Nature, Published online: 20 February 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00582-0
Nature staff discuss some of the week’s top science news.
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Briefing chat: How hovering bumblebees keep their cool
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AI is threatening science jobs. Which ones are most at risk?
AI-controlled robots will not replace bench scientists soon, but AI systems are already taking work from human data analysts and research coders. Credit: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg/Getty
Artificial intelligence is threatening many jobs, and those in…
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Publisher Correction: PtdIns(3,5)P<sub>2</sub> is an endogenous ligand of STING in innate immune signalling
Nature, Published online: 20 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10280-6
Publisher Correction: PtdIns(3,5)P2 is an endogenous ligand of STING in innate immune signalling
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Gel helps mini spinal cords to heal from injury
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Complex 3D structures of cells called organoids…
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Poison discovery shows early humans were very advanced hunters
On stone arrowheads left in a South African rock shelter, researchers found 60,000-year-old traces of plant poison.
A team working in Sweden and South Africa analyzed quartz tips from Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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The James Webb Space Telescope just mapped auroras on Uranus in 3D for the 1st time, and scientists are thrilled – Space
- The James Webb Space Telescope just mapped auroras on Uranus in 3D for the 1st time, and scientists are thrilled Space
- Uranus’s Aurorae Revealed As JWST Maps Ionosphere For The First Time IFLScience
- Webb maps Uranus’s mysterious upper…
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‘We almost did have a really terrible day.’ NASA now says Boeing’s 1st Starliner astronaut flight was a ‘Type A mishap’
The first astronaut mission of Boeing’s Starliner taxi was a bumpier ride than NASA wanted to admit at the time.
The agency announced today (Feb. 19) that it has reclassified Starliner‘s Crew Flight Test (CFT) as a “Type A mishap” — the most…
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Scientists measure air pollution from reentering SpaceX rocket in real-time: ‘It’s never been done before’
For the first time ever, scientists have observed in near real time a cloud of air pollution created as space debris burned up in Earth’s atmosphere. The breakthrough measurement will help atmospheric chemistry researchers untangle the complex…
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NASA says a litany of failures led to 2024 Boeing Starliner astronaut stranding
February 19, 2026
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NASA says a litany of failures led to 2024 Boeing Starliner astronaut stranding
On Thursday NASA leadership outlined how 2024’s glitch-plagued Boeing Starliner mission jeopardized astronaut…
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‘There will be leadership accountability’: Bungled Boeing Starliner mission put stranded NASA crew at risk, report says
NASA has put the failed 2024 test flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule in the same category as the Challenger and Columbia shuttle disasters and the Apollo 13 mission, a new report released by the agency reveals.
The space agency has classified…
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