Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03160-6 ‘Rivers in the sky’ helped to keep an expanse of water roughly as big as Portugal ice-free.
Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03155-3 Modelling suggests that the planets’ orbits will become destabilized inside one billion years once the Sun starts to shed mass.
Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03129-5 A conserved property of protons and neutrons is carried not by their constituent particles but by structures that mediate the force between them.
Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03095-y Nature reporter Davide Castelvecchi reflects on covering the fast-moving field of astronomy honoured by the Nobel physics award.
Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03130-y Two reports highlight the changes needed in academia to facilitate the fast, collaborative, responsive and inclusive research that aids global decision makers.
Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03150-8 Cases in the Northern Hemisphere are cropping up weeks early, and they are dominated by a virus with a concerning mutation.
Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02973-9 A satisfying congruence between genetics and cell-biology findings, and experiments at altitude with a rotating device that measures radiant energy, in this week’s peek at Nature’s archive.
Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02966-8 Repetitive sequences make extrachromosomal DNA vulnerable to breaks, which could be exploited for therapy — but might also promote tumour evolution.
Nature, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02967-7 Cell-based models of the human cortex transplanted into mice produce neurons that are inaccessible in vitro, and could enable scientists to link brain injury to behaviour.