evolution that’s been hard to flesh out because until now scientists haven't…

The researchers show frequencies of spatially separated clocks can be compared more precisely

Measures unlikely to include incentives for people to install devices, which cut bills and emissions

Remains from Chad desert provoke rancorous dispute over whether species was earliest to walk upright

New Jersey officials are choosing to let rotting vultures lie. Experts are horrified at the risk of a new bird flu