Author: Flora Graham

Daily briefing: The battery that could change everything

Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02249-2How sodium-ion batteries could change the world. Plus, the evolution of handedness with an ancient worm and how scientists are revealing the mysteries of the deep oc…

Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02249-2

How sodium-ion batteries could change the world. Plus, the evolution of handedness with an ancient worm and how scientists are revealing the mysteries of the deep ocean.

Daily briefing: Can regrowing the thymus slow down ageing?

Nature, Published online: 14 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02222-zTreatments to regrow the peculiar immune organ could also help to prevent cancer. Plus, a four-carbon sugar found in the stars and the name of an important Maya math…

Nature, Published online: 14 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02222-z

Treatments to regrow the peculiar immune organ could also help to prevent cancer. Plus, a four-carbon sugar found in the stars and the name of an important Maya mathematician revealed.

Daily briefing: The rise of evidence-based medicine

Nature, Published online: 13 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02206-zHow rigorous research has transformed health and social policy. Plus, a breakthrough for lab-grown sperm and the NSF plans to cut core science programmes to fund a W…

Nature, Published online: 13 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02206-z

How rigorous research has transformed health and social policy. Plus, a breakthrough for lab-grown sperm and the NSF plans to cut core science programmes to fund a White House initiative.

Daily briefing: Preprints are chock-full of authors’ private info

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02198-wPasswords, to-do lists and even derogatory comments litter arXiv preprints. Plus, two huge planets that are lighter than candy floss and which ‘AI scientist’ might s…

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02198-w

Passwords, to-do lists and even derogatory comments litter arXiv preprints. Plus, two huge planets that are lighter than candy floss and which ‘AI scientist’ might suit your lab.

Daily briefing: How cooperation built the world

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02116-0Collaboration in nature has often been overlooked in favour of competition, argues science journalist Rowan Hooper. Plus, what’s really happening with trust in scien…

Nature, Published online: 03 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02116-0

Collaboration in nature has often been overlooked in favour of competition, argues science journalist Rowan Hooper. Plus, what’s really happening with trust in science.

Daily briefing: What’s really happening with trust in science

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02084-5Evidence shows that public trust in science is still high. Plus, the Vera Rubin Observatory is scanning the skies more widely than ever and paying peer reviewers see…

Nature, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02084-5

Evidence shows that public trust in science is still high. Plus, the Vera Rubin Observatory is scanning the skies more widely than ever and paying peer reviewers seems to speed up the process.

Daily briefing: How to brew a climate-friendly coffee

Nature, Published online: 30 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02076-5Researchers are racing to safeguard coffee from climate change. Plus, how ticks are making people allergic to meat and how AI tools can help neurodivergent students …

Nature, Published online: 30 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02076-5

Researchers are racing to safeguard coffee from climate change. Plus, how ticks are making people allergic to meat and how AI tools can help neurodivergent students succeed in their science careers.

Daily briefing: Editing the epigenome with CRISPR to treat disease

Nature, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02075-6CRISPR’s next act, the new ‘world’s fastest computer’ and how to triumph in the metaphorical penalty shootout of life.

Nature, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02075-6

CRISPR’s next act, the new ‘world’s fastest computer’ and how to triumph in the metaphorical penalty shootout of life.

Daily briefing: Ovaries start a second job after menopause

Nature, Published online: 26 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02065-8The organs might begin a role in the immune system after egg production stops. Plus, precise gene-editing of human embryos and a game to terraform Mars.

Nature, Published online: 26 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02065-8

The organs might begin a role in the immune system after egg production stops. Plus, precise gene-editing of human embryos and a game to terraform Mars.

Daily briefing: Sperm whales have different dialects

Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02054-xWhales in different areas of the Mediterranean use varying patterns of clicks and pauses. Plus, a technique to make protein samples one billion times bigger and the …

Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02054-x

Whales in different areas of the Mediterranean use varying patterns of clicks and pauses. Plus, a technique to make protein samples one billion times bigger and the science of grief.