Mercury is shrinking with age — faster than thought

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02898-3Impacts by space objects have obscured some of the evidence of the planet’s contraction over the past 4.5 billion years.

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02898-3

Impacts by space objects have obscured some of the evidence of the planet’s contraction over the past 4.5 billion years.

How a team of AIs discovered a promising lung-cancer drug

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02954-yResearchers developed a ‘virtual biotech’ made up of as many as 37,000 agents reporting to an ‘chief scientist’.

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02954-y

Researchers developed a ‘virtual biotech’ made up of as many as 37,000 agents reporting to an 'chief scientist'.

Author Correction: Genomic deletion of malic enzyme 2 confers collateral lethality in pancreatic cancer

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11134-xAuthor Correction: Genomic deletion of malic enzyme 2 confers collateral lethality in pancreatic cancer

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11134-x

Author Correction: Genomic deletion of malic enzyme 2 confers collateral lethality in pancreatic cancer

Take a risk or play it safe? Neuronal tug-of-war helps the brain decide

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02911-9Using a video game involving bombs and treasure chests, researchers show how neural activity flickers between two regions of the frontal cortex when the brain w…

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02911-9

Using a video game involving bombs and treasure chests, researchers show how neural activity flickers between two regions of the frontal cortex when the brain weighs up a tricky decision.

Exclusive: New evidence for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun’s tomb

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02621-2Geophysical survey yields ‘tantalizing’ data that could point to Nefertiti’s burial place — but it’s too early to draw definitive conclusions.

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02621-2

Geophysical survey yields ‘tantalizing’ data that could point to Nefertiti’s burial place — but it’s too early to draw definitive conclusions.

Daily briefing: Fresh evidence for hidden chambers at Tutankhamun’s tomb

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02955-xScans support the idea that as-yet-unexplored chambers might hold the remains of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti. Plus, mathematical controversy and beautiful cten…

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02955-x

Scans support the idea that as-yet-unexplored chambers might hold the remains of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti. Plus, mathematical controversy and beautiful ctenophores.

Who gets credit in the AI era? OpenAI maths bombshell sparks debate

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02910-wControversy around OpenAI’s claim to have solved the Navier–Stokes problem highlights how researchers could be inadvertently sharing — and absorbing— ideas thro…

Nature, Published online: 17 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02910-w

Controversy around OpenAI’s claim to have solved the Navier–Stokes problem highlights how researchers could be inadvertently sharing — and absorbing— ideas through chatbots.