Nature, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01812-1 The scientific community awaits a patent for recombinant DNA technology, and experimentation with an anaesthetic from puffballs, in our weekly dip into Nature’s archive.
Nature, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01951-5 From energy grids to language performance, emerging economies are exposing the limits of today’s artificial-intelligence strategy as it expands globally.
Nature, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01969-9 The halo effect: how academic hierarchy undermines peer review and enables fraud