People can intuitively sense how biodiverse a forest is just by looking at photos or listening to sounds, and their gut feelings surprisingly line up with what scientists measure.

One of history’s dark jokes is that the Roman Empire, for all its vaunted accomplishments, only made a single great ...

As the climate warms, scientists expect animals and plants to move to cooler areas—uphill, toward the poles, or into deeper waters. But in a surprising twist, scientists have found that over a third ...

Shakespeare maintained a wide-ranging interest in different forms of “natural philosophy,” which combined what we now call science, philosophy, and religion. Drawing on the history of science, the ...

Lake Erie Nature & Science Center reopened its outdoor Wildlife Gardens to the public on June 27, unveiling a $1.9 million transformation that will create more engaging learning experiences about ...

Publishing peer review files at Nature has been optional since 2020; starting Monday, it is now automatic. “Our aim in doing so is to open up what many see as the ‘black box’ of science ...

Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis (1916–1917) Here, Freud uses a humorous metaphor to describe the very nature of psychoanalysis. Once a person begins exploring their unconscious mind, the ...

—Peter Donovan, biologist at the University of California, Irvine, in response to the recent Nature commentary questioning the internationally agreed 14-day limit on human embryo research (May 4) ...

National Science Day is observed on February 28 to honour CV Raman’s discovery of the ‘Raman Effect.’ Here are 10 powerful quotes by the Nobel laureate to inspire scientific curiosity ...

30 Iconic Shakespeare Quotes About Nature Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet is back on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre.

They get that science depends on more than being smart and hardworking; it also requires building connections with others, to make one’s own work possible and to amplify the work of all.