Learning to love the machine | Science
Big Tech’s crusade to get kids coding is more self-interested than it first appears, argues a journalist
Technology is not a replacement for democracy | Science
A government run by machines is not inevitable—we have been here and rejected it before
Bonding carbons iteratively | Science
A modular synthesis method could broaden the accessibility of chemistry
The lab that learns | Science
Integrating high-throughput experiments, robotics, and artificial intelligence can accelerate scientific discoveries
Touch and pain shape what brain imaging sees | Science
Sensory inputs influence different blood vessel networks, affecting the precision of brain scans
Beyond carbon in renewable energy policy | Science
China’s policy-driven solar expansion shows why climate policy appraisal should look at biodiversity impacts
Who checks what AI can do? | Science
The most important findings about frontier artificial intelligence (AI) are also the hardest to verify. Much of the information needed to understand its capabilities and risks—including results from evaluations of prerelease models and containment ...
Daily briefing: People older than 100 have more cancer-killing cells
Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02617-y Killer T cells might help people to live to […]
Investors’ sneak peak: can this AI tool spot the science that will lead to patents?
Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02549-7 The approach could speed up investment decisions, but researchers […]
Staggering 90% of biomedical papers now show signs of AI help
Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02551-z The figure, which is much higher than previous estimates […]