How the story of life and our planet unfolded — together

Nature, Published online: 17 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02530-4Earth’s four-billion-year-long conversation with its resident life forms has shaped our world, and holds lessons for our future.

Nature, Published online: 17 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02530-4

Earth’s four-billion-year-long conversation with its resident life forms has shaped our world, and holds lessons for our future.

Universities must stop protecting bullies — or more people will leave science

Nature, Published online: 17 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02526-0Letting powerful academics off the hook and punishing the people they bullied sends the message that abuse is acceptable in academia.

Nature, Published online: 17 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02526-0

Letting powerful academics off the hook and punishing the people they bullied sends the message that abuse is acceptable in academia.

Author Correction: Cell intrinsic immunity spreads to bystander cells via the intercellular transfer of cGAMP

Nature, Published online: 14 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11023-3Author Correction: Cell intrinsic immunity spreads to bystander cells via the intercellular transfer of cGAMP

Nature, Published online: 14 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11023-3

Author Correction: Cell intrinsic immunity spreads to bystander cells via the intercellular transfer of cGAMP

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.

Daily briefing: Ancient rise in CO<sub>2</sub> hints at what could happen today

Nature, Published online: 14 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02581-7A sharp rise in carbon dioxide around 56 million years ago was catastrophic for forests. Plus, mRNA-based flu vaccines have been approved in the United States and …

Nature, Published online: 14 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02581-7

A sharp rise in carbon dioxide around 56 million years ago was catastrophic for forests. Plus, mRNA-based flu vaccines have been approved in the United States and Anthropic is to introduce an AI watermark.