Nature, Published online: 03 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03275-2
Several prizes are stepping up to challenge the Nobels’ place as the most coveted science award. Plus, the rise of AI-designed antibiotics and the first known wild hybrid of a blue jay and a green jay.Daily briefing: The Nobel prizes’ most prestigious rivals
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