Rise of Germanic and Celtic languages is written in ancient DNA

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03581-3Thousands of genome sequences identify human migrations that might have spread early forms of these tongues around Europe.

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03581-3

Thousands of genome sequences identify human migrations that might have spread early forms of these tongues around Europe.

Are dinosaur fossils hogging top journals? Analysis sparks debate over ‘charismatic’ finds

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03512-2Fossils of dinosaurs, mammals and other glamorous species are over-represented in high-profile titles, suggests a study of thousands of palaeontology papers.

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03512-2

Fossils of dinosaurs, mammals and other glamorous species are over-represented in high-profile titles, suggests a study of thousands of palaeontology papers.

How to build a mouse: embryo development captured in stunning detail

Nature, Published online: 08 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03193-xGene-editing technologies enabled researchers to trace the cell-by-cell development of a single fertilised mouse egg to a late-stage embryo.

Nature, Published online: 08 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03193-x

Gene-editing technologies enabled researchers to trace the cell-by-cell development of a single fertilised mouse egg to a late-stage embryo.

‘What took them so long?’ This year’s medicine Nobel winner is overdue

Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03094-zNature’s senior biology reporter Ewen Callaway reflects on today’s prize for optogenetics — which scientists have anticipated for years.

Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03094-z

Nature’s senior biology reporter Ewen Callaway reflects on today’s prize for optogenetics — which scientists have anticipated for years.

How to spend $25 billion on science: OpenAI’s staggeringly rich research charity gets under way

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03015-0Jacob Trefethen, who leads life sciences at the OpenAI Foundation, speaks to Nature about the organization’s ambitions to cure disease.

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03015-0

Jacob Trefethen, who leads life sciences at the OpenAI Foundation, speaks to Nature about the organization’s ambitions to cure disease.

How a team of AIs discovered a promising lung-cancer drug

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02954-yResearchers developed a ‘virtual biotech’ made up of as many as 37,000 agents reporting to an ‘chief scientist’.

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02954-y

Researchers developed a ‘virtual biotech’ made up of as many as 37,000 agents reporting to an 'chief scientist'.

Drug firms’ secret data supercharge AI protein models

Nature, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02882-xAn AI system trained on more than 20,000 protein structures from pharmaceutical companies outperforms AlphaFold-like models that use only public data.

Nature, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02882-x

An AI system trained on more than 20,000 protein structures from pharmaceutical companies outperforms AlphaFold-like models that use only public data.

DeepMind’s new genome ‘atlas’ charts effects of all nine billion human gene mutations

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02835-4AI model AlphaGenome forecasts the consequences of altering every single DNA letter in the human genome.

Nature, Published online: 09 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02835-4

AI model AlphaGenome forecasts the consequences of altering every single DNA letter in the human genome.