Nature News
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Conflict resolution: Wars without end
The world is full of bloody conflicts that can drag on for decades. Some researchers are trying to find resolutions through complexity science.
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El Niño arrives later and weaker than expected
Long-awaited shift in tropical Pacific will have little effect on weather patterns.
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Slick idea proposed to stretch water supplies
In drought-ridden US, water managers consider using a coating one molecule thick to reduce evaporation from reservoirs.
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Physicists make ‘weather forecasts’ for economies
The development of some countries is as predictable as steady winds, but for others it is more chaotic, physicists find.
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Star buzzed Solar System during human prehistory
Faint star with even fainter companion came close enough to perturb comets in the distant Oort cloud some 70,000 years ago.
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Jupiter glimpsed as aliens would see it
Astronomers have observed Jupiter for centuries. But a study that looks at the gas giant as if it were an exoplanet could help to make more reliable interpretations of the […]
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European languages linked to migration from the east
Large ancient-DNA study uncovers population that moved westwards 4,500 years ago.
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Tapeworms battle it out to control shared host
When two parasites want different things, only one can triumph.
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Blended structure makes steel light yet sturdy
Material bests titanium alloy for strength and ductility.