No. 6 · 2026-10-30
Space, science and CERN
What is new, linked to the papers in Nature and to CERN.
Space
- This Arabian desert was once a lush paradise. Why did ancient humans avoid it?
Nature · 2026-10-28
- Cometary impacts an unlikely pathway towards the origins of life on Earth
Nature · 2026-10-28
- Impact of geomagnetic storm intensity on thermospheric density and orbital decay of LEO satellites: a G1–G5 per-event analysis
Nature · 2026-10-27
- Revered NASA spacecraft is about to perish in flames — astronomers are mourning
Nature · 2026-10-27
- Briefing Chat: How physicists successfully trapped the electron's antimatter equivalent
Nature · 2026-10-23
- Transitioning from ADS to SciX to serve twenty-first century astronomy
Nature · 2026-10-12
Science
- Even stupendous black holes can’t explain dark matter
The theoretical objects would have left a larger imprint on cosmic radiation if they were a source of the invisible force pulling together the galaxies.
Nature · 2026-10-29
- How the US mid-term elections could shake up science
A Democratic victory in Congress could halt the Trump administration’s controversial grant-review plan and curb some of its funding actions.
Nature · 2026-10-29
- Switchable Chlorine Atom Transfer Radical Reactions
Switchable Chlorine Atom Transfer Radical Reactions
Nature · 2026-10-28
- Back-to-monomer depolymerization of silicones by deoxygenative chlorination
Back-to-monomer depolymerization of silicones by deoxygenative chlorination
Nature · 2026-10-28
- Why did ancient humans avoid this lush paradise
A new expedition into the Rub’ al Khali desert finds no evidence of ancient human settlement.
Nature · 2026-10-28
- Accounting of Africa’s water reveals a management gap
A map of Africa’s water demand reveals that the scarcity of water is only part of the problem facing the continent — management is a separate challenge.
Nature · 2026-10-28
Nature and CERN, and the AI Biosecurity Lab