Browsing: mystery

It started in the summer of 2013. Sea stars were dying in huge numbers in Washington State’s Olympic National Park: They became covered in white lesions.…

Nature, Published online: 30 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-04103-3A challenging exhibition asks why we are so fascinated with the preserved bodies of our ancestors, and how we should…

More than a decade after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing after veering thousands of miles off course, its location remains unknown.The Malaysian government has promised…

Nature, Published online: 26 November 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03451-4Fossils newly discovered in Ethiopia indicate that previously unidentified foot bones belong to the ancient human relative Australopithecus deyiremeda.

Oscar-tipped new film Hamnet imagines the home life of William and Agnes Shakespeare – and the “soul-crushing” loss of their child. It’s a powerful story that…

Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O’Braan and his attempts to grow tea in Scotland.In episode three, all of Tam’s lies come…

A remote manor house on the west coast of Ireland, an eccentric cast of misfits and ne’er-do-wells, a dapper investigator with secrets of his own. The…

Nature, Published online: 24 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03368-yA previously unknown strain left a stamp on modern varieties of the world’s most popular sugar source.

LOS ANGELES — It’s not hyperbole that the Golden State Warriors’ offseason quite literally revolved around Jonathan Kuminga. So much so, the organization didn’t even have…

My teeth have fallen out at fancy dinners and in public restrooms. They’ve sprinkled from my mouth like enamel confetti before dates, important business meetings and…