Briefing Chat: Top researchers are being misled by sham academic societies

Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03216-7Nature staff discuss a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.

Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03216-7

Nature staff discuss a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.

An experiment to glimpse the future Amazon — in pictures

Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02909-3David Lapola is testing a big climate-science unknown: how will the forest cope as atmospheric carbon dioxide continues to rise?

Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02909-3

David Lapola is testing a big climate-science unknown: how will the forest cope as atmospheric carbon dioxide continues to rise?

Chimp and gorilla brains resist weight loss with age — unlike human brains

Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03158-0The relatively short lifespans of non-human great apes might explain why their brain mass is maintained in later life

Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03158-0

The relatively short lifespans of non-human great apes might explain why their brain mass is maintained in later life

Daily briefing: Rogue ‘jumping genes’ age bigs dogs faster than little ones

Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03243-4Epigenetic genes accumulate faster in big dogs. Plus, what’s know about reports of plague in Russia and the legacy of software engineer Margaret Hamilton.

Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03243-4

Epigenetic genes accumulate faster in big dogs. Plus, what’s know about reports of plague in Russia and the legacy of software engineer Margaret Hamilton.