Daily briefing: Can regrowing the thymus slow down ageing?

Nature, Published online: 14 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02222-zTreatments to regrow the peculiar immune organ could also help to prevent cancer. Plus, a four-carbon sugar found in the stars and the name of an important Maya math…

Nature, Published online: 14 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02222-z

Treatments to regrow the peculiar immune organ could also help to prevent cancer. Plus, a four-carbon sugar found in the stars and the name of an important Maya mathematician revealed.

RNA molecules with different destinies are processed through overlapping pathways

Nature, Published online: 14 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02041-2The protein complex that helps messenger RNA to leave the nucleus is remarkably similar to the one that facilitates the destruction of short, unwanted transcripts.

Nature, Published online: 14 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02041-2

The protein complex that helps messenger RNA to leave the nucleus is remarkably similar to the one that facilitates the destruction of short, unwanted transcripts.

‘Climate free fall’: why the biggest risk to our economies is yet to be recognized

Nature, Published online: 14 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02154-8Increasing instability of the ocean, ice and atmosphere threatens farming, finance and society. We all need to wake up to that fact.

Nature, Published online: 14 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02154-8

Increasing instability of the ocean, ice and atmosphere threatens farming, finance and society. We all need to wake up to that fact.