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- Author or just ‘acknowledged’? How women are not gaining full credit for research
Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03448-7An analysis of who is more likely to get authorship than acknowledgement highlights the influence of a researcher’s gender and status.
- Retractions of old papers are on the rise: when should bad science be culled?
Nature, Published online: 11 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03624-9Decades-old papers are increasingly being pulled from the literature, bringing a host of challenges.
- Mongolia’s iconic grasslands are in crisis — invisible fungi could help save them
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03589-9Clues suggest that underground fungal networks might be key to reviving degraded land and preserving plant biodiversity.
- PhDs worldwide are having a shake up — why now?
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03017-yGovernment-supported initiatives around the globe aim to change the PhD, with the goal of providing fresh talent to the private sector.
- The public trusts scientists with AI — more than it does anyone else
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03578-yPublic confidence in scientists’ use of generative artificial intelligence remains high, but that trust comes with conditions.
- Metascience should be a source of evidence, not a means of control
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03620-zThe field has captured the interest of politicians. There are positives — but governments must not misuse the data.
- Some people are resistant to dementia — here’s what their genes can teach us
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03625-8For years, researchers have studied people with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s and other dementias. They might have even more to learn from those who don’t get the disease.
- PhD funding mechanisms should protect the right to disagree with supervisors
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03645-4PhD funding mechanisms should protect the right to disagree with supervisors
- A practically perfect plesiosaur
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03278-7A very well preserved ancient marine reptile and a Latin poem that describes an optical phenomenon, in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.
- Chile’s postdoc rules risk driving talent away
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03643-6Chile’s postdoc rules risk driving talent away
- Students need AI-free spaces to learn core skills
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03644-5Students need AI-free spaces to learn core skills
- California votes to give record $8.4 billion to medical research
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03635-6The cash infusion, earmarked for immunology studies, is the largest ever for science authorized by a US public vote — but it has drawn criticism.
- Why your physics project needs an anthropologist
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03623-wPicking a site for an observatory should be about more than science. Humanities scholars have a crucial role in responsible siting.
- How microbes can secure the critical minerals the world needs
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03629-4To sustain supplies of key metals, policymakers should support the infrastructure needed to deploy mining biotechnologies on a large scale.
- How to make failure your friend and teacher in science
Nature, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03654-3Apprentices develop expertise after doing monotonous tasks repeatedly and learning from their mistakes. Scientists are no different, argues Ruth Morgan.
- COP31 kicks off as planet faces imminent overshoot of 1.5 °C climate target
Nature, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03631-wScientists say governments must commit to carbon dioxide removal if world is to bring temperatures back down to safer limits.
- How academic freedom is changing around the world — by the numbers
Nature, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02998-0Nature reports on five countries where academic freedom has either plummeted or soared in recent years.
- AI has transformed maths — this is how we got here
Nature, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03627-6The story of how maths came to run the world, and created the artificial-intelligence models that might surpass human mathematicians.
- Author Correction: Histone H3 trimethylation at lysine 36 guides m6A RNA modification co-transcriptionally
Nature, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11375-wAuthor Correction: Histone H3 trimethylation at lysine 36 guides m6A RNA modification co-transcriptionally
- What postdoc ads ask for and what they leave unsaid
Nature, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02903-9Looking for a postdoc while raising four children made one thing clear to Wenhuan Xu: many adverts describe the ideal applicant much more clearly than they describe the job itself.
- Daily briefing: The ‘overshoot COP’ kicks off
Nature, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03658-zThe COP31 climate conference begins, with ‘climate overshoot’ a key talking point. Plus, the surprising benefits of ‘pink noise’ and the role of AI chatbots to support men’s mental health.
- He spent a year on ‘Mars’: NASA science officer emerges from mock mission
Nature, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03588-wEngineer Matthew Montgomery, who has just finished a 378-day simulated Mars mission, talks about what it was like to be out of contact with the rest of humanity for a two-week blackout.
- The super El Niño is more than a climate shock – it’s a health one, too
Nature, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03628-5Food shortages and disease outbreaks are to be expected and need to be addressed together.
- Carlo Rovelli says fundamental physics is overrated
Nature, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03626-7The theoretical physicist unpacks the need for more humility in science and whether artificial intelligence could ever become conscious.
- ‘Mathematics is more than a mechanical process’ — why I think the field will survive OpenAI’s disruption
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03622-xArtificial intelligence could take the field into new territory, but researchers must create the rules and institutions that keep humans at its centre.
- ESC (DC)2
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03450-zSecurity issues.
- Daily briefing: Ancient cave art found hiding in plain sight
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03648-1Rock-art in a Spanish cave dates back 26,000 years. Plus, flexible working policies can end up saddling academic mothers with more work and the origins of Celtic and Germanic languages.
- In Vivo CRISPR Base Editing of ANGPTL3 for Durable Lipid Lowering
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11233-9In Vivo CRISPR Base Editing of ANGPTL3 for Durable Lipid Lowering
- These AI agents design your perfect robot-powered lab — and run it for you
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03587-xA team of artificial-intelligence agents simulates a laboratory of robots and instruments to ensure that the physical workspace functions smoothly and then directs that workspace’s operations.
- The palaeo cave art that hid in plain sight for 26,000 years
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03585-zHundreds of engravings were spotted in a widely visited cave — and some include signs of animation.
- Medicinal plants, lessons from mushrooms and the power of smell: Books in brief
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03595-xAndrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
- Cholera bacterium’s good deed: inspiring a glue with rare properties
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03630-xAn adhesive that binds strongly even under water was inspired by a protein made by a feared pathogen.
- Briefing Chat: Meet the snakes that cartwheel away from trouble
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03632-9Nature staff discuss an acrobatic reptile defence strategy — plus, evidence of fossilized dinosaur blood cells.
- Preprint platform offers to pay researchers to review papers, but questions remain
Nature, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03442-zA reviewer can earn US$200 through XSci’s scheme if they deliver their work within five days.
- Daily briefing: Toothbrush zaps bacteria to clear plaque
Nature, Published online: 05 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03596-wThe manual toothbrush cleans by generating a bacteria-killing electrical charge. Plus, what ‘historic’ US mid-term results mean for science and a genetics lab run by AI-powered robots.
- The surprising reason women in academia do more parenting than men
Nature, Published online: 05 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03568-0Policies designed to keep women in the workforce could be entrenching gendered parenting roles.
- Hydrogen Derivatives Enable Cost-Effective Carbon Neutrality in China
Nature, Published online: 05 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11351-4Hydrogen Derivatives Enable Cost-Effective Carbon Neutrality in China
- Opportunistically Detecting Signs of Hypertension on a Consumer Smartwatch
Nature, Published online: 05 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11336-3Opportunistically Detecting Signs of Hypertension on a Consumer Smartwatch