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NEWS AND VIEWS 17 February 2026 Practical physics classes were competing with the allure of sports in the 1800s, and top tips for the best-smelling garden, in this week’s peek at the Nature archives. 100 years ago Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription $32.99 / 30 days cancel any time Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access $199.00 per year only $3.90 per issue Rent or buy this article Prices vary by article type from$1.95 to$39.95 Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout Additional access options: Log in Learn about institutional subscriptions Read our FAQs Contact customer support doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00297-2This article features text from Nature’s archive. By its historical nature, the archive includes some images, articles and language that by twenty-first-century standards are offensive and harmful. Find out more. Related Articles See all News & Views Subjects Latest on: Plant sciences Physics History Genetically engineered ‘stinkweed’ comes up roses for making seed oil Research Highlight 29 JAN 26 Hot spot: plants use infrared signals to say they’re ready to reproduce Research Highlight 18 DEC 25 Ethylene modulates cell wall mechanics for root responses to compaction Article 26 NOV 25 Charge-neutral electrons are odd — except when they’re even News & Views 11 FEB 26 Giant magnetocaloric effect and spin supersolid in a metallic dipolar magnet Article 11 FEB 26 Parity-doublet coherence times in optically trapped polyatomic molecules Article 11 FEB 26 Ten years since the first reported observation of gravitational waves News & Views 11 FEB 26 Tree rings and salt lakes give clues about ancient rainfall News & Views 10 FEB 26 A history of hocus pocus: witchcraft down the ages News & Views 03 FEB 26