Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03135-7 Twenty-five years after the US anthrax attacks, fears around AI are distracting people from seeing what’s needed to stay safe: a strong, regulated life-sciences sector.

Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03134-8 Two books explore how warfare is being reshaped, with influence shifting from states to tech giants.

Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03091-2 Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on optogenetics, which has revolutionized neuroscience.

Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03094-z Nature’s senior biology reporter Ewen Callaway reflects on today’s prize for optogenetics — which scientists have anticipated for years.

Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03157-1 Outcomes have improved drastically in the United States for some forms of the disease, but those for others continue to lag.

Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02564-8 Advocates say that delivering lectures and presentations al fresco can energize students and provide them with a complete experience.

Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02769-x One small study in Iran swayed meta-analyses in favour of antidepressant use in children, researchers say.

Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02976-6 A tricky question.

Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03133-9 Take Nature’s quiz on female Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine.

Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03145-5 Existing legal frameworks have not halted planetary crises. Recognizing the rights of nature could offer a different path.

Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03126-8 A fossil from a previously undiscovered species with feathery limbs, unearthed in China, adds to evidence that dinosaurs and birds evolved flight more than once.

Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03058-3 Psychologist Mirta Galesic discusses an increase in hateful comments online, and the science-backed way to react.

Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03057-4 The Pulitzer-Prize-winning author joins us to talk about his time visiting CERN and communicating quantum physics in fiction.

Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03037-8 Gene-editing CRISPR enzymes controlled by light and sound target tissues of interest.

Nature, Published online: 01 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03118-8 Researchers say that a vote to reject the epoch violated procedure and call for transparency.

Nature, Published online: 01 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03101-3 The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.

Nature, Published online: 01 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03044-9 ‘Agentic’, ‘prompt engineering’ and other technical terms are among the 1,400 entries added to Merriam-Webster’s online catalogue.

Nature, Published online: 01 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03042-x Modified medication targets the cells implicated in the condition’s tell-tale lesions.

Nature, Published online: 01 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03119-7 With prospects for new treatments at an all-time high, researchers are looking for ways to boost survival by treating the disease early.

Nature, Published online: 01 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03036-9 Observations confirm jets’ expected effect on the gas cloud that surrounds a galaxy.

Nature, Published online: 01 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11149-4 Retraction Note: Ribosomal frameshifting in the _CCR5_ mRNA is regulated by miRNAs and the NMD pathway

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02782-0 People who underwent stem-cell transplantation and ate sugar-rich food had disrupted communities of gut microorganisms during antibiotic treatment.

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02978-4 The Z machine in New Mexico generates shockwaves that can simulate conditions deep inside our planet.

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03086-z Researchers say that using artificial-intelligence tools to visualize scientific images can become problematic when models misrepresent the underlying data.

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02963-x The next major advancement in TB might not be a new drug, but a better understanding of how and why resistance to medicines emerges.

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02777-x An ultrathin semiconductor that conducts electricity using positively charged ‘holes’ might clear the way for next-generation electronic devices.

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02991-7 The overuse of certain names has revealed the scale of fake experts on academic publishing platforms, say researchers.

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02965-9 Researchers are trying everything they can to help coral reefs to survive severe heat stress from climate change, including playing sounds underwater.

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02958-8 Scientists say tailored disease treatments require a comprehensive assessment of a person’s lifelong environmental exposures.

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03038-7 The bellbird’s extra-large gape helps it to achieve pneumatic-drill-level volume.

Nature, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03124-w High-speed footage of takeoffs reveal that the butterfly markings mislead the eye, making them harder to catch.

Nature, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11083-5 Author Correction: Proteasome-guided haem signalling axis contributes to T cell exhaustion

Nature, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03046-7 Tools that inform clinical decision-making require rigorous assessments equivalent to processes used to approve drugs and self-driving cars.

Nature, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02972-w A genus of soil-dwelling beetle discovered in Italy, and a glimpse at the wonders of the deep sea, in our weekly dip into Nature’s archive.

Nature, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02960-0 Digital technologies increasingly shape everyday life. Computer scientist Francine Berman tells Nature that stronger safeguards are required to protect the public interest.

Nature, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02776-y Inhibitors of tyrosine kinase enzymes have been a cornerstone in precision cancer treatments. Now, targeted protein degraders could reshape therapeutic options.

Nature, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02759-z A new Chinese-owned journal Vita aims to compete with established journals.

Nature, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02961-z Funders, journals and universities must reward the creation of new scientific terrain, not just the efficient mining of old ground.

Nature, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03055-6 Why AI-authorship debates miss a deeper shift in how scholarly knowledge is produced

Nature, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02971-x Researchers quantify the economic damage caused by climate-change-related heat stress on the global workforce.

Nature, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03054-7 Patents alone won’t unlock critical-mineral supply chains

Nature, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03056-5 Biodiversity protection must include language preservation

Nature, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03053-8 PhD training should encourage ethical dissent

Nature, Published online: 28 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03043-w Tracking the biological age of grafted organs suggests that donor pools could be expanded to boost organ availability.

Nature, Published online: 28 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02959-7 An elegant account of the physicist’s unusual life story highlights the relationships that inspired him.

Nature, Published online: 28 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03004-3 China tests these therapies faster than the rest of the world but regulatory changes could slow them down.

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03016-z The UN’s climate loss and damage fund needs to consider how to make decisions about finance fairly and quickly, without disadvantaging low-resource nations.

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03028-9 Mark Chen discusses how the Hugging Face cybersecurity incident prompted a pivot to safety — and giving AI models a sense of 'taste'.

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02980-w A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.

Nature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03023-0 Laboratories are still using dangerous and carbon-intensive liquids much more often than environmentally friendly ones, according to a 40-year survey of patents.