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Nearly half of reef-building corals face elevated relative risk of extinction
Nature, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11263-3
Nearly half of reef-building corals face elevated relative risk of extinctionPosted on 15 October 2026 | 2:00 am
World’s timekeepers upend how they adjust time to avoid catastrophic ‘negative second’
Nature, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03329-z
Governments have voted to abolish the leap second immediately and replace it with a leap hour.Posted on 15 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Nature, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03233-6
Programmer whose forward-thinking and reliable code helped to save the Apollo 11 mission.Posted on 15 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Orangutan mothers arrange play dates for their babies
Nature, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03238-1
Solitary primates spend energy and time travelling to patches of forest for get-togethers.Posted on 15 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Give me the good news: four science stories to brighten your day
Nature, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03152-6
Drugs that can reverse multiple sclerosis in mice and a new species of penguin are just the beginning.Posted on 15 October 2026 | 2:00 am
ArXiv versus AI slop: will capping preprint submissions work?
Nature, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03194-w
Major preprint platform tightens its rules to curb a surge of submissions, including those generated by artificial-intelligence tools.Posted on 15 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Is AI eroding PhD students’ critical thinking and analysis skills?
Nature, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03178-w
An expert panel debates the impact of artificial intelligence on doctoral programmes.Posted on 15 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Divergent genomic evolution in astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas
Nature, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11150-x
Longitudinal genomic analyses in patients with astrocytoma or oligodendrioglioma suggest that these two types of tumour differ in the mechanisms by which they become resistant to treatment, with astrocytomas accumulating copy-number alterations and chromosomal instability markers but oligodendrogliomas acquiring new driver mutations.Posted on 14 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Wave coarsening drives time crystallization in mechatronic metamaterials
Nature, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11163-6
Wave coarsening in active elastic media is a phenomenon in which vibrations spontaneously increase in wavelength, period and amplitude before forming a globally synchronized time crystal.Posted on 14 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Global conservation area coverage substantially exceeds current estimates
Nature, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11157-4
A globally representative sample of 25 countries and territories indicates that conservation areas cover 26.81% of the land, much closer to the 30% by 2030 target than officially reported.Posted on 14 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Overlooked brown fat in our bodies linked to wide range of health benefits
Nature, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03302-w
Massive study of more than 100,000 people finds surprise connection between ‘good’ body fat and improved mental health.Posted on 14 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Early tetrapod neck mobility modelled using an extant analogue
Nature, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11158-3
Biomechanical analysis of several early tetrapods using sturgeon as an analogue revealed that early tetrapods had limited neck mobility despite separation of the head and shoulders.Posted on 14 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Capillary-selective vasodilation through myosin inhibition halts ischaemic cascades
Nature, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11171-6
R(+)2501 reverses capillary no-reflow by relaxing pericytes, restoring microvascular perfusion and improving survival in animal models of myocardial infarction and acute kidney injury.Posted on 14 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Educational intervention can rewire village social networks
Nature, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11154-7
A randomized controlled trial involving a health-education intervention in rural villages in Honduras shows that the intervention changed social network connections, including not only health-related connections but also friendships and financial ties.Posted on 14 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Catalytic transfer of carbon atoms enables spirofusion of C–C σ-bonds
Nature, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11242-8
Catalytic transfer of carbon atoms enables spirofusion of C–C σ-bondsPosted on 14 October 2026 | 2:00 am