Tuesday, 1 September 2026
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The global plastics treaty must account for conflict-driven energy insecurity ↗Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02738-4 The global plastics treaty must account for conflict-driven energy insecurity
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Is this the first glimpse of dark matter? Data point excites physicists ↗Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01985-9 An experiment spots an energy flash similar to that of the long-sought weakly interacting massive particle, or WIMP.
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Mutating every DNA letter of a genome shows surprising effects — and the limits of AI ↗Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02609-y Top artificial-intelligence models failed to predict the biological consequences of rewriting a virus's entire DNA code.
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My four-step workflow for reading scientific papers (without trying to read them all) ↗Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02119-x Discovering, triaging and skimming papers before engaging deeply with the right ones has helped Shea Andrews to stay on top of the literature.
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Charmed by comets ↗Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02383-x Astronomy that has long gripped people’s imagination, and a celebration of the health benefits of sunshine and the open air in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.
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A call to celebrate your achievements — from dissertations to tenure ↗Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02456-x The pace of academia rarely slows, so researchers should make time to celebrate major career milestones.
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Author Correction: Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human hippocampus ↗Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11071-9 Author Correction: Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human hippocampus
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These greenhouse-gas sources have trotters and snouts ↗Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02734-8 Emissions linked to global warming are higher at sites where feral pigs disturb the soil.
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A guide to emotional intelligence in the lab ↗Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02342-6 Learning how to manage your feelings can help you to tackle some tricky situations at work, say organizational psychologists.
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Canada recruits dozens of US scholars — including several science stars ↗Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02743-7 US funding uncertainty was a key factor for several of the researchers heading to Canada. Observers predict more will follow.
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Daily briefing: The next generation of lobsters ↗Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02756-2 Marvel at the month’s best science images. Plus, why timekeepers are rushing to get rid of the leap second and whether Meta’s legal settlement will make social media safer for kids.
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From Trojan horses to AI-proof exams: how professors are tackling students’ AI use ↗Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02370-2 Academics worldwide are rethinking their assessment approaches — from developing exams that artificial-intelligence tools can’t pass to sneaking hidden AI prompts into tasks to catch cheating students.
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India has an ambitious plan to lure scientists back — will its plan work? ↗Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02636-9 Initiatives to attract Indian researchers who are working abroad do not offer long-term income security, some scientists say.
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Bland new world: is AI making us all think the same? ↗Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02682-3 Researchers worry that generative AI is homogenizing culture and cognition.
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Who is responsible when AI helps to write science? ↗Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02686-z As generative AI becomes embedded in research and publishing, the deeper challenge is preserving accountability for scholarly work.
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Europe should adapt, not copy, China’s practical PhD ↗Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02736-6 Europe should adapt, not copy, China’s practical PhD
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China’s regulatory innovation for new biomedical technologies ↗Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02737-5 China’s regulatory innovation for new biomedical technologies
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When AI does science, who is accountable for mistakes? ↗Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02735-7 When AI does science, who is accountable for mistakes?