The forgotten 20 million: why is the world neglecting Afghanistan’s girls and women?

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02454-zIt is shameful that half the country’s population continues to be overlooked by the international community.

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02454-z

It is shameful that half the country’s population continues to be overlooked by the international community.

How escalating costs scuppered a radio telescope at Joddrell Bank

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02380-0Where to spot a basking shark and a gloomy tale about an abandoned telescope, in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02380-0

Where to spot a basking shark and a gloomy tale about an abandoned telescope, in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.

A ‘super’ El Niño could transform the Amazon. Is the world’s biggest rainforest doomed?

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02449-wThe Amazon rainforest might be closer to a tipping point than scientists thought. Some fear that droughts and fire could nudge it into irreversible decline.

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02449-w

The Amazon rainforest might be closer to a tipping point than scientists thought. Some fear that droughts and fire could nudge it into irreversible decline.

Solar eclipse offers rare chance to solve Sun’s magnetic-field mysteries

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02142-yResearchers will travel to Spain and Iceland to observe the solar eclipse on 12 August, hoping to answer questions about the solar corona.

Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02142-y

Researchers will travel to Spain and Iceland to observe the solar eclipse on 12 August, hoping to answer questions about the solar corona.