Nature, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02029-y

The space agency will lift the orbit of a falling satellite by around 200 kilometres. Plus, Europe’s efforts to take on the US and China as a science superpower and the narcissism of bosses who want to nix remote working.

Nature, Published online: 22 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01997-5

Two research teams have created a new, long-awaited type of timekeeper. Plus, how backlash has saved an ocean-monitoring network targeted by Trump and how our cultural heritage is put at risk by climate change.

Nature, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01991-x

What, exactly, is a rock? Plus, a stem-cell success for a severe autoimmune disease and evidence that ‘AI deskilling’ is real.