Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02740-w

Small trial targeted liver proteins that play a part in the regulation of lipid levels.

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.

Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11071-9

Author Correction: Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human hippocampus

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.

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.

Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02737-5

China’s regulatory innovation for new biomedical technologies

Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02735-7

When AI does science, who is accountable for mistakes?

Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02738-4

The global plastics treaty must account for conflict-driven energy insecurity

Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02736-6

Europe should adapt, not copy, China’s practical PhD

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Nature, Published online: 01 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02682-3

Researchers worry that generative AI is homogenizing culture and cognition.