How to spend $25 billion on science: OpenAI’s staggeringly rich research charity gets under way

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03015-0Jacob Trefethen, who leads life sciences at the OpenAI Foundation, speaks to Nature about the organization’s ambitions to cure disease.

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03015-0

Jacob Trefethen, who leads life sciences at the OpenAI Foundation, speaks to Nature about the organization’s ambitions to cure disease.

Tuberculosis treatment has advanced — now we need to stop drug resistance dragging us backwards

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02963-xThe next major advancement in TB might not be a new drug, but a better understanding of how and why resistance to medicines emerges.

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02963-x

The next major advancement in TB might not be a new drug, but a better understanding of how and why resistance to medicines emerges.

Daily briefing: How to save corals from the El Niño

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03138-4Scientists are trying to help coral reefs survive record ocean temperatures. Plus, the aftermath of a deadly attack on Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences an…

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03138-4

Scientists are trying to help coral reefs survive record ocean temperatures. Plus, the aftermath of a deadly attack on Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences and whether it’s OK to dodge small talk.

I turn up late to meetings to dodge small talk. Am I wrong?

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02201-4A jury weighs in on whether a latecomer is simply using their time efficiently or disrespecting their colleagues.

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02201-4

A jury weighs in on whether a latecomer is simply using their time efficiently or disrespecting their colleagues.

Beware sham scientific societies: the research community must be more vigilant

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03047-6As AI content makes bad actors harder to spot, scrutiny of organizations must increase without reducing trust.

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03047-6

As AI content makes bad actors harder to spot, scrutiny of organizations must increase without reducing trust.

The super El Niño is cooking coral reefs — can lullabies and probiotics save them?

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02965-9Researchers are trying everything they can to help coral reefs to survive severe heat stress from climate change, including playing sounds underwater.

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02965-9

Researchers are trying everything they can to help coral reefs to survive severe heat stress from climate change, including playing sounds underwater.