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I told ChatGPT to ‘continue’ — it went too far. Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02714-yAn ambiguous instruction caused the chatbot to send three e-mails from Ying Zhao’s connected account. The incident advanced Zhao’...
Award-winning microscopy image disqualified over AI use. Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03240-7The incident has prompted discussions about the use of artificial intelligence in scientific imagery....
Author Correction: Timing and trajectory of BCR::ABL1-driven chronic myeloid leukaemia. Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11253-5Author Correction: Timing and trajectory of BCR::ABL1-driven chronic myeloid leukaemia...
Keep medical doctors in academia — without them, health-care research will suffer. Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03225-6Better career support and more funding stability is needed to retain this invaluable group of ...
Private, offline and yours: how to search the literature with local AI systems. Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03227-4Concerns about privacy, reproducibility and cost are prompting scientists to use models on their ...
Beyond the solvent fog: watching molecules dance in the crowd. Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02970-yA technique called time-resolved X-ray liquidography has been used to shed precision light on the steps involved i...
What does a PhD pay? Data reveal huge gaps across Europe. Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03181-1Earnings come in a combination of scholarships and salaries and vary widely between countries, an analysis by internati...
Hidden signals in sleep can predict future health. Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03207-8From a single night of sleep, AI tools can uncover physiological patterns linked to disease and mortality that are missed by c...
Does the decline of book reading mark the end of rational thinking?. Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03224-7Smartphones and artificial intelligence are undermining our ability to follow a complex argument, with grave...
Antiviral immunity via telomerase-like reverse transcription in bacteria. Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11250-8Antiviral immunity via telomerase-like reverse transcription in bacteria...
Breaking down nerve-cell scaffold relieves chronic pain in mice. Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03159-zResults could help researchers to develop painkillers that are safer and more effective than existing treatments...
Five movements from the edge of the singularity. Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03116-wChange is in the air....
Publisher Correction: Sleep chart of biological ageing clocks in middle and late life. Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11273-1Publisher Correction: Sleep chart of biological ageing clocks in middle and late life...
An experiment to glimpse the future Amazon — in pictures. Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02909-3David Lapola is testing a big climate-science unknown: how will the forest cope as atmospheric carbon dioxide continues...
Watch this invisible tattoo appear under UV light. Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03210-zThe ink could be useful for medical tattooing, but more tests are needed before it is widely available....
The life of Darwin and the science of clouds: Books in brief. Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03217-6Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks....
Chimp and gorilla brains resist weight loss with age — unlike human brains. Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03158-0The relatively short lifespans of non-human great apes might explain why their brain mass is maintain...
Briefing Chat: Top researchers are being misled by sham academic societies. Nature, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03216-7Nature staff discuss a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive...
Will AI scoop your science? Some researchers see a gloomy future. Nature, Published online: 08 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03128-6Scientists worry that increasingly capable large language models will beat them to discoveries....
Plague scare: what scientists know — and what Russia won’t say. Nature, Published online: 08 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03215-8Unverified rumours swirl around the death of a Siberian laboratory technician. Nature talks to a biosecurity spec...
