Nature, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02550-0The platform, mostly known for its adult content, has provided a financial lifeline amid US federal-funding uncertainty. And now the marmots have their own cryptocurrency too.
Nature, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02115-1How early-career researchers can strengthen their track record, boost their research proposal and assess institutional fit.
Nature, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02573-7Technologies that promise better-than-usual sleep could improve people’s performance and health but also turn the need for rest into an auditable obligation. Ethical norms and regulations are needed.
Nature, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02622-1Health-care partnerships can provide other nations with cheap diagnostics, medicines and more — but global institutions should help to ensure that they also strengthen local capacity and preserve sovereignty.
Nature, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02094-3Oral historian Emmeline Ledgerwood’s PhD investigated how privatization affected civil-service scientists at the end of the twentieth century.