Coffee is under threat: how scientists are fighting to save it from extinction

Nature, Published online: 30 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01965-zCoffee plants are critically endangered by climate change. Researchers are finding solutions to keep scientists supplied with their favourite discovery fuel.

Nature, Published online: 30 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01965-z

Coffee plants are critically endangered by climate change. Researchers are finding solutions to keep scientists supplied with their favourite discovery fuel.

Ozone erosion started decades before the ozone hole’s discovery

Nature, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02033-2Depletion of the ozone layer has been traced mainly to the widespread use of industrial chlorofluorocarbon chemicals, but there might have been an additional culprit.

Nature, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02033-2

Depletion of the ozone layer has been traced mainly to the widespread use of industrial chlorofluorocarbon chemicals, but there might have been an additional culprit.

Daily briefing: Editing the epigenome with CRISPR to treat disease

Nature, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02075-6CRISPR’s next act, the new ‘world’s fastest computer’ and how to triumph in the metaphorical penalty shootout of life.

Nature, Published online: 29 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02075-6

CRISPR’s next act, the new ‘world’s fastest computer’ and how to triumph in the metaphorical penalty shootout of life.

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.