Author: Flora Graham

Daily briefing: Read the text inside a charred, rolled-up scroll

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03025-yLead detection reveals the ink on burnt sheets of papyrus. Plus, the first radio signals from an exoplanet and how to stay smart in the age of AI.

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03025-y

Lead detection reveals the ink on burnt sheets of papyrus. Plus, the first radio signals from an exoplanet and how to stay smart in the age of AI.

Daily briefing: The mystery of the ‘little red dots’

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03011-4Theories abound about the identity of these enigmatic objects in space. Plus, meet a nation’s favourite goth robin and discover benefits associated with a low-s…

Nature, Published online: 22 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03011-4

Theories abound about the identity of these enigmatic objects in space. Plus, meet a nation’s favourite goth robin and discover benefits associated with a low-sugar babyhood.

Daily briefing: The first new cat species described by science in a century

Nature, Published online: 21 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03008-zLeopardus tilcayo is smaller than a housecat and covered in leopard-like spots. Plus, the brain might spawn from two types of precursor cell and how to maintain…

Nature, Published online: 21 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03008-z

Leopardus tilcayo is smaller than a housecat and covered in leopard-like spots. Plus, the brain might spawn from two types of precursor cell and how to maintain the foundations of human flourishing in a climate crisis.

Daily briefing: How to turn a paper into an AI agent

Nature, Published online: 18 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02994-4A new tool is designed to help researchers interact with published papers. Plus, promising news for an RNA-based treatment for ALS and how psychoactive drugs mi…

Nature, Published online: 18 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02994-4

A new tool is designed to help researchers interact with published papers. Plus, promising news for an RNA-based treatment for ALS and how psychoactive drugs might have shaped pre-Incan culture.

Daily briefing: Fresh evidence for hidden chambers at Tutankhamun’s tomb

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02955-xScans support the idea that as-yet-unexplored chambers might hold the remains of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti. Plus, mathematical controversy and beautiful cten…

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02955-x

Scans support the idea that as-yet-unexplored chambers might hold the remains of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti. Plus, mathematical controversy and beautiful ctenophores.

Daily briefing: Asgards — the microorganisms that might have begat us all

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02951-1Explore the origins of all complex life, boggle at award-winning microscopy and learn that stomach bugs send protective immune cells rushing from gut to brain.

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02951-1

Explore the origins of all complex life, boggle at award-winning microscopy and learn that stomach bugs send protective immune cells rushing from gut to brain.

Daily briefing: Reading for pleasure linked to big brain benefits

Nature, Published online: 15 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02924-4Evidence that reading for fun is related to structural brain changes, improved mental health and reduced risk of cognitive decline. Plus, go prospecting for cle…

Nature, Published online: 15 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02924-4

Evidence that reading for fun is related to structural brain changes, improved mental health and reduced risk of cognitive decline. Plus, go prospecting for clean-burning hydrogen gas underground and discover the oldest galaxy ever seen.

Daily briefing: How this year’s super El Niño is different

Nature, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02915-5Climate change makes the event difficult to predict. Plus, signs of success from an early trial of an osteoporosis therapy and how to safeguard reptiles and amp…

Nature, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02915-5

Climate change makes the event difficult to predict. Plus, signs of success from an early trial of an osteoporosis therapy and how to safeguard reptiles and amphibians from illegal trafficking.

Daily briefing: Skeleton teeth show evidence of the earliest known habitual drug use

Nature, Published online: 11 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02901-xTraces of the psychoactive compound arecoline suggest that two people regularly sucked on psychoactive betel nuts. Plus, what motivates people to take action on…

Nature, Published online: 11 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02901-x

Traces of the psychoactive compound arecoline suggest that two people regularly sucked on psychoactive betel nuts. Plus, what motivates people to take action on climate change and the promise of nasal vaccines.

Daily briefing: OpenAI claims a huge maths breakthrough

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02867-wThe AI giant claims to have solved one of maths’ trickiest problems, but questions swirl over should get the credit. Plus, an atlas of every single DNA letter m…

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02867-w

The AI giant claims to have solved one of maths’ trickiest problems, but questions swirl over should get the credit. Plus, an atlas of every single DNA letter mutation in humans and why more bioengineered microorganisms aren’t making it out of the lab.