Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10112-7

Genome-wide analysis shows European dogs existed by 14,200 years ago, were already genetically distinct, received less Neolithic Southwest Asian admixture than humans did and contributed substantially to later European dogs.

Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10266-4

Insights into the mechanism by which phosphatidylserine functions as a non-classical inhibitory molecule during T cell exhaustion, and how phosphatidylserine-targeting antibodies enhance T cell responses are explored.

Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10306-z

A study in Drosophilareveals a mechanism of non-homeostatic hunger and its critical relevance for memory consolidation.

Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10231-1

Starburst galaxies are seen to host galaxy-scale winds, which are super-fast and could be powered entirely by the thermal pressure of gas heated by supernovae.

Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10264-6

Androgen activity in the male embryonic hindbrain prolongs hindbrain differentiation in male individuals and drives sex differences in the incidence and prognosis of posterior fossa type A (PFA) ependymoma, an aggressive childhood brain tumour.

Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10267-3

Face cells in the macaque inferotemporal cortex are initially able to detect faces and then rapidly switch to a face-specific neural code to discriminate between different face identities.

Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10170-x

Analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial genomes from archaeological canid remains found across Europe and Anatolia shows that a genetically homogeneous dog population was already widely distributed across the region by 15,000 years ago.

Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10300-5

At present, only 13.4% of the global land surface meets the World Meteorological Organization requirements for annual precipitation monitoring.

Nature, Published online: 25 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10336-7

Sedimentary time-series data of Lake Yoa in Chad covering the past 10.25 thousand years (kyr) show that the mid-Holocene African Humid Period experienced several decadal-scale droughts, caused by sudden inputs of freshwater into the North Atlantic.

Nature, Published online: 24 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10403-z

Author Correction: 7-Dehydrocholesterol is an endogenous suppressor of ferroptosis

Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10183-6

A 4D imaging architecture using a large-scale, coherent LiDAR focal plane array comprising more than 0.6 million photonic components and associated electronics integrated on-chip can obtain coherent images at high frame rates over useful distances.

Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10238-8

A multimodal in situ electron microscopy approach enables direct visualization of structural and chemical evolution in a working halide perovskite light-emitting diode with nanometre precision.

Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10229-9

A pangenome reference for the phenotypically diverse crop sorghum aims to help accelerate future efforts to breed crops that are better adapted to changing environments.

Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10180-9

Analysis of the asexually reproducing Amazon molly Poecilia formosa and its sexually reproducing progenitors Poecilia mexicana and Poecilia latipinna reveals that it maintains a divergent mutational landscape and has evaded functional mutational decay via gene conversion.

Nature, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10256-6

Myelopoiesis in response to a parasitic worm infection and the mechanism selective to this form of parasite are revealed.