Nature, Published online: 23 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00254-z She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
Nature, Published online: 22 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00153-3 Two researchers describe how body size and having a disability can challenge perceptions of what a scientist should look like.
Nature, Published online: 22 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00206-7 An Austrian cow has shown that some bovines are intelligent enough to employ objects for their own ends.
Nature, Published online: 22 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00207-6 Non-protein-coding genes have been linked to a hereditary condition, retinitis pigmentosa, that causes progressive blindness.
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00220-9 Officials from the US Department of Health and Human Services, which funded the controversial study, say that it will proceed as planned.
