In praise of human teachers: universities must resist outsourcing everything to AI

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02949-9An AI revolution is sweeping through education. But teachers who can convey the excitement of thinking and learning are irreplaceable.

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02949-9

An AI revolution is sweeping through education. But teachers who can convey the excitement of thinking and learning are irreplaceable.

Nepal floods pose biggest test yet for UN climate loss and damage fund

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03000-7Countries should not have to wait months to receive relatively small grants for responding to the immediate impact of extreme weather.

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03000-7

Countries should not have to wait months to receive relatively small grants for responding to the immediate impact of extreme weather.

What happens in Vegas: one lecturer’s hunt for a projector

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02724-wMisadventures at a scientific meeting in Nevada, and ponderings on the idea that physical objects exist only as perceptual phenomena, in our weekly dip into Nat…

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02724-w

Misadventures at a scientific meeting in Nevada, and ponderings on the idea that physical objects exist only as perceptual phenomena, in our weekly dip into Nature’s archive.

Mercury is shrinking with age — faster than thought

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02898-3Impacts by space objects have obscured some of the evidence of the planet’s contraction over the past 4.5 billion years.

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02898-3

Impacts by space objects have obscured some of the evidence of the planet’s contraction over the past 4.5 billion years.

Why most stars don’t have outbursts like the Sun’s

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02833-6A strong magnetic field can disrupt a star’s ability to produce the fountains of matter called coronal mass ejections.

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02833-6

A strong magnetic field can disrupt a star’s ability to produce the fountains of matter called coronal mass ejections.

Marine bacteria cooperate to break down complex algal carbohydrates

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02873-yMarine algae produce sulfated carbohydrates called fucoidans that are chemically too complex for any bacteria to digest alone. Instead, marine bacteria split th…

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02873-y

Marine algae produce sulfated carbohydrates called fucoidans that are chemically too complex for any bacteria to digest alone. Instead, marine bacteria split the task between them in a modular fashion: some strains degrade the molecular backbone, whereas others remove the side branches.