How AI can crack open the ‘hidden curriculum’ for neurodivergent students

Nature, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01672-9Marisa Chrysochoou and Keivan Stassun argue that AI tools could help students to navigate academia’s unwritten rules.

Nature, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01672-9

Marisa Chrysochoou and Keivan Stassun argue that AI tools could help students to navigate academia’s unwritten rules.

What’s the human cost of US research turmoil? A new film finds out

Nature, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01979-7Science is a complex, interconnected, deeply human enterprise involving hard grind — and funding cuts and grant delays have come as a sucker punch to many.

Nature, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01979-7

Science is a complex, interconnected, deeply human enterprise involving hard grind — and funding cuts and grant delays have come as a sucker punch to many.

Trump has big AI and quantum ambitions: this scientist’s job is to make them reality

Nature, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02023-4Darío Gil knows that researchers are sceptical of the massive US artificial-intelligence push — he’s asking them to keep an open mind.

Nature, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02023-4

Darío Gil knows that researchers are sceptical of the massive US artificial-intelligence push — he’s asking them to keep an open mind.

Scientists fight back against far-right plans to restrict academic freedom in Germany

Nature, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01496-7With the far-right Alternative for Germany leading in polls for national and state elections, institutions are facing up to proposed restrictions on academic freedom.

Nature, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01496-7

With the far-right Alternative for Germany leading in polls for national and state elections, institutions are facing up to proposed restrictions on academic freedom.

Briefing Chat: What tickling a chimpanzee can tell us about the evolution of speech

Nature, Published online: 26 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02059-6Nature staff discuss how apes share a rhythm of laughter, and how AI use might degrade skills in medicine and computer science.

Nature, Published online: 26 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02059-6

Nature staff discuss how apes share a rhythm of laughter, and how AI use might degrade skills in medicine and computer science.