Month: August 2026

The forgotten 20 million: why is the world neglecting Afghanistan’s girls and women?

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02454-zIt is shameful that half the country’s population continues to be overlooked by the international community.

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02454-z

It is shameful that half the country’s population continues to be overlooked by the international community.

How escalating costs scuppered a radio telescope at Joddrell Bank

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02380-0Where to spot a basking shark and a gloomy tale about an abandoned telescope, in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02380-0

Where to spot a basking shark and a gloomy tale about an abandoned telescope, in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.

A ‘super’ El Niño could transform the Amazon. Is the world’s biggest rainforest doomed?

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02449-wThe Amazon rainforest might be closer to a tipping point than scientists thought. Some fear that droughts and fire could nudge it into irreversible decline.

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02449-w

The Amazon rainforest might be closer to a tipping point than scientists thought. Some fear that droughts and fire could nudge it into irreversible decline.

Solar eclipse offers rare chance to solve Sun’s magnetic-field mysteries

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02142-yResearchers will travel to Spain and Iceland to observe the solar eclipse on 12 August, hoping to answer questions about the solar corona.

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02142-y

Researchers will travel to Spain and Iceland to observe the solar eclipse on 12 August, hoping to answer questions about the solar corona.

Daily briefing: What scientists can learn from a solar eclipse

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02519-zResearchers will have two minutes to gather data on the solar corona. Plus, people across cultures are all ticklish in the same way and how the El Niño could spell…

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02519-z

Researchers will have two minutes to gather data on the solar corona. Plus, people across cultures are all ticklish in the same way and how the El Niño could spell disaster for the Amazon rainforest.