Author: Benjamin Thompson

Briefing Chat: Why scientists made papyrus scrolls, then burnt them

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03041-yNature staff discuss a technique that could help researchers read charred Herculaneum scrolls — plus, a biodegradeable, edible battery.

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03041-y

Nature staff discuss a technique that could help researchers read charred Herculaneum scrolls — plus, a biodegradeable, edible battery.

Bank accounts reveal the fingerprints of abusive financial control

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03021-2Analysis of anonymized banking data could help inform strategies to support victim-survivors of financial abuse — plus, how opposing forces within the Earth can…

Nature, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03021-2

Analysis of anonymized banking data could help inform strategies to support victim-survivors of financial abuse — plus, how opposing forces within the Earth can alter the length of a day.

Briefing Chat: Evidence mounts for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun’s tomb

Nature, Published online: 18 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02984-6Nature staff discuss data that could point to Nefertiti’s burial place — plus, the implant that translates brain activity into speech and gestures.

Nature, Published online: 18 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02984-6

Nature staff discuss data that could point to Nefertiti’s burial place — plus, the implant that translates brain activity into speech and gestures.

Transplanted human brain-tissue takes root in mice without a cortex

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02927-1Extensive cellular integration might provide platform for in vivo testing of new therapies — plus, the AI tool that turns papers into ‘virtual corresponding aut…

Nature, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02927-1

Extensive cellular integration might provide platform for in vivo testing of new therapies — plus, the AI tool that turns papers into ‘virtual corresponding authors’.

Phone tutoring boosts math scores when schools are forced to close

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02843-4Evidence suggests that regular calls can keep kids learning when schooling is disrupted — plus, why a familiar world map may be about to change.

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02843-4

Evidence suggests that regular calls can keep kids learning when schooling is disrupted — plus, why a familiar world map may be about to change.

Briefing Chat: How Dolly Parton left her mark on science

Nature, Published online: 28 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02732-wNature reporters discuss the country-music icon’s advocacy for vaccines and public health — plus, promising trial results for an mRNA cancer therapy.

Nature, Published online: 28 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02732-w

Nature reporters discuss the country-music icon's advocacy for vaccines and public health — plus, promising trial results for an mRNA cancer therapy.

Highest-ever ocean temperatures recorded as El Niño intensifies

Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02681-4Why extreme temperatures are expected to weaken ocean carbon sinks — plus, how mitochondrial injections could treat vision loss.

Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02681-4

Why extreme temperatures are expected to weaken ocean carbon sinks — plus, how mitochondrial injections could treat vision loss.

A black hole’s spin could finally be measured by a high-speed star

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02607-0Star orbiting close to Sagittarius A* could reveal its spin — plus, how exoskeletons might change the way humans move.

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02607-0

Star orbiting close to Sagittarius A* could reveal its spin — plus, how exoskeletons might change the way humans move.

Briefing Chat: Anthropic rolls out new AI watermark — will it make a difference?

Nature, Published online: 14 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02562-wNature staff discuss what flagging AI content may mean for research integrity — plus, how people from different cultural backgrounds have the same ‘tickle hotspots…

Nature, Published online: 14 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02562-w

Nature staff discuss what flagging AI content may mean for research integrity — plus, how people from different cultural backgrounds have the same ‘tickle hotspots’ on the body.