Author: Flora Graham

Daily briefing: Gene-therapy deaths put spotlight on trials in China

Nature, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02838-1The deaths of two children in separate gene-therapy trials could have a profound effect on China’s biomedical industry, say researchers. Plus, an AI system has …

Nature, Published online: 08 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02838-1

The deaths of two children in separate gene-therapy trials could have a profound effect on China’s biomedical industry, say researchers. Plus, an AI system has formalized Fermat’s last theorem and the impact of Nancy Grace Roman.

Daily briefing: Celebrating Dolly Parton’s contributions to science

Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02719-7Parton helped to fund Moderna’s early-stage vaccine research, among other philanthropic projects. Plus, causes and treatments for depression, and how AI-detection …

Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02719-7

Parton helped to fund Moderna’s early-stage vaccine research, among other philanthropic projects. Plus, causes and treatments for depression, and how AI-detection tools are pushing back against slop.

Daily briefing: Billion-dollar machine aims to set a fusion-energy record

Nature, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02673-4The push to develop fusion energy, how China is changing the shape of global health and why scientists are putting marmots on OnlyFans.

Nature, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02673-4

The push to develop fusion energy, how China is changing the shape of global health and why scientists are putting marmots on OnlyFans.

Daily briefing: How ‘thunderquakes’ probe underground geology

Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02665-4Thunder generates acoustic waves that can help scientists probe Earth, a person’s own mitochondria have been injected into their eyes in an attempt to restore thei…

Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02665-4

Thunder generates acoustic waves that can help scientists probe Earth, a person’s own mitochondria have been injected into their eyes in an attempt to restore their vision and economists call for ‘pro-worker’ AI.

Daily briefing: Personalized mRNA vaccine shows promise for cancer

Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02638-7Good news from a trial of a vaccine against melanoma. Plus, the US NSF is set to issue its lowest number of new grants in 40 years, and the living layer that prote…

Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02638-7

Good news from a trial of a vaccine against melanoma. Plus, the US NSF is set to issue its lowest number of new grants in 40 years, and the living layer that protects and produces desert soils.

Daily briefing: People older than 100 have more cancer-killing cells

Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02617-yKiller T cells might help people to live to extraordinarily old ages. Plus, the longest-lived brain organoids so far and how mass genome-screening programmes for n…

Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02617-y

Killer T cells might help people to live to extraordinarily old ages. Plus, the longest-lived brain organoids so far and how mass genome-screening programmes for newborns might work.

Daily briefing: How 3D printers are changing lab work

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02614-1Printing custom lab tools can be cheaper than buying them. Plus, South African scientists might soon have to register with a regulatory body and what an exoskeleto…

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02614-1

Printing custom lab tools can be cheaper than buying them. Plus, South African scientists might soon have to register with a regulatory body and what an exoskeleton-powered future might look like.

Daily briefing: ‘Too hot to sleep’ is harmful to your health

Nature, Published online: 18 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02600-7Heatwave-driven sleepless nights are robbing people of a crucial aspect of health and recovery. Plus, dolphin calves learn hunting techniques from their mothers an…

Nature, Published online: 18 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02600-7

Heatwave-driven sleepless nights are robbing people of a crucial aspect of health and recovery. Plus, dolphin calves learn hunting techniques from their mothers and how slavery is linked to health disparities in the United States today.

Daily briefing: Narcolepsy drug could kick off an Ozempic-style moment for the brain

Nature, Published online: 17 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02589-zEmerging treatments known as orexin agonists show wide-ranging promise similar to that of GLP-1 receptor agonists. Plus, postdocs protest in Argentina and the high…

Nature, Published online: 17 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02589-z

Emerging treatments known as orexin agonists show wide-ranging promise similar to that of GLP-1 receptor agonists. Plus, postdocs protest in Argentina and the highest-resolution image ever of the Sun’s photosphere.

Daily briefing: Ice-age art hints at how humans flourished

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02400-zTiny bird figurines hint at the sophistication of Europe’s earliest Homo sapiens. Plus, open peer-review reports are less likely to be retracted and a mission to fly…

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02400-z

Tiny bird figurines hint at the sophistication of Europe’s earliest Homo sapiens. Plus, open peer-review reports are less likely to be retracted and a mission to fly over dangerous ‘fire clouds’.