How we ditched presentations and embraced silence in our lab meetings

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02836-3Swapping to a system in which lab members read memos quietly before team discussions helped to create an open culture.

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02836-3

Swapping to a system in which lab members read memos quietly before team discussions helped to create an open culture.

‘When prevention disappears, infections rise’: can the world still end AIDS?

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03127-7The United Nations’ deadline for eliminating HIV/AIDS as a public-health threat is unlikely to be met. But medical, political and social advances have raised hope…

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03127-7

The United Nations’ deadline for eliminating HIV/AIDS as a public-health threat is unlikely to be met. But medical, political and social advances have raised hopes that longer-term success is still possible.

Why we must advocate for proper care on the frontlines of the Ebola outbreak

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02983-7As the Bundibugyo virus public-health crisis continues to evolve, physician Richard Kojan is finding ways to care for people with the infection and helping relati…

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02983-7

As the Bundibugyo virus public-health crisis continues to evolve, physician Richard Kojan is finding ways to care for people with the infection and helping relatives to visit loved ones safely.

Can your brain grow new neurons? How researchers are solving a century-old puzzle

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03132-wScientists have debated for decades whether the human brain sprouts new neurons throughout life. What would it mean if it could — and how much evidence is enough?

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03132-w

Scientists have debated for decades whether the human brain sprouts new neurons throughout life. What would it mean if it could — and how much evidence is enough?

The Solar System could die one billion times earlier than thought

Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03155-3Modelling suggests that the planets’ orbits will become destabilized inside one billion years once the Sun starts to shed mass.

Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03155-3

Modelling suggests that the planets’ orbits will become destabilized inside one billion years once the Sun starts to shed mass.