As the year draws to a close, we take a look at some of the biggest science stories of the year, and why they matter.

This is an important contribution that largely confirms prior evidence that word recognition - a cornerstone of development - improves across early childhood and is related to vocabulary growth. This ...

When you study mathematics and statistics at the University of Helsinki, some of the best mathematicians and statisticians in the world are your instructors. Studies in this Master’s programme will ...

An inherent principle of publication is that others should be able to replicate and build upon the authors' published claims. A condition of publication in a Nature Portfolio journal is that authors ...

Mathematics and computing is the study and analysis of abstract concepts, such as numbers and patterns. Mathematics is the language of choice for scientifically describing and modelling the universe ...