Nature media bias and reliability
AllSides and Ad Fontes Media place Nature in the centre. We have seen it on 18 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Nature biased?
AllSides and Ad Fontes Media place Nature in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Nature left or right?
AllSides and Ad Fontes Media place Nature in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Nature reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Nature are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: Very high factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Nature has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Nature’s own report linked underneath.
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
Nature reported it asPatrick Stewart dies: how Captain Picard inspired today’s science leaders (opens Nature in a new tab)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has secured a fourth term as Brazil's president, defeating right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro challenged the election results, while international leaders congratulated Lula on his victory and commitment to democracy.
Nature reported it asBrazil election: many scientists relieved as Lula wins surprise victory (opens Nature in a new tab)
A UN report states that global warming will inevitably surpass 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Current policies project a rise to 2.8 degrees by 2100, but immediate, significant emissions reductions could limit the peak and return temperatures to 1.5C by 2100.
Nature reported it asGlobal emissions slow — but world hurtles towards 2 °C of warming (opens Nature in a new tab)
A United Nations report indicates humanity is heading for a hotter world than previously projected, partly due to increased emissions from the United States. If countries meet their reduction pledges, the Earth will likely warm by 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.2 degrees Celsius).
Nature reported it asGlobal emissions slow — but world hurtles towards 2 °C of warming (opens Nature in a new tab)
The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is melting at an accelerated rate, according to new research published in Nature Communications. Scientists warn this could significantly increase its contribution to global sea level rise, with potential consequences for coastal communities worldwide.
Nature reported it asSea-level contribution from Thwaites Glacier doubles in an observation-constrained ice-sheet model (opens Nature in a new tab)
Two independent teams have created the first functional nuclear clocks, which track changes within an atom's nucleus. These clocks, using thorium-229, are significantly more accurate than current atomic clocks and could lead to advances in navigation, mining, and physics research.
Nature reported it asNuclear clocks tick for the first time (opens Nature in a new tab)
US artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced its AI model Claude has identified a previously unknown enzyme system, dubbed ART, in bacterial DNA. The discovery, the first from Anthropic's biology lab, could potentially represent a new gene editing mechanism.
Nature reported it asAnthropic’s AI biolab finds ‘CRISPR-like’ DNA in viruses. What’s next? (opens Nature in a new tab)
Torrential rainfall in Nepal has resulted in at least 21 deaths and five people missing, according to Prime Minister Balendra Shah. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority reported that landslides caused the majority of casualties. The severe weather has also destroyed 143 homes and affected 747 families.
Nature reported it asNepal’s floods expose issues with climate-disaster funding — firmer policies are needed fast (opens Nature in a new tab)
A major study combining bat genomes and fossils suggests the flying mammals first appeared in Europe around 65 million years ago, shortly after the extinction of the dinosaurs. The research also indicates that flight and echolocation evolved near the dawn of bat evolution.
Nature reported it asGenome project opens the next chapter for studying bat evolution (opens Nature in a new tab)
A major scientific report indicates Greenland and Antarctica have lost between 11.3 and 12.5 trillion tons of ice since 1979. This loss has contributed to a global sea level rise of approximately 3 to 3.14 centimeters, primarily driven by accelerated glacier flow into the ocean.
Nature reported it asMass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from the 1970s to 2023 - Scientific Data (opens Nature in a new tab)
OpenAI has announced that an internal AI model has produced a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of mathematics' seven Millennium Prize Problems. The company claims approximately 10,000 AI agents worked on the problem for 88 hours. However, mathematicians have expressed skepticism due to the lack of a publicly disclosed proof.
Nature reported it asOpenAI claims huge maths breakthrough on a famed ‘Millennium Problem’ (opens Nature in a new tab)
Democrats have accused the Pentagon of attempting to redirect billions of dollars intended for NIH research into its own budget. Rep. Rosa DeLauro stated an interagency agreement could allow the Defense Department access to these funds, sparking criticism.
Nature reported it asRevealed: inside the US military's plan to tap huge sums from the NIH (opens Nature in a new tab)
The 36th annual Ig Nobel Prizes awarded ten research teams for studies that are scientifically sound but unusual. This year's ceremony was held in Zurich, marking the first time the event took place outside the United States.
Nature reported it asBuried underpants and a new definition of kissing win 2026 Ig Nobel prizes (opens Nature in a new tab)
A United Nations report published on September 2, 2026, states that global temperatures are likely to exceed the 1.5°C warming threshold within a few years. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) calls for rapid emissions cuts and carbon removal to limit damage.
Nature reported it asUN finally admits global warming will shoot past 1.5 ºC climate limit (opens Nature in a new tab)
NASA's Roman Space Telescope has successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The observatory is designed to study dark matter, dark energy, and exoplanets, collecting vast amounts of data to deepen our understanding of the universe.
Nature reported it asLift-off! NASA launches Roman Space Telescope to tackle dark-energy mysteries (opens Nature in a new tab)
Flash floods and landslides swept away villages along the Nepal-Tibet border, killing at least 165 people. Experts suggest a glacial collapse, not an earthquake, was the cause, with climate change and the region's topography exacerbating the risks.
Nature reported it asGlacier collapse caused Nepal’s deadly flash flood — a sign of things to come? (opens Nature in a new tab)
Astronomers have identified a star, S301, orbiting the Milky Way’s central black hole at 25,000 kilometres per second, the fastest known in the galaxy. Its tight orbit may enable scientists to measure the black hole’s spin, testing Einstein’s general relativity.
Nature reported it asA black hole's spin could finally be measured by a high-speed star (opens Nature in a new tab)
A study of ancient DNA has provided the first direct genetic evidence that European colonisers introduced smallpox to the Americas. All six outlets reporting the story led on the confirmation of long-held historical accounts, with no left-rated outlet covering the findings.
Nature reported it asHow smallpox reached the Americas: first genomic evidence points to Europeans (opens Nature in a new tab)
Who says so
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How reliably it reports fact
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Very high factuality
Who owns it
- Springer Natureunknowndirect owner
- Holtzbrinck Publishing GroupMedia Conglomerateparent group
- BC PartnersPrivate Equityparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Official site
- nature.com
- Seen publishing on
- nature.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 18
- Reports listed
- 18
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
18 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Nature is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 18 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Nature’s on 3 of them. Overall it filed a median of 14 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 4 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 3 November 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Nature, also publishing from United Kingdom, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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