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A unicellular relative links aggregative multicellularity to animal origins
Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10748-5
A unicellular relative links aggregative multicellularity to animal origins
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Ancient ground squirrels feasted on carcasses like ‘zombies of the Pleistocene’
Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01840-x
Fossilized poo harbours remains from mammoths, bison and big cats, including some of the oldest DNA ever reconstructed.
TB vaccine from the 1920s shows promise in diabetes trial
Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01825-w
The shot reduced insulin use for people with type 1 diabetes and another autoimmune condition.
Author Correction: PTC-bearing mRNA elicits a genetic compensation response via Upf3a and COMPASS components
Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10769-0
Author Correction: PTC-bearing mRNA elicits a genetic compensation response via Upf3a and COMPASS components
Seven steps for critically analysing research papers
Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01209-0
By sticking to a clear strategy when reading, I get much more out of the literature, says Jacques Cornwell.
Author Correction: A broadly protective antibody targeting gammaherpesvirus gB
Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10745-8
Author Correction: A broadly protective antibody targeting gammaherpesvirus gB
Arson attacks at Ebola hospitals are a cry for regional development
Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01846-5
Arson attacks at Ebola hospitals are a cry for regional development
Science must be seen as a viable profession for the many, not the few
Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01849-2
Science must be seen as a viable profession for the many, not the few
Preventing cancer requires more than a list of carcinogens
Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01847-4
Preventing cancer requires more than a list of carcinogens
World-first: therapy to make cells young again trialled in a person
Nature, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01836-7
A participant in a landmark clinical trial has been given a cellular-reprogramming treatment that aims to rejuvenate damaged cells in the eye.
Daily briefing: Human embryo genomes precisely altered
Nature, Published online: 08 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01852-7
The use of ‘base editing’ to precisely tweak human embryos has divided researchers. Plus, the number of lives saved by less-polluting cars in China and how to tip the world towards a sustainable future.
GPR15-guided CD8<sup>+</sup> T regulatory cells control intestinal inflammation
Nature, Published online: 08 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10749-4
GPR15-guided CD8+ T regulatory cells control intestinal inflammation
Distributed control circuits across a brain-and-cord connectome
Nature, Published online: 08 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10735-w
Distributed control circuits across a brain-and-cord connectome
Targeting Cancer-Specific Mutations with RNA-Triggered Chromatin Shredding
Nature, Published online: 08 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10738-7
Targeting Cancer-Specific Mutations with RNA-Triggered Chromatin Shredding
Fifty years since a simple equation described the chaos of biology
Nature, Published online: 08 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01584-8
An exploration of chaos theory in population dynamics showed that unpredictable systems can often be modelled using surprisingly simple mathematics.
How AI is reshaping discovery in maths and physics
Nature, Published online: 08 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01820-1
Artificial intelligence is not replacing human intuition in these fields, but reimagining how questions are asked, explored and understood.
Bots are scraping open data — how should researchers respond?
Nature, Published online: 08 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01689-0
The snowballing ability of artificial intelligence to trawl open data sets has some scientists worried about losing control of their information.
Nuclear-fusion firm says plant will deliver electricity to grid — but big questions remain
Nature, Published online: 08 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01795-z
Commonwealth Fusion Systems has published several papers detailing the design of its ARC fusion power plant.
Daily briefing: A spectacular flowery frame for the Milky Way
Nature, Published online: 05 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01837-6
Enjoy the month’s best science images. Plus, a smartphone’s selfie camera can monitor your heart rate and whether AI will drag astrophysics down to Earth.
Why are so many young people getting cancer? What researchers do and don’t know
Nature, Published online: 08 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01780-6
Possible explanations for the trend are emerging, but are likely to vary from one type of tumour to another.