Author: Flora Graham

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.

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.