Monday, 12 October 2026
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Daily briefing: Visit a huge climate experiment in the Amazon rainforest ↗Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03255-0 Step into the rainforest with climatologist David Lapola. Plus, watch an ‘invisible’ tattoo be revealed by ultraviolet light and explore PhD remuneration across Europe.
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Economics Nobel awarded for work on stabilizing economies in crisis ↗Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03251-4 Laureates share award that builds on the theories that contributed to governments intervening during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Antiviral immunity via telomerase-like reverse transcription in bacteria ↗Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11250-8 Antiviral immunity via telomerase-like reverse transcription in bacteria
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Private, offline and yours: how to search the literature with local AI systems ↗Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03227-4 Concerns about privacy, reproducibility and cost are prompting scientists to use models on their computers rather than in the cloud.
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Hidden signals in sleep can predict future health ↗Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03207-8 From a single night of sleep, AI tools can uncover physiological patterns linked to disease and mortality that are missed by conventional sleep measures.
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I told ChatGPT to ‘continue’ — it went too far ↗Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02714-y An ambiguous instruction caused the chatbot to send three e-mails from Ying Zhao’s connected account. The incident advanced Zhao’s project, but showed that chatbots need limits.
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Keep medical doctors in academia — without them, health-care research will suffer ↗Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03225-6 Better career support and more funding stability is needed to retain this invaluable group of scientists.
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Award-winning microscopy image disqualified over AI use ↗Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03240-7 The incident has prompted discussions about the use of artificial intelligence in scientific imagery.
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Does the decline of book reading mark the end of rational thinking? ↗Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03224-7 Smartphones and artificial intelligence are undermining our ability to follow a complex argument, with grave consequences.
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What does a PhD pay? Data reveal huge gaps across Europe ↗Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03181-1 Earnings come in a combination of scholarships and salaries and vary widely between countries, an analysis by international federation Eurodoc reveals.
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Author Correction: Timing and trajectory of BCR::ABL1 -driven chronic myeloid leukaemia ↗Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11253-5 Author Correction: Timing and trajectory of BCR::ABL1 -driven chronic myeloid leukaemia
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Beyond the solvent fog: watching molecules dance in the crowd ↗Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02970-y A technique called time-resolved X-ray liquidography has been used to shed precision light on the steps involved in a classic chemical reaction.