Early television set impresses Nature editors — but will it catch on?

Nature, Published online: 30 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01813-0Nature reports a demonstration of a ‘televisor’, and the British Government makes a generous endowment, in our weekly dip into the magazine’s archive.

Nature, Published online: 30 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01813-0

Nature reports a demonstration of a ‘televisor’, and the British Government makes a generous endowment, in our weekly dip into the magazine’s archive.

Can Rwanda sustain its rise in science and technology? Here’s what can help

Nature, Published online: 30 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01980-0An ambitious analysis challenges the view that a nation’s pursuit of economic growth alone can deliver long-term prosperity.

Nature, Published online: 30 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01980-0

An ambitious analysis challenges the view that a nation’s pursuit of economic growth alone can deliver long-term prosperity.

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.