This is what a Jurassic forest may have sounded like
Researchers re-create the chorus of noise produced by ancient insects
Researchers re-create the chorus of noise produced by ancient insects
Month: August 2026
Billion-dollar machine aims to set a fusion-energy record — and study nuclear weapons
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02620-3Pacific Fusion is breaking ground next door to a US nuclear-weapons laboratory, hoping the partnership will give it an edge.
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02620-3
Pacific Fusion is breaking ground next door to a US nuclear-weapons laboratory, hoping the partnership will give it an edge.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.The exoskeletons are coming (to a store near you)
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02641-yTechnology to help people walk, run and jump is moving rapidly from labs to hiking trails.
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02641-y
Technology to help people walk, run and jump is moving rapidly from labs to hiking trails.China abruptly delays mission to probe Moon’s hidden water
Chang’e-7, which will investigate the origin of and abundance of lunar ice, set back until 2027
Chang’e-7, which will investigate the origin of and abundance of lunar ice, set back until 2027
Frontier-technology markets are too narrow — here’s how to widen them
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02572-8Governments need to keep their procurement processes as open as possible, or they will face risks of technological lock-in down the line.
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02572-8
Governments need to keep their procurement processes as open as possible, or they will face risks of technological lock-in down the line.Can AI ever be conscious? The question stems from a misconception
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02571-9A book outlines how the fields of artificial intelligence, psychology and philosophy have neglected a key aspect of consciousness: the body.
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02571-9
A book outlines how the fields of artificial intelligence, psychology and philosophy have neglected a key aspect of consciousness: the body.Patient’s own mitochondria injected into eyes in attempt to restore vision
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02616-zInjection of a person’s own mitochondria into the retina was safe but had only a temporary effect on restoring vision.
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02616-z
Injection of a person’s own mitochondria into the retina was safe but had only a temporary effect on restoring vision.Earth-shaking thunder probes underground geology
Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02596-0Seismologists measured the varying speeds of a ‘thunderquake’ to survey an area with little seismic activity.
Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02596-0
Seismologists measured the varying speeds of a ‘thunderquake’ to survey an area with little seismic activity.Briefing Chat: New narcolepsy drug could unlock host of novel brain therapies
Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02626-xNature staff discuss how an FDA-approved drug for narcolepsy could have promise beyond the condition, and the longest-lived human brain organoids yet.
Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02626-x
Nature staff discuss how an FDA-approved drug for narcolepsy could have promise beyond the condition, and the longest-lived human brain organoids yet.