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/d41586-026-02142-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/d41586-026-02452-1Job transitions are challenging, but good communication and planning will help.
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/d41586-026-02451-2Publicly available AI models and local infrastructure can reduce AI’s environmental footprint while giving researchers greater control over the tools they use.
Nature, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02082-7If reviewers can’t reliably tell the difference between top grant proposals, why should they pretend they can? A new wave of funders is turning to lotteries to break the tie.