Job insecurity is chipping away at me and my cohort. Is it us, or the state of the economy?

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01843-8The career market is difficult to navigate — and academic achievements feel like they’re no longer enough, says Daniella Watson.

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01843-8

The career market is difficult to navigate — and academic achievements feel like they’re no longer enough, says Daniella Watson.

How I use statistics and my law degree to fight human-rights abuses

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02079-2Some 50 years after exposing gender discrimination in US academics’ retirement benefits, Mary Gray works as a statistician and social-justice campaigner.

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02079-2

Some 50 years after exposing gender discrimination in US academics’ retirement benefits, Mary Gray works as a statistician and social-justice campaigner.

Miniaturizing and modifying natural proteins with Raygun

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10842-8Probabilistic sequence encoding from language model embeddings within a generative AI framework enables protein miniaturization, modification and augmentation while …

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10842-8

Probabilistic sequence encoding from language model embeddings within a generative AI framework enables protein miniaturization, modification and augmentation while maintaining native architecture and functional integrity.

Underdog ‘spin qubits’ leap forward in race to a useful quantum computer

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02357-zFour independent research teams report big advances in devices built with the underestimated quantum bits, including lower error rates.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02357-z

Four independent research teams report big advances in devices built with the underestimated quantum bits, including lower error rates.

Over 20,000 precolonial earthworks in the Southwest Amazonia

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10835-7Using canopy-penetrating LiDAR data, the northern part of southwestern Amazonia appears to contain as many earthworks as previously estimated for the whole of Amazonia.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10835-7

Using canopy-penetrating LiDAR data, the northern part of southwestern Amazonia appears to contain as many earthworks as previously estimated for the whole of Amazonia.

Artificial algal blooms could remove atmospheric carbon — but can they be used responsibly?

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02126-yAdding iron to the ocean to stimulate carbon-absorbing phytoplankton could have ecological consequences that reach far beyond the intervention site.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02126-y

Adding iron to the ocean to stimulate carbon-absorbing phytoplankton could have ecological consequences that reach far beyond the intervention site.