Between all the monitors, wires and keyboards are the normal trappings of a workplace: lunchboxes, water bottles, backpacks and smartphones.

Between all the monitors, wires and keyboards are the normal trappings of a workplace: lunchboxes, water bottles, backpacks and smartphones.

HOUSTON (AP) – Drawing ever closer to Earth, the Artemis II astronauts tidied up their lunar cruiser for the upcoming “fireball” return and reflected on their historic journey around the Moon, describing it as surreal and profound.
As the…

Before four Artemis II astronauts strapped into their Orion capsule to soar toward the moon, a tiny bit of each of them was already on board.
Incubated in a small triangular container…

Nature, Published online: 10 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01063-0
The past is a foreign country.

Nature, Published online: 10 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01208-1
Nature correspondent Alexandra Witze tells us about being in NASA’s scientific nerve centre.

After reflecting on how the mid-career and midlife stages interact, Yu Tao developed several habits that he practises as a mid-career researcher.Credit: Benjamin Smith
One afternoon in November last year, two e-mails landed in my inbox minutes…

Art Cure
Daisy Fancourt Cornerstone (2026)
This illuminating book argues that art, “alongside diet, sleep, exercise and nature, is the forgotten fifth pillar of health”. It draws on Daisy Fancourt’s unique background as a pianist for a…

Injectable peptides are the new anti-aging trend sweeping the beauty industry.
These compounds are promoted on social media as tools for skin repair, collagen production, and “cellular rejuvenation”. They are widely available online from…

A 250-million-year-old fossil has just answered one of evolution’s biggest mysteries. Long before modern mammals evolved, their distant ancestors were already reproducing in a radically different way, and scientists now have the first…