‘Historic change’: what the 2026 US mid-term election results mean for science

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03579-xResearchers hope that US lawmakers will push back against the Trump administration’s science policies — but there are limits to what Congress can do.

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03579-x

Researchers hope that US lawmakers will push back against the Trump administration’s science policies — but there are limits to what Congress can do.

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.

Decoding the regulatory programs governing glioblastoma plasticity

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11177-0Multi-omic analyses of cells from patients with glioblastoma (GB) provide insight into the role of non-genetic cellular plasticity in disease progression, showin…

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11177-0

Multi-omic analyses of cells from patients with glioblastoma (GB) provide insight into the role of non-genetic cellular plasticity in disease progression, showing that state stability in GB cells is controlled by a network of interacting activators and repressors.