How to make your science business succeed when you’re a female founder

Nature, Published online: 13 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01904-ySexist assumptions and a male-dominated culture can make it harder for women to attract investment for the companies they set up.

Nature, Published online: 13 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01904-y

Sexist assumptions and a male-dominated culture can make it harder for women to attract investment for the companies they set up.

Author Correction: Cretaceous bird from Brazil informs the evolution of the avian skull and brain

Nature, Published online: 13 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10960-3Author Correction: Cretaceous bird from Brazil informs the evolution of the avian skull and brain

Nature, Published online: 13 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10960-3

Author Correction: Cretaceous bird from Brazil informs the evolution of the avian skull and brain

Trump wants MMR vaccine split up: the science behind why it’s a bad idea

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02515-3Numerous studies have shown that separating childhood jabs will delay protection and increase costs for families.

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02515-3

Numerous studies have shown that separating childhood jabs will delay protection and increase costs for families.

How the human brain can pursue two goals at the same time

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02395-7In the natural world, an animal can blend strategies so it can advance towards several goals at the same time. An engineering approach called control theory was us…

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02395-7

In the natural world, an animal can blend strategies so it can advance towards several goals at the same time. An engineering approach called control theory was used to infer people’s goals while they played a simple video game, and showed how three brain regions work together to implement goal blending.

No single rule explains how climate affects carbon storage in tropical forests

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02291-0Ecologists have long wondered why some tropical forests store more carbon than others. A global satellite survey offers an explanation.

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02291-0

Ecologists have long wondered why some tropical forests store more carbon than others. A global satellite survey offers an explanation.

Bow shocks reveal how a dying star returns matter to interstellar space

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02159-3Deep imaging of ionized gas in the Helix Nebula uncovers many curved shock waves around a dying Sun-like star. These ‘bow shocks’ are produced when ejected shells …

Nature, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02159-3

Deep imaging of ionized gas in the Helix Nebula uncovers many curved shock waves around a dying Sun-like star. These ‘bow shocks’ are produced when ejected shells of stellar material break up and race outwards. Their changing shapes imply that the shell fragments are being stripped, shredded and mixed into interstellar gas over roughly 10,000 years.