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Can we have class outside? Seven tips to breeze through outdoor lectures
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.Posted on 2 October 2026 | 2:00 am
How to respond to hate speech without fuelling it further
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.Posted on 2 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02976-6
A tricky question.Posted on 2 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Stunning fossil shows dinosaurs’ distinctive path to flight
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.Posted on 2 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Can you name the women who have won a science Nobel prize?
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.Posted on 2 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Nature has rights — it is time the world recognized them
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.Posted on 2 October 2026 | 2:00 am
‘Learning about physics changed my life’: author Hernan Diaz on his new novel <i>Ply</i>
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.Posted on 2 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Prozac use for childhood depression skewed by single flawed medical trial
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.Posted on 2 October 2026 | 2:00 am
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 pathwayPosted on 1 October 2026 | 2:00 am
The ‘missed disease’ that affects 190 million: endometriosis drug shows early promise
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.Posted on 1 October 2026 | 2:00 am
A black hole’s jets have a halo effect
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.Posted on 1 October 2026 | 2:00 am
‘Vibe coding’ makes the dictionary: AI terms recognized by Merriam-Webster
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 the online catalogue of the iconic lexicon.Posted on 1 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Can pancreatic cancer be stopped in its tracks? Radical tactic raises hopes
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.Posted on 1 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Gaze into the cosmos and through the eyes of a bee — September’s best science images
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.Posted on 1 October 2026 | 2:00 am
Battle of the Anthropocene: allegations re-ignite row over proposed geological epoch
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.Posted on 1 October 2026 | 2:00 am