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How microbes can secure the critical minerals the world needs
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03629-4
To sustain supplies of key metals, policymakers should support the infrastructure needed to deploy mining biotechnologies on a large scale.Posted on 10 November 2026 | 1:00 am
Why your physics project needs an anthropologist
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03623-w
Picking a site for an observatory should be about more than science. Humanities scholars have a crucial role in responsible siting.Posted on 10 November 2026 | 1:00 am
A practically perfect plesiosaur
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03278-7
A very well preserved ancient marine reptile and a Latin poem that describes an optical phenomenon, in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.Posted on 10 November 2026 | 1:00 am
PhDs worldwide are having a shake up — why now?
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03017-y
Government-supported initiatives around the globe aim to change the PhD, with the goal of providing fresh talent to the private sector.Posted on 10 November 2026 | 1:00 am
Chile’s postdoc rules risk driving talent away
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03643-6
Chile’s postdoc rules risk driving talent awayPosted on 10 November 2026 | 1:00 am
California votes to give record $8.4 billion to medical research
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03635-6
The cash infusion, earmarked for immunology studies, is the largest ever for science authorized by a US public vote — but it has drawn criticism.Posted on 10 November 2026 | 1:00 am
Students need AI-free spaces to learn core skills
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03644-5
Students need AI-free spaces to learn core skillsPosted on 10 November 2026 | 1:00 am
Mongolia’s iconic grasslands are in crisis — invisible fungi could help save them
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03589-9
Clues suggest that underground fungal networks might be key to reviving degraded land and preserving plant biodiversity.Posted on 10 November 2026 | 1:00 am
The public trusts scientists with AI — more than it does anyone else
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03578-y
Public confidence in scientists’ use of generative artificial intelligence remains high, but that trust comes with conditions.Posted on 10 November 2026 | 1:00 am
PhD funding mechanisms should protect the right to disagree with supervisors
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03645-4
PhD funding mechanisms should protect the right to disagree with supervisorsPosted on 10 November 2026 | 1:00 am
Some people are resistant to dementia — here’s what their genes can teach us
Nature, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03625-8
For years, researchers have studied people with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s and other dementias. They might have even more to learn from those who don’t get the disease.Posted on 10 November 2026 | 1:00 am
Carlo Rovelli says fundamental physics is overrated
Nature, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03626-7
The theoretical physicist unpacks the need for more humility in science and whether artificial intelligence could ever become conscious.Posted on 9 November 2026 | 1:00 am
He spent a year on ‘Mars’: NASA science officer emerges from mock mission
Nature, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03588-w
Engineer Matthew Montgomery, who has just finished a 378-day simulated Mars mission, talks about what it was like to be out of contact with the rest of humanity for a two-week blackout.Posted on 9 November 2026 | 1:00 am
What postdoc ads ask for and what they leave unsaid
Nature, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02903-9
Looking for a postdoc while raising four children made one thing clear to Wenhuan Xu: many adverts describe the ideal applicant much more clearly than they describe the job itself.Posted on 9 November 2026 | 1:00 am
AI has transformed maths — this is how we got here
Nature, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03627-6
The story of how maths came to run the world, and created the artificial-intelligence models that might surpass human mathematicians.Posted on 9 November 2026 | 1:00 am