Anthropic bought a one-person, AI-powered biotech: is this drug discovery’s future?

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03640-9A promising biotechnology company developed a new approach that might treat a rare disease — but its sole employee didn’t do all the work.

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03640-9

A promising biotechnology company developed a new approach that might treat a rare disease — but its sole employee didn’t do all the work.

Too dry for cacti: extreme droughts could push iconic species to extinction

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03671-2Analysis reveals these plants face severe habitat loss across the Americas — plus, researchers test a new way to diagnose obesity.

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03671-2

Analysis reveals these plants face severe habitat loss across the Americas — plus, researchers test a new way to diagnose obesity.

Give biologists the space to be curious, not just better tools

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03669-wTechnology is making biological studies more powerful than ever. But people are the real force behind discovery.

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03669-w

Technology is making biological studies more powerful than ever. But people are the real force behind discovery.

Iconic first image of black hole holds up to scrutiny

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03642-7Picture produced by fresh analysis of the data that yielded the first-ever image of a black hole outputs the same, ring-like shape.

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03642-7

Picture produced by fresh analysis of the data that yielded the first-ever image of a black hole outputs the same, ring-like shape.

Evolutionary dynamics in the years preceding acute myeloid leukaemia

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11269-xThe somatic evolutionary histories of haematopoietic cells in the years preceding acute myeloid leukaemia diagnosis show that the clonal dynamics of blood comply…

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11269-x

The somatic evolutionary histories of haematopoietic cells in the years preceding acute myeloid leukaemia diagnosis show that the clonal dynamics of blood comply with a set of simple evolutionary rules.

Mitochondrial protein import defects enhance tumour immunogenicity

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11249-1Inhibition of mitochondrial protein import can enhance tumour immunogenicity by promoting mitochondrial DNA release.

Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11249-1

Inhibition of mitochondrial protein import can enhance tumour immunogenicity by promoting mitochondrial DNA release.