The top cancer success stories of the past 50 years, by the numbers

Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03157-1Outcomes have improved drastically in the United States for some forms of the disease, but those for others continue to lag.

Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03157-1

Outcomes have improved drastically in the United States for some forms of the disease, but those for others continue to lag.

‘What took them so long?’ This year’s medicine Nobel winner is overdue

Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03094-zNature’s senior biology reporter Ewen Callaway reflects on today’s prize for optogenetics — which scientists have anticipated for years.

Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03094-z

Nature’s senior biology reporter Ewen Callaway reflects on today’s prize for optogenetics — which scientists have anticipated for years.

Medicine Nobel awarded for brain ‘switch’ that controls neurons with light

Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03091-2Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on optogenetics, which has revolutionized neuros…

Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03091-2

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on optogenetics, which has revolutionized neuroscience.

AI biohazard hype must not divert attention from the real risks we face now

Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03135-7Twenty-five years after the US anthrax attacks, fears around AI are distracting people from seeing what’s needed to stay safe: a strong, regulated life-sciences s…

Nature, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03135-7

Twenty-five years after the US anthrax attacks, fears around AI are distracting people from seeing what’s needed to stay safe: a strong, regulated life-sciences sector.

‘Learning about physics changed my life’: author Hernan Diaz on his new novel <i>Ply</i>

Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03057-4The Pulitzer-Prize-winning author joins us to talk about his time visiting CERN and communicating quantum physics in fiction.

Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03057-4

The Pulitzer-Prize-winning author joins us to talk about his time visiting CERN and communicating quantum physics in fiction.

Nature has rights — it is time the world recognized them

Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03145-5Existing legal frameworks have not halted planetary crises. Recognizing the rights of nature could offer a different path.

Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03145-5

Existing legal frameworks have not halted planetary crises. Recognizing the rights of nature could offer a different path.