Author: Flora Graham

Daily briefing: Should old, bad science be culled from the literature?

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03675-yAI tools that summarize scientific literature are picking up decades-old flawed papers — should they be retracted? Plus, the first image of a black hole holds up…

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03675-y

AI tools that summarize scientific literature are picking up decades-old flawed papers — should they be retracted? Plus, the first image of a black hole holds up to scrutiny and how the Artemis II mission might have disrupted GPS.

Daily briefing: Where academic freedom is declining — and where it’s on the rise

Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03664-1Academic freedom is deteriorating globally, but has soared in a few countries in recent years. Plus, testimony from a member of a year-long simulated Mars missio…

Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03664-1

Academic freedom is deteriorating globally, but has soared in a few countries in recent years. Plus, testimony from a member of a year-long simulated Mars mission and how key fungal networks could save Mongolia’s iconic grasslands.

Daily briefing: The ‘overshoot COP’ kicks off

Nature, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03658-zThe COP31 climate conference begins, with ‘climate overshoot’ a key talking point. Plus, the surprising benefits of ‘pink noise’ and the role of AI chatbots to s…

Nature, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03658-z

The COP31 climate conference begins, with ‘climate overshoot’ a key talking point. Plus, the surprising benefits of ‘pink noise’ and the role of AI chatbots to support men’s mental health.

Daily briefing: Ancient cave art found hiding in plain sight

Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03648-1Rock-art in a Spanish cave dates back 26,000 years. Plus, flexible working policies can end up saddling academic mothers with more work and the origins of Celtic…

Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03648-1

Rock-art in a Spanish cave dates back 26,000 years. Plus, flexible working policies can end up saddling academic mothers with more work and the origins of Celtic and Germanic languages.

Daily briefing: See a tardigrade shed its skin

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03593-zEnjoy the month’s best science images. Plus, an outbreak of anthrax in African hippos and the places where biodiversity drops after humans leave.

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03593-z

Enjoy the month’s best science images. Plus, an outbreak of anthrax in African hippos and the places where biodiversity drops after humans leave.

Daily briefing: ‘A triumph of scientific self-correction’

Nature, Published online: 02 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03571-5Explore how researchers debunked race science. Plus, pressure put on your bones by exercise might slow ageing and watch a snake do a forward roll to escape danger.

Nature, Published online: 02 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03571-5

Explore how researchers debunked race science. Plus, pressure put on your bones by exercise might slow ageing and watch a snake do a forward roll to escape danger.

Daily briefing: <i>The Selfish Gene</i>, 50 years on

Nature, Published online: 26 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03463-8What biologists think of Dawkins’s big idea now. Plus. how the subject of a new film haunts science and a bacterium that makes its own MOFs.

Nature, Published online: 26 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03463-8

What biologists think of Dawkins’s big idea now. Plus. how the subject of a new film haunts science and a bacterium that makes its own MOFs.

Daily briefing: How tech billionaires are changing science funding

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03400-9Ultra-rich philanthropists are disrupting biomedical science. Plus, why physicists have kept an antimatter particle caged for months and whether it’s really possi…

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03400-9

Ultra-rich philanthropists are disrupting biomedical science. Plus, why physicists have kept an antimatter particle caged for months and whether it’s really possible to be swallowed by a whale and survive.

Daily Briefing: Tiny doses of LSD seem to boost cognition

Nature, Published online: 20 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03374-8The drug improved the ability to focus — but only in women. Plus, US climate scientists are facing a deluge of public-records requests and why a sleep-disorder dr…

Nature, Published online: 20 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03374-8

The drug improved the ability to focus — but only in women. Plus, US climate scientists are facing a deluge of public-records requests and why a sleep-disorder drug might be the next big blockbuster.

Daily briefing: How to rebuild science from ruin

Nature, Published online: 19 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03363-xResearchers in New Orleans share lessons from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Plus, budding cryptographers are using AI to crack historical codes and an enzym…

Nature, Published online: 19 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03363-x

Researchers in New Orleans share lessons from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Plus, budding cryptographers are using AI to crack historical codes and an enzyme that keeps cognition sharp with age.