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Two researchers survived the worst of Hurricane Katrina, caring for sick patients in a flooded hospital. Erika Check hears of their harrowing experience.
Earth's climate depends strongly on clouds. But what really goes on within these layered structures? Heike Langenberg reports on two satellites that aim to find out.
George Sugihara has gone from an academic career in biological oceanography to the world of high finance, and back again. Now he is applying the lessons he learned in business to the conservation of fish stocks. Rex Dalton reports.
The creaking infrastructure of Indonesia's capital is overwhelmed by people, vehicles and pollution. As urbanization gathers pace across the developing world, Jessica Marshall visits Jakarta to witness its stomach-churning consequences.
Asked to name one thing they hate about their jobs, many scientists say grant applications. Nature's reporters have asked researchers just why the process is so frustrating, and what can be done to improve matters.
Tackling the legal and ethical minefield associated with human embryonic stem-cell research is not for the faint-hearted. Erika Check meets one man who is relishing the challenge.
Sightings of the ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird believed extinct for 50 years, have fired the public's imagination. But is it really alive? Rex Dalton joins the team trying to save this elusive bird.
Interacting with our closest living relative can be a profound experience. To mark the publication of the chimpanzee genome, Nature asked four individuals for their different perspectives.
At first it was just an unusual, geeky hobby. But by combining their twin passions of chemistry and history, Jim and Jenny Marshall are now running an acclaimed project in science education. Alexandra Witze reports.
Cindy Lee Van Dover likes nothing better than to be on the ocean floor. Emma Marris meets the unconventional biologist who has devoted her life to studying the exotic ecosystems of the deep.
Preparing astronauts for a journey to the red planet has become NASA's research priority for the International Space Station. But such experiments will need more than the skeleton crew now running the station. Tony Reichhardt reports.
Can the behaviour of complex systems from cells to planetary climates be explained by the idea that they're driven to produce the maximum amount of disorder? John Whitfield investigates.
Far from being mere DNA delivery boys, it's now becoming clear that sperm also ship a complex cargo of RNA and proteins that may be crucial for an embryo's early development. Claire Ainsworth reports.
Singapore's impressive advances in biomedicine are driven by the energetic personality of Philip Yeo. David Cyranoski meets a man who just can’t stand still.
Many scientists continue to run productive and innovative research programmes well beyond typical retirement age. But in many countries, tough retirement laws make staying in the lab a challenge. Laura Bonetta reports.
In 2015, Pluto will welcome its first visitor, a robot named New Horizons. Amanda Haag meets the planetary scientist who nursed the mission through its darkest days.
