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, ...

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 ...

A medical worker prepares a dose of a nasal COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site on Dec. 19, 2022 in Beijing, China. The year 2022 was an exciting one for science. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ...

One of the top science stories this year centered the images taken by the JWST. The above is “Cosmic Cliffs” in the Carina Nebula, taken by NIRCam on the JWST. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI 2022 ...

How often does something work exactly as planned and live up to its hype? In most of the world, that’s the equivalent of stumbling across a unicorn that’s holding a few winning lottery tickets in its ...

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 ...

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 ...