Thursday, 27 August 2026
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The Roman telescope is about to take planet-hunting to the next level ↗Nature, Published online: 27 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02662-7 NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch shortly, could find 40 times the number of distant worlds as have been detected so far.
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Women face bans on research underground — here’s how to modernize the system ↗Nature, Published online: 27 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02679-y In many countries, female engineers are barred from entering deep mines to carry out studies. Differentiating risks can increase access while protecting safety.
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Why are El Niños getting stronger? 1000-year-coral record points to climate change ↗Nature, Published online: 27 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02717-9 A reconstruction of Pacific Ocean sea surface temperatures adds to the evidence that human-caused warming is boosting El Niño events.
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A solution to the mystery of the missing neutrinos ↗Nature, Published online: 27 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02628-9 Lecture preparations prompt a scientist to poke holes in the ‘gallium anomaly’.
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Animal-microbe partnerships date back to the dawn of complex life ↗Nature, Published online: 27 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02629-8 Geochemical clues hint that worm-like creatures in the Ediacaran period benefited from symbiosis with bacteria.
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Glacier collapse caused Nepal’s deadly flash flood — a sign of things to come? ↗Nature, Published online: 27 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02716-w Global warming is making high-altitude regions unstable, and could trigger more frequent landslides and floods.
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‘Robot Olympics’ reveal humanoids' rapid progress — but hurdles remain ↗Nature, Published online: 27 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02713-z Humanoid robots broke records at sporting events such as sprints, but struggled at practical tasks such as hammering nails.