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From the first telephone to videoconferencing in 100 years

Nature, Published online: 03 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00641-6

Scientists of the 1970s look to the past and future of telecommunications, and a rainbow against a blue sky dazzles a reader, in this week’s peek at Nature’s archive.

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March 3, 2026
Releasing open-weight AI in steps would alleviate risks

Open-weight artificial-intelligence models — those with publicly available parameters — are becoming essential scientific infrastructure (Y. Gal and S. Casper Nature 646, 286–287; 2025). They broaden access, accelerate replication and enable…

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March 3, 2026
How can fast-evolving DNA retain a fundamental function in cell division?
Haase, M. A. B. et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-10092-0 (2026).

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See raining iguanas and coral from the inside out — February’s best science images

Nature, Published online: 03 March 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00597-7

The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.

these LLMs are willing to commit academic fraud

All major large language models (LLMs) can be used to either commit academic fraud or facilitate junk science, a test of 13 models has found.

Still, some LLMs performed better than others in the experiment, in…

Going ‘beyond GDP’ should not mean sidelining the SDGs

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My relationship with my PhD supervisor has become toxic — what do I do?

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Dear Nature,

I am a second-year PhD student in environmental science and engineering at a university in China. I have decided to seek your advice because I am in a state of crisis: I fear that my professional relationship with my…