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.

Undocumented migration does not raise crime rates, huge study finds

Nature, Published online: 14 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02542-0Analysis of neighbourhoods in more than 100 US cities finds no evidence that rising numbers of undocumented immigrants are linked with violent crime.

Nature, Published online: 14 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02542-0

Analysis of neighbourhoods in more than 100 US cities finds no evidence that rising numbers of undocumented immigrants are linked with violent crime.