Want to get more from AI? Treat every prompt like an experiment

Nature, Published online: 03 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02083-6Taking a scientific approach to artificial-intelligence queries makes every output a result to be checked, says James Dewar. Here are ten tips for doing it right.

Nature, Published online: 03 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02083-6

Taking a scientific approach to artificial-intelligence queries makes every output a result to be checked, says James Dewar. Here are ten tips for doing it right.

Venus’s rift valleys could be its secret to staying active

Nature, Published online: 03 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02372-0The nature of geological dynamics on Venus are fiercely debated — the planet’s steep rift valleys could be evidence of ongoing tectonic activity.

Nature, Published online: 03 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02372-0

The nature of geological dynamics on Venus are fiercely debated — the planet’s steep rift valleys could be evidence of ongoing tectonic activity.

‘A waste of time for all of us’: caught in the crossfire of the peer-review wars

Nature, Published online: 03 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01360-8Review mills — researchers who write fake referee reports with coercive citation requests — are setting off a war in academic publishing. What happens to those cau…

Nature, Published online: 03 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01360-8

Review mills — researchers who write fake referee reports with coercive citation requests — are setting off a war in academic publishing. What happens to those caught in the middle?

Scientists using LLMs will ‘do more, less well’, modelling study predicts

Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02397-5Research suggests that the combination of incentives to publish and the use of large language models will lead to more papers, but they will be less refined.

Nature, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02397-5

Research suggests that the combination of incentives to publish and the use of large language models will lead to more papers, but they will be less refined.