In the past few weeks, global health research programmes have been shaken by events in the United States. These include the country’s intention to withdraw from the World Health Organization, a freeze on foreign aid from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the dismantling of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. HIV programmes…

Cambricon’s Cambrian-1 chip uses a computing architecture specially designed for an artificial-intelligence technique known as deep learning.Credit: Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences China is now producing most of the basic research that could underpin future computing hardware, an analysis has found. If that work develops into commercial applications, the United States might…

Against the Odds: Women Pioneers of Science John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin Icon Books (2025) What is it with toilets? In domestic households, men and women use the same ones without a fuss, but at some point in history it became etiquette for toilets in workplaces to be segregated. And in supposedly male environments, it…

A crowd turned out in New York City on 19 February to protest the Trump administration′s cuts to research funding.Credit: Erik McGregor/LightRocket/Getty Annika Barber felt like an imposter as she boarded a bus just before sunrise on 24 February, and settled in for the long ride from New Jersey to Washington DC. Barber had studied…

After earning degrees in mathematics and physics, Ewan Kirk pivoted into entrepreneurship.Credit: Isaac Raymond In 2023, technology entrepreneur and early-stage investor Ewan Kirk joined the Centre for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge, UK, as its first Royal Society entrepreneur in residence. Kirk helps staff and students to better understand business and entrepreneurship, offering…

Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. The shadow of the Blue Ghost lander on the lunar surface.Credit: Firefly Aerospace Private spacecraft makes it to the Moon A four-legged robot touched down on the Moon yesterday, becoming the first commercial spacecraft to ace…

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Abstract Heritage Science has a lot to gain from the Open Science movement but faces major challenges due to the interdisciplinary nature of the field, as a vast array of technological and scientific methods can be applied to any imaginable material. Historical and cultural contexts are as significant as the methods and material properties, which…

Abstract Humans reason implicitly and explicitly about the physical world, which enables them to successfully interact with and manipulate objects in their environment. This reasoning is studied under different names across three main literatures: education, developmental psychology and cognitive science. At a high level, education researchers examine the acquisition of formal scientific knowledge, developmental psychologists…

The administration of US President Donald Trump has already laid off thousands of government workers.Credit: Tierney L. Cross/Getty Agencies across the US government have been ordered to initiate another punishing round of layoffs at the same time Congress is moving forward with a plan to slash their budgets — a potential blow to science. Trump’s…