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Research Highlight |
Heat to smash records every year across vast swathes of Earth
If emissions continue to rise, more than half the planet will regularly see monthly temperature records broken.
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Editorial |
Harness microbes for humanity’s future
Leading scientists issue a warning: microorganisms will shape our warming world.
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News & Views |
From the archive
How Nature reported Alcock and Brown’s trans-Atlantic flight in 1919, and predictions of a huge expansion of air traffic in 1969.
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News |
Africa’s science academy leads push for ethical data use
The goal is to create the continent’s first cross-disciplinary guidelines for collecting, storing and sharing data and specimens.
- Linda Nordling
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Correspondence |
Plantations take economic pressure off natural forests
- Jaboury Ghazoul
- , Miguel Bugalho
- & Rodney Keenan
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Research Highlight |
Physicists tackle a delicate challenge: making the ideal crêpe
Computer simulations validate common technique for creating an even pancake.
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News Feature |
The secret social lives of viruses
Scientists are listening in on the ways viruses communicate and cooperate. Decoding what the microbes are saying could be a boon to human health.
- Elie Dolgin
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World View |
Unintended consequences of gender-equality plans
Don’t let academia’s initiatives to advance women become just another way to game the research system, urges Charikleia Tzanakou.
- Charikleia Tzanakou
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Career Feature |
Ways to juggle fieldwork with kids in tow
Researcher-parents must balance their children’s needs with work priorities while in the field.
- Emily Sohn
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Career Column |
How adapting to research setbacks can pave the way to greater outcomes
Skeletal biologist Justyna Miszkiewicz says that the disappointments she encountered during her PhD were as valuable as her successes.
- Justyna Miszkiewicz
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Research Highlight |
The master genes that sculpt tentacles and legs alike
Diverse groups of animals rely on the same genes to ensure that limbs form as they should.
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Career News |
Unraveling the mysteries of preprints and peer review
A database assembles thousands of science journals’ editorial policies to boost transparency and accessibility.
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Nature Briefing |
Daily briefing: The evolution of puppy dog eyes
Dogs have an eyebrow muscle that evolved specifically to give us that look. Plus: the nine experiments that will fly onboard China’s space station and a path to climate consensus.
- Flora Graham
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Comment |
Prepare river ecosystems for an uncertain future
As the climate warms, we can’t restore waterways to pristine condition, but models can predict potential changes, argue Jonathan D. Tonkin, N. LeRoy Poff and colleagues.
- Jonathan D. Tonkin
- , N. LeRoy Poff
- , Nick R. Bond
- , Avril Horne
- , David. M. Merritt
- , Lindsay V. Reynolds
- , Julian D. Olden
- , Albert Ruhi
- & David A. Lytle
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News |
What universities can learn from one of science’s biggest frauds
Detailed analysis of misconduct investigations into huge research fraud suggests institutional probes aren’t rigorous enough.
- Holly Else
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News & Views |
Microbes make metabolic mischief by targeting drugs
Tests of whether a range of gut bacteria can metabolize a diverse group of drugs has revealed that all the microbes metabolized some drugs and that more than half of the drugs were metabolized.
- Kim Lewis
- & Philip Strandwitz
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Career Column |
Six tips for adapting to a new language and culture
Moving abroad for a career opportunity can be stressful and difficult. But there are ways to navigate the minefields.
- Lisa Liu
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Research Highlight |
Gut bacteria foil a potent treatment for a devastating disease
Bacteria reduce the effectiveness of a remedy for Parkinson’s disease — and might amplify the drug’s side effects.
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China reveals scientific experiments for its next space station
Projects will probe topics including DNA mutation, fire behaviour and the birth of stars.
- Elizabeth Gibney
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Letter |
TOX is a critical regulator of tumour-specific T cell differentiation
- Andrew C. Scott
- , Friederike Dündar
- , Paul Zumbo
- , Smita S. Chandran
- , Christopher A. Klebanoff
- , Mojdeh Shakiba
- , Prerak Trivedi
- , Laura Menocal
- , Heather Appleby
- , Steven J. Camara
- , Dmitriy Zamarin
- , Tyler Walther
- , Alexandra C. Snyder
- , Matthew R. Femia
- , Elizabeth A. Comen
- , Hannah Y. Wen
- , Matthew D. Hellmann
- , Niroshana Anandasabapathy
- , Yong Liu
- , Nasser K. Altorki
- , Peter Lauer
- , Olivier Levy
- , Michael Glickman
- , Jonathan Kaye
- , Doron Betel
- , Mary Philip
- & Andrea Schietinger
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News & Views |
Selective killing of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from within
Some bacteria naturally transfer pieces of their DNA within and between species. Such a piece of DNA has been engineered to act as a molecular ‘Trojan horse’ that unleashes a toxin to selectively kill antibiotic-resistant Vibrio cholerae bacteria.
- Sanna Koskiniemi
- & Petra Virtanen
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Article |
Global analysis of streamflow response to forest management
Analysis of forest-management studies finds that forest removal is more likely to increase streamflow in areas with greater water storage between the surface and bedrock, and that forest planting is more likely to decrease streamflow in drier climates.
- Jaivime Evaristo
- & Jeffrey J. McDonnell
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News |
Caterpillar’s devastating march across China spurs hunt for native predator
Scientists hope that insects such as stink bugs could keep the fall armyworm in check.
- Andrew Silver
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Books & Arts |
Radiocarbon revolution: the story of an isotope
Chris Turney applauds a book on carbon-14 and its key applications in archaeology, climatology and oceanography.
- Chris Turney
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Nature Briefing |
Daily briefing: How it feels to be scooped on a great discovery
Is ego or curiosity the main motivation in science? Plus: the caterpillar threatening China’s huge corn crop and how to adapt to a new working language.
- Flora Graham
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Obituary |
Murray Gell-Mann (1929–2019)
Theoretical physicist who won a Nobel for codifying fundamental particles.
- Robert P. Crease
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Letter |
TOX reinforces the phenotype and longevity of exhausted T cells in chronic viral infection
- Francesca Alfei
- , Kristiyan Kanev
- , Maike Hofmann
- , Ming Wu
- , Hazem E. Ghoneim
- , Patrick Roelli
- , Daniel T. Utzschneider
- , Madlaina von Hösslin
- , Jolie G. Cullen
- , Yiping Fan
- , Vasyl Eisenberg
- , Dirk Wohlleber
- , Katja Steiger
- , Doron Merkler
- , Mauro Delorenzi
- , Percy A. Knolle
- , Cyrille J. Cohen
- , Robert Thimme
- , Benjamin Youngblood
- & Dietmar Zehn
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Article |
TOX transcriptionally and epigenetically programs CD8+ T cell exhaustion
- Omar Khan
- , Josephine R. Giles
- , Sierra McDonald
- , Sasikanth Manne
- , Shin Foong Ngiow
- , Kunal P. Patel
- , Michael T. Werner
- , Alexander C. Huang
- , Katherine A. Alexander
- , Jennifer E. Wu
- , John Attanasio
- , Patrick Yan
- , Sangeeth M. George
- , Bertram Bengsch
- , Ryan P. Staupe
- , Greg Donahue
- , Wei Xu
- , Ravi K. Amaravadi
- , Xiaowei Xu
- , Giorgos C. Karakousis
- , Tara C. Mitchell
- , Lynn M. Schuchter
- , Jonathan Kaye
- , Shelley L. Berger
- & E. John Wherry
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Career Column |
‘I’ll work on it over the weekend’: high workload and other pressures faced by early-career researchers
Stress and long working hours are regrettably common among early-career researchers, reveals a survey by the Young Academy of Europe.
- Toma Susi
- , Shaul Shalvi
- & Mangala Srinivas
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Author Correction |
Author Correction: Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of Alzheimer’s disease
- Hansruedi Mathys
- , Jose Davila-Velderrain
- , Zhuyu Peng
- , Fan Gao
- , Shahin Mohammadi
- , Jennie Z. Young
- , Madhvi Menon
- , Liang He
- , Fatema Abdurrob
- , Xueqiao Jiang
- , Anthony J. Martorell
- , Richard M. Ransohoff
- , Brian P. Hafler
- , David A. Bennett
- , Manolis Kellis
- & Li-Huei Tsai
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News |
China announces hefty fines for unauthorized collection of DNA
A new law formalizes restrictions on the collection and use of people's genetic data.
- David Cyranoski
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Books & Arts |
Life’s innovations, the enigma of gravity, and how to feed 8 billion: Books in brief
Barbara Kiser reviews five of the week’s best science picks.
- Barbara Kiser
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News |
Big changes needed to fight harassment, group tells US biomedical agency
Advisory panel says US National Institutes of Health should treat sexual harassment more seriously and do more to help affected researchers.
- Sara Reardon
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Nature Briefing |
Daily briefing: Fecal transplant linked to patient’s death
FDA halts fecal transplant clinical trials, how to break science’s language barrier and Neolithic farmers built artificial islands.
- Flora Graham
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Research Highlight |
A last close-up of Saturn’s rings reveals the mark of its moons
Despite their small size, some of the planet’s moons create clumps and ripples in its brilliant halo.
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Research Highlight |
Gut microbes react to a meal — but have no use for nutrition labels
Changes in microbial populations are more closely associated with food type than the nutrient profile listed on the packet.
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News |
World Health Organization resists declaring Ebola emergency — for third time
Outbreak worsens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as virus spreads into Uganda.
- Amy Maxmen
- & Sara Reardon
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Career Column |
Send thank-you notes to those who help you along the way
Encouraging a culture of appreciation not only makes for a more pleasant working environment, it can also advance your career, says Abdullah Shihipar.
- Abdullah Shihipar
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Nature Briefing |
Daily briefing: Artificial intelligence is cracking long-standing puzzles in art history
Machine learning is helping experts to figure out who painted what, a modified PET scanner can produce 3D images of the whole body in seconds and the world’s most powerful superconducting magnet.
- Flora Graham
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Article |
Transposon-encoded CRISPR–Cas systems direct RNA-guided DNA integration
- Sanne E. Klompe
- , Phuc L. H. Vo
- , Tyler S. Halpin-Healy
- & Samuel H. Sternberg
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News & Views |
Ozone mystery laid to rest
Measurements of atmospheric ozone levels taken during the nineteenth century cast doubt on the computational models used today to simulate the atmosphere. An independent proxy of past ozone levels offers reassurance.
- Mathew Evans
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Article |
Atypical behaviour and connectivity in SHANK3-mutant macaques
The CRISPR–Cas9-mediated generation of germline-transmissible mutations of SHANK3 in cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) forms the basis of a non-human-primate model of autism spectrum disorder and Phelan–McDermid syndrome.
- Yang Zhou
- , Jitendra Sharma
- , Qiong Ke
- , Rogier Landman
- , Jingli Yuan
- , Hong Chen
- , David S. Hayden
- , John W. Fisher III
- , Minqing Jiang
- , William Menegas
- , Tomomi Aida
- , Ting Yan
- , Ying Zou
- , Dongdong Xu
- , Shivangi Parmar
- , Julia B. Hyman
- , Adrian Fanucci-Kiss
- , Olivia Meisner
- , Dongqing Wang
- , Yan Huang
- , Yaqing Li
- , Yanyang Bai
- , Wenjing Ji
- , Xinqiang Lai
- , Weiqiang Li
- , Lihua Huang
- , Zhonghua Lu
- , Liping Wang
- , Sheeba A. Anteraper
- , Mriganka Sur
- , Huihui Zhou
- , Andy Peng Xiang
- , Robert Desimone
- , Guoping Feng
- & Shihua Yang
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Nature Briefing |
Daily briefing: An X-ray map of the Universe
Space telescope marks a “return to world-class science” for Russia, mouse lemurs might be the next big thing in genetics and an open-access publishing model in which journals compete for funding.
- Flora Graham
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Letter |
Structure and function of Vms1 and Arb1 in RQC and mitochondrial proteome homeostasis
Cryo-electron microscopy structures of the yeast 60S ribosomal subunit in complex with Vms1 provides insights into the roles of proteins in the ribosome-associated quality control pathway.
- Ting Su
- , Toshiaki Izawa
- , Matthias Thoms
- , Yui Yamashita
- , Jingdong Cheng
- , Otto Berninghausen
- , F. Ulrich Hartl
- , Toshifumi Inada
- , Walter Neupert
- & Roland Beckmann
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Editorial |
How 11 experts spent 2 days trying to find consensus on climate and conflict
Expert elicitation draws on diverse specialists to synthesize conflicting views and evidence.
