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How to manage AI risks while reaping the benefits
Nature, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02567-5As the world debates how to regulate artificial intelligence, Europe’s lawmakers are doing a lot of the heavy lifting.
Asthma in some boys stops at puberty: mouse results hint at why
Nature, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02611-4Study suggests that male hormones have an effect on nerve endings in the lungs.
Assessing students in the AI era
Nature, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02632-zAssessing students in the AI era
Ancient surveying instrument found in Egypt
Nature, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02382-yThe earliest known example of a tool used to build in a straight line, and remembering an early trailblazer …
Protecting education in the middle of war zones
Nature, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02634-xProtecting education in the middle of war zones
The future of peer review requires AI support, not AI bans
Nature, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02631-0The future of peer review requires AI support, not AI bans
Amend copyright licences to halt AI misuse and reassert human control
Nature, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02633-yAmend copyright licences to halt AI misuse and reassert human control
Addendum: Sea level much higher than assumed in most coastal hazard assessments
Nature, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11017-1Addendum: Sea level much higher than assumed in most coastal hazard assessments
Daily briefing: How ‘thunderquakes’ probe underground geology
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02665-4Thunder generates acoustic waves that can help scientists probe Earth, a person’s own mitochondria have been injected into their …
Billion-dollar machine aims to set a fusion-energy record — and study nuclear …
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02620-3Pacific Fusion is breaking ground next door to a US nuclear-weapons laboratory, hoping the partnership will give it an …
Can AI ever be conscious? The question stems from a misconception
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02571-9A book outlines how the fields of artificial intelligence, psychology and philosophy have neglected a key aspect of consciousness: …
Frontier-technology markets are too narrow — here’s how to widen them
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02572-8Governments need to keep their procurement processes as open as possible, or they will face risks of technological lock-in …
The exoskeletons are coming (to a store near you)
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02641-yTechnology to help people walk, run and jump is moving rapidly from labs to hiking trails.
Patient’s own mitochondria injected into eyes in attempt to restore vision
Nature, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02616-zInjection of a person’s own mitochondria into the retina was safe but had only a temporary effect on restoring …
Earth-shaking thunder probes underground geology
Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02596-0Seismologists measured the varying speeds of a ‘thunderquake’ to survey an area with little seismic activity.
Sleuth identifies dozens of studies that used the wrong antibody
Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02352-4The case is the latest example of a scientific workhorse being misused in experiments.
Why we must stop talking about artificial general intelligence — and instead …
Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02566-6Rather than racing to replace people, we should build AI tools that amplify human expertise and expand opportunity.
Briefing Chat: New narcolepsy drug could unlock host of novel brain therapies
Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02626-xNature staff discuss how an FDA-approved drug for narcolepsy could have promise beyond the condition, and the longest-lived human …
Daily briefing: People older than 100 have more cancer-killing cells
Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02617-yKiller T cells might help people to live to extraordinarily old ages. Plus, the longest-lived brain organoids so far …
Staggering 90% of biomedical papers now show signs of AI help
Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02551-zThe figure, which is much higher than previous estimates of large-language-model use, is for papers published in December and …
Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four …
Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02574-6The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a …
Hidden volcanoes hint at Moon’s turbulent past
Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02555-9A pair of massive shield volcanoes have been pinpointed by lunar spacecraft.
Researcher, heal thyself: meet the scientists studying their own diseases
Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02455-yStudying a condition after being diagnosed with it can be rewarding but also presents some ethical and psychological challenges.
Moderna cancer vaccine stops melanoma returning: what’s next for personalized treatments?
Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02612-3Promising trial results suggest cancer vaccines work and could be used to target other tumours.
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