AI systems devise hypotheses and ways to test them

Nature, Published online: 30 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01873-2AI agents collaborate to generate biomedical hypotheses and analyse data, moving towards a laboratory discovery cycle with AI involved in every step.

Nature, Published online: 30 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01873-2

AI agents collaborate to generate biomedical hypotheses and analyse data, moving towards a laboratory discovery cycle with AI involved in every step.

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.