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A study published in the journal "Nature" reports that reanalysis of skeletal remains from Spain suggests that large-scale warfare occurred in Europe about 5,000 years ago during the Neolithic period.
2023-11-2

A recent paper in the journal "Nature" reports that although the 2019–20 Australian brushfires produced 700 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, they also resulted in a massive phytoplankton bloom larger in size than all of Australia that absorbed carbon dioxide as part of the photosynthesis process. The smoke also deposited approximately three times the amount of iron normally found in the ocean.
2021-09-16

Yale University researchers led by professor Nenad Sestan announce, through the "Nature" journal, that they successfully partly revived the brains of deceased pigs, four hours after death occurred. However, there were no signals from the brains that would indicate awareness or consciousness.
2019-04-17

A study in "Nature" shows species which are visually unusual or attractive go extinct at higher rates.
2018-04-12

Scientists withdraw the January 29, 2014 claim that there is a simple way to convert normal cells into stem cells, which can be used for any part of the body. Nature had in July retracted its two previous articles after the disgraced lead researcher, Japanese Haruko Obokata, was found to have plagiarized and fabricated parts of the papers.
2014-12-19

"Nature" publishes research by the University of Toronto announcing the discovery of a new class of stem cells called F-class stem cells that have the potential to be better and safer to use in medical research.
2014-12-10

Scientists announce creation of cloned human stem cells derived from adult cells.
2014-04-17

A study suggests that donor stem cells may prevent organ rejection in imperfectly matched transplant cases.
2012-03-8

The reptile scientist, Ngô Văn Trí of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, discovers a species of self-cloning lizard later known as "Leiolepis ngovantrii" when he came across tanks full of them at small restaurants in rural villages in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province. Ngo Van Tri becomes intrigued when he notices that all of the lizards appeared to be female.
2010-11-8

The discovery of fossilized remains of "Leviathan melvillei", an extinct species of physeteroid whale, is announced in "Nature".
2010-06-30