Nerve activity initiates autoimmune hair loss

Nature, Published online: 26 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03258-xUnderstanding the triggers of autoimmunity might lead to better therapies, with hair loss among the conditions for which underpinning factors have come to light.

Nature, Published online: 26 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03258-x

Understanding the triggers of autoimmunity might lead to better therapies, with hair loss among the conditions for which underpinning factors have come to light.

Glimpsing archaeal microbes on the move

Nature, Published online: 26 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03259-wHow and when did cells gain the ability to crawl? Live imaging of cells from close relatives of early eukaryotes fills in a major gap in the understanding of cell…

Nature, Published online: 26 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03259-w

How and when did cells gain the ability to crawl? Live imaging of cells from close relatives of early eukaryotes fills in a major gap in the understanding of cellular evolution.

Women might have invented language — but not alone

Nature, Published online: 26 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03392-6An eloquent analysis of the origins of human speech suggests that social cohesion, not conflict, drove our use of words.

Nature, Published online: 26 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03392-6

An eloquent analysis of the origins of human speech suggests that social cohesion, not conflict, drove our use of words.

Are salaries getting worse? Many scientists think so

Nature, Published online: 26 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03398-0Nature’s survey of almost 4,000 researchers shows that you’re not alone if you struggle to make ends meet or your last pay rise is a distant memory.

Nature, Published online: 26 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03398-0

Nature’s survey of almost 4,000 researchers shows that you’re not alone if you struggle to make ends meet or your last pay rise is a distant memory.

<i>The Selfish Gene</i>, 50 years on — it’s time for an update

Nature, Published online: 26 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03393-5A focus on the gene alone has become outdated. Books that capture the complexity of life deserve centre stage.

Nature, Published online: 26 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03393-5

A focus on the gene alone has become outdated. Books that capture the complexity of life deserve centre stage.

Elizabeth Holmes film enthralls — but her legacy haunts science

Nature, Published online: 23 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03383-7You Can See Everything brings blood-testing start-ups back into the public eye. They persevere in Theranos’s shadow.

Nature, Published online: 23 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03383-7

You Can See Everything brings blood-testing start-ups back into the public eye. They persevere in Theranos’s shadow.

Briefing Chat: How physicists successfully trapped the electron’s antimatter equivalent

Nature, Published online: 23 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03418-zNature staff discuss how precisely measuring a positron could shed light on one of physics’ greatest mysteries — plus, the latest on an ambitious mission to a Mar…

Nature, Published online: 23 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03418-z

Nature staff discuss how precisely measuring a positron could shed light on one of physics’ greatest mysteries — plus, the latest on an ambitious mission to a Martian moon.