Nature 2026-06-04|本期新刊導讀
本期共 67 篇,其中 20 篇 OA。
本期主軸
本期 Nature 的重心很明顯:第一是 Ebola/Bundibugyo outbreak 暴露的公衛基礎建設斷層,從診斷覆蓋、社區監測、跨境移動到戰亂區域可近性,形成一組「技術不是沒有,而是沒有部署到風險前線」的案例。第二是 AI 與自動化正在改寫研究產出形式,涵蓋 protein structure atlas、robotic lab、AI-generated mathematics proof、virtual cells、social-science survey pollution 與 peer review metascience。第三是 climate tipping risk 的量化轉向:Amazon drying、compound extremes、forest carbon buffer pool 都指向同一件事——風險不是線性、不是局部、也不是 carbon credit protocol 目前能充分承擔。第四是 轉譯生物醫學,從 autoimmune thyroid disease 的 somatic checkpoint mutation、chronic pain circuit、mammalian ageing clocks、reproductive gut immunity,到 CRC oncofetal plasticity、melanoma resistance 與 large genomic insertion,皆在問同一個問題:疾病 phenotype 背後的細胞狀態與 circuit/regulatory architecture 能否被定位成可介入靶點。
必讀導讀
1. Better diagnostics could have limited this Ebola outbreak — World View
這篇把 Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak 的延誤切到診斷層面:前線可及的 GeneXpert 主要偵測 Zaire ebolavirus,不能涵蓋較罕見的 Bundibugyo;可用於 Bundibugyo 的 RealStar screening kit 與 genome sequencing 又集中在 Kinshasa 等較高階實驗室,且手動 RNA extraction 增加操作負擔。臨床與公衛意義在於:outbreak preparedness 不能只針對上一波最常見 pathogen species 建置,而要有 species-broad diagnostics、point-of-care screening、快速 sequencing 與社區信任機制。文章也提醒,armed conflict、misinformation、跨境移動與實驗室能力不足會互相放大,讓「可預防的延誤」變成區域性危機。
常見誤判:把 Ebola preparedness 等同於「有 Zaire ebolavirus vaccine/test」;真正漏洞常在 species coverage 與前線部署。
2. Obesity doesn’t equate to ill health: why the ‘disease’ label doesn’t always fit — Comment
Rubino 的重點不是否認 obesity 的健康風險,而是反對把所有 BMI-defined obesity 一律標成同一種 chronic disease。文章主張區分 clinical obesity 與 preclinical obesity:前者是 excess fat tissue 已直接造成 organ dysfunction 或日常功能受損;後者則是風險升高但 organ function 尚保存。這對臨床很關鍵,因為 GLP-1 receptor agonists、bariatric surgery 與長期追蹤資源都有限,若只用 BMI 或共病清單決定治療,會同時造成 under-treatment 與 over-medicalization。較好的做法是把 BMI 當篩檢入口,再評估心肺、代謝、肌肉骨骼與功能狀態,而不是把 risk state 與 established disease 混為一談。
常見誤判:BMI 達 obesity cut-off 就必然代表「已罹病」;或相反地,沒有 diabetes/hypertension 就不需要任何風險管理。
3. ‘Virtual cells’ aim to turn raw data into predictive models of biology — Technology Feature
Virtual cells 的價值不在於做漂亮的細胞動畫,而是嘗試把 transcriptomics、proteomics、imaging、spatial data 與 perturbation response 整合成可預測模型。文章清楚指出難點:cell 是高度結構化但極度複雜的系統,同一套 model 不能直接跨 cell type、狀態與刺激條件外推;資料愈多不等於機制愈清楚,反而可能 drowning in data。臨床轉譯上,virtual cells 有機會改善 drug target prioritization、toxicity prediction、disease-state simulation 與實驗設計,但目前仍應視為模型化框架,而非 patient-level digital twin。對生醫研究者而言,最重要的工作不是追逐單一 foundation model,而是建立可驗證、可反駁、可追溯訓練資料與假設邊界的模型。
常見誤判:把 virtual cell 當成已能完整取代 wet-lab validation 的「細胞數位分身」。
4. Deforestation-induced drying lowers Amazon climate threshold — Article OA
這篇是本期 climate risk 的核心研究之一。作者以 dynamical systems model 結合 atmospheric moisture-tracking model,顯示若不考慮 deforestation,Amazon forest stability 的 critical global warming threshold 約在 3.7–4.0 °C;但納入 deforestation 後,1.5–1.9 °C warming 加上 22–28% deforestation 就可能導致 62–77% Amazon area 接近 degraded ecosystem transition。重點不是單一地點「乾掉」,而是 moisture transport 被破壞後,drought intensity 產生 spatial knock-on effects,形成數百到數千公里尺度的 cascading transitions。這使 Amazon policy 不能只談 global emissions,也必須同時談 halt deforestation 與 restoration。
常見誤判:把 Amazon tipping point 視為單純由全球均溫決定;deforestation 會把 threshold 大幅往下推。
5. Polyclonal selection of immune checkpoint mutations in thyroid autoimmunity — Article OA
這篇把 autoimmune thyroid disease 的「自體免疫細胞如何逃過 tolerance」推進到 somatic evolution 層次。作者以 whole-exome sequencing 與 NanoSeq 搜尋 driver mutations,發現許多 B cell clones 獨立取得 immune checkpoint genes 的 loss-of-function mutations,尤其是 TNFRSF14/HVEM 與 CD274/PD-L1,並可見 biallelic loss 與多重 driver hits。每個 clone 通常只佔少數細胞,但多個 mutant clones 加總後可形成 substantial fraction。臨床意義是:common autoimmune disease 不一定只是 germline risk 與環境誘因的結果,也可能存在 polyclonal cascade of somatic evolution。這不等於馬上有治療靶點,但會改變對 disease initiation、flare 與 tissue-local B cell selection 的理解。
常見誤判:把 autoimmune thyroid disease 想成單一 dominant clone 或純 germline predisposition;此文支持的是多個小型 B cell clones 的平行選汰。
6. Deconstruction of a spino-brain–spinal cord circuit that drives chronic pain — Article OA
這篇在 mouse models 中拆解 chronic mechanical pain 的 circuit loop:peripheral injury signal 經 spinal cord、thalamus、primary somatosensory cortex,再經 lateral superior colliculus 連到 μ-opioid-receptor-expressing RVMSC neurons,形成 spino-brain–spinal cord loop。關鍵觀察是,silencing 任一節點對健康小鼠 nociception 影響有限,但可在 inflammatory 與 neuropathic pain models 中消除 mechanical hypersensitization、恢復正常反應閾值;反過來,repetitive activation 可誘發 chronic mechanical hypersensitization。臨床上這提醒 chronic pain 不是急性痛覺訊號變強而已,而是 circuit state 被長期重塑;但仍屬動物與 circuit-level evidence,不能直接等同人類可立即 intervention。
常見誤判:把 chronic pain 當作「周邊 nociceptor 持續放電」;此文顯示 ascending–descending loop 可能是 chronification 的核心。
7. Universal transcriptomic hallmarks of mammalian ageing and mortality — Article OA
這篇整合超過 11,000 transcriptomes、超過 25 種 tissues、4 種 mammals,建立 rodent 與 multi-species biomarkers,用於估計 chronological age、expected mortality、lifespan-modulating interventions、time to death、chronic diseases 與 rejuvenation。文章提出 conserved signatures,例如 CDKN1A 與 LGALS3,並將 ageing/mortality features 分解成 inflammation、interferon signalling、mitochondrial function、chromatin modification、extracellular matrix organization 等 module。臨床端最大的啟示是:ageing clock 不應只看單一「生物年齡」分數,而要看不同 cellular subsystem 的 module-specific acceleration。這提供介入評估框架,但不能當成 anti-ageing therapy 已被證實延壽的 surrogate endpoint。
常見誤判:看到 transcriptomic clock 變年輕,就宣稱某介入已證明延壽或 rejuvenation。
8. Quadruple pegRNA enables programmable and efficient large genomic insertion — Article
QuadPE 是本期重要方法學文章。傳統 paired pegRNA prime editing 對大於 300 bp 的 payload insertion 效率快速下降;作者提出 quadruple pegRNA strategy,把兩個 genome-targeting pegRNAs 與兩個 donor-targeting pegRNAs 組合,達成 1.6–26 kb DNA fragments 的 stable integration,摘要中提到多個 loci 約 40% 效率,且對 9.5 kb insertion 較 PASSIGE、PASTE、CAST 分別提升 11-fold、61-fold、12-fold。更重要的是,QuadPE 可用於 dividing 與 non-dividing primary cells,讓大型基因置入更接近可程式化。臨床轉譯仍要面對 delivery、genotoxicity、off-target insertion、immunogenicity 與 manufacturing,但方法學門檻已明顯前移。
常見誤判:以為 prime editing 已可在臨床安全、普遍地插入任意大型基因;此文主要突破 efficiency 與 programmability,不等於解決體內遞送與安全性。
指南/綜論/方法學(表格)
本期沒有 formal guideline;下表收納未列入「必讀導讀」的逐篇短評,含 news、editorial、correspondence、research article、Matters Arising 與 corrections。
| # | 文章 | 類型/OA | 導讀重點 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ebola can be stopped — but only if world leaders prioritize public health | Editorial | 把 Ebola framing 為公衛基礎建設與政治優先順序失敗;重點是 surveillance、contact tracing、safe burials 與戰區可近性。 |
| 2 | The future of science communication is not an article like this | Editorial | 以 short-video/social-first news 為背景,要求科學社群進入視覺平台,同時守住來源標示、COI 與 misinformation 控制。 |
| 4 | Why a synthetic human genome is still worth building | World View | 主張 synthetic human genome 應轉向 minimal genome,而非只追求 ultrasafe recoding;治理與 public oversight 是核心。 |
| 5 | How common bacteria fasten their armour | Research Highlight | 僅依短文評論:定位細菌外膜錨定到 cell wall 的酵素機制,對 envelope biology 與抗菌靶點有基礎價值。 |
| 6 | Gold keeps glittering courtesy of surface chemistry | Research Highlight | 僅依短文評論:gold surface 的 hexagonal pattern 形成不利氧化反應環境,說明 noble metal stability 的表面化學來源。 |
| 7 | Bespoke immune cells stave off ravages of cirrhosis | Research Highlight | macrophage therapy 與 cirrhosis transplant-free survival 訊號相關;仍需看 trial design 與 long-term safety,不能直接改寫標準照護。 |
| 8 | Surgeons in imperial China used anaesthetics — in careful doses | Research Highlight | 15 世紀外科器械殘留 aconitine,支持局部麻醉或止痛應用;考古化學證據不等同完整麻醉實務重建。 |
| 9 | Move over, AlphaFold: open-source model predicts shape of 1 billion proteins | News | ESMFold2/ESM Atlas 擴大至 1.1 billion structures 與 6.8 billion sequences;open-source 是優勢,但未知 folds 仍需驗證。 |
| 10 | Robots run this laboratory in Japan — and are changing how scientists work | News | Tokyo robotic biology lab 展示 stem-cell culture 與 protocol optimization;目前仍需人類備料、排錯與清理。 |
| 11 | AI cracks 80-year-old mathematics challenge — researchers are astonished | News | AI 反駁 Erdős unit-distance conjecture,顯示 general-purpose reasoning 的躍進;但閉源模型與未公開完整 reasoning 使可審計性成焦點。 |
| 12 | Ebola outbreak spirals out of control: how might it have started? | Q&A | 以 bat–human interface、bushmeat、porous border 與屋舍蝙蝠棲息解釋 spillover 風險;社區領袖與女性團體是訊息入口。 |
| 13 | See the clouds streaming and vanishing around this planet — 690 light years away | News | JWST transit phase asymmetry 顯示 WASP-94 A b 夜側雲形成、日側消散;忽略 day–night 差異會誤判大氣化學。 |
| 14 | Stress impairs your brain’s ability to link memories — dampening insight | News | 121 位受試者與 fMRI 任務顯示 acute stress 會削弱 hippocampal integration;行為正確率相近,不代表神經表徵未變。 |
| 15 | Blue Origin rocket explosion rattles NASA’s mission to put humans back on the Moon | News | Blue Origin test failure 使 NASA Moon base/Artemis 供應鏈風險浮現;大型探月計畫高度依賴 commercial partner readiness。 |
| 16 | Tough peer-review process? Your paper might end up being more highly cited | News | LLM 分析 8,000 篇 accepted papers peer-review files,強批評與大修和較高 citation 相關;accepted-only selection 是限制。 |
| 17 | Will AI ruin the social sciences — or revolutionize them? | News Feature | LLM 可污染 surveys、催生脆弱 manuscript 與 P-hacking;同時也能促進 specification curve/multiverse analysis。 |
| 18 | Can an army of babies and dogs rescue psychology from its reproducibility crisis? | News Feature | ManyBabies、ManyDogs、ManyBirds 等 big-team science 提升樣本與跨場域檢驗;null replication 應視為方法校正資訊。 |
| 19 | How long can humans live? We simply don’t know | Book Review | Longevity claims 的最大弱點是 paperwork error、pension fraud 與 age validation;biomarker 若用錯年齡校準仍不能救。 |
| 20 | Peter H. Raven obituary: visionary botanist who transformed our understanding of plant diversity | Obituary | 回顧 Raven 在 plant evolution、biogeography、Missouri Botanical Garden 與 biodiversity conservation 的制度性貢獻。 |
| 22 | Global plastics treaty must be built on a foundation of monitoring | Correspondence | 主張 plastics treaty 不能只談 road map;monitoring 與 verification 若仍 non-binding,治理就缺乏可執行基礎。 |
| 23 | Power imbalances in adviser–student relationships need safeguarding | Correspondence | adviser 對 early-career researcher 的 career leverage 常被低估;制度性 safeguarding 比個別善意更可靠。 |
| 24 | Is it time to ‘cap and trade’ credits for research-funding proposals? | Correspondence | 面對 agentic AI 可能放大 grant application flood,作者建議從 proposal volume 本身治理,而非只修審查流程。 |
| 25 | Natural capital accounting needs a way to assess uncertainty | Correspondence | natural capital accounting 若沿用剛性 accounting identities,會低估 ecological uncertainty;需把 uncertainty 納入制度設計。 |
| 26 | Science fiction: nine lab-life novels for your holiday reading | Career Feature | 用 lab-life novels 反照 graduate training、toxic mentorship、科研文化與想像力;是 humanities/career 層面的輕讀但有制度暗線。 |
| 28 | Robust projections of risks to the Amazon rainforest | News & Views | 評述 Amazon deforestation 改變 moisture transport,低 warming 也可觸發大範圍 dieback;與 Article 45 互為導讀。 |
| 29 | Jupiter observations reveal a simple scaling law for particle acceleration | News & Views | Jupiter bow shock observation 連到 particle acceleration scaling law;對 cosmic ray source energy limit 提供可觀測約束。 |
| 30 | Gene-expression patterns can be used to estimate mortality risk and chronological age | News & Views | 評述 mammalian transcriptomic clocks;價值在跨物種、跨 tissue conserved ageing modules,而非單一 biological age 分數。 |
| 31 | Nanostructure of tooth enamel casts light on dietary shifts as humans evolved | News & Views | enamel nanocrystal orientation 可追蹤 diet hardness 與 human dietary transition;連結材料結構與演化考古。 |
| 32 | Remembering inventor and activist Hertha Ayrton | News & Views | 以 archive 形式紀念 Hertha Ayrton,凸顯女性科學家、工程創新與 suffrage activism 的歷史交會。 |
| 33 | Protective maternal gut instincts | News & Views | 評述 reproduction-associated intestinal remodelling;pregnancy/lactation 不是單純免疫抑制,而是 tissue-specific defence adaptation。 |
| 34 | Hard-to-detect mutations explain how common autoimmune diseases arise | News & Views | 評述 thyroid autoimmunity 的 rare B-cell somatic mutations;技術進步讓舊的 somatic mutation hypothesis 可被檢驗。 |
| 35 | Relativistic electron acceleration at the bow shock of Jupiter and beyond | Article OA | Juno data 顯示 Jupiter bow shock 上游 ≥1 MeV electron acceleration,並提出 Hillas limit scaling;天文物理可驗證性提高。 |
| 36 | Direct observation of the superallowed α-decay of 104Te | Article | 104Te half-life 7.2 ns,為最快 ground-state α-emitting nucleus;支持 near 100Sn 的極端 α-particle preformation。 |
| 37 | High-pulse-energy integrated mode-locked laser using a Mamyshev oscillator | Article | erbium-implanted silicon nitride PIC 上實現 nanojoule pulse energy 與 147 fs compression;chip-scale spectroscopy 更接近實用。 |
| 38 | Metamaterial-enhanced near-field radiative heat transfer | Article | gold split-ring resonator metamaterials 增強 near-field radiative heat transfer;thermal harvesting 與 infrared sensing 有設計意義。 |
| 39 | Continuously graded-doped SnO2 for efficient n–i–p perovskite solar cells | Article | graded n+/n-doped SnO2 ETL 解決 buried-interface recombination,certified PCE 27.17%;scalability 仍需模組長期穩定性。 |
| 40 | Enamel nanocrystal misorientation increased with meat-eating and agriculture | Article OA | PELICAN 顯示 enamel nanocrystal misorientation 隨硬食、肉食與農業增加;牙齒適應可在 nanoscale 被讀出。 |
| 41 | Mechanophore cross-linking enhances ballistic energy dissipation of polymers | Article | mechanophore cross-links 在極高速變形下提升 energy dissipation,最高約 115%;翻轉 cross-linking 使材料變脆的常見 trade-off。 |
| 42 | Ambiphilic cross-coupling with aryl-bismuth reagents | Article OA | aryl-bismuth reagents 可同時扮演 nucleophile/electrophile,挑戰 cross-coupling 中反應角色由 bond polarity 固定的假設。 |
| 43 | Enhanced response of extreme compound events to cumulative CO2 emissions | Article | TCoRE 顯示罕見且嚴重的 compound events 對 cumulative CO2 emissions 反應不成比例上升,風險高於多模型平均。 |
| 44 | Forest carbon protocols underestimate climate-driven carbon loss risks | Article | CONUS forest carbon buffer pool 可能平均小 6.3 倍;carbon credit protocol 若忽略 climate disturbance,抵換可信度不足。 |
| 46 | The 1000 Chinese Pangenome empowers medical and population genetics | Article OA | 1,116 diploid assemblies 建立 1KCP,補入 405.3 Mb non-reference sequences;提升 complex variants 與 eQTL 解析。 |
| 49 | Neural representation of action symbols in primate frontal cortex | Article OA | macaque drawing-like task 指出 ventral premotor cortex 編碼 action symbols;支持 motor behaviour 的可重組神經表徵。 |
| 50 | Dopaminergic mechanisms of dynamical social specialization | Article OA | isogenic mice triads 自發形成 worker–scrounger 或 cooperative roles,VTA dopamine 調控 social specialization 與可塑性。 |
| 52 | Cytoplasmic competition between separate parental pronuclei in zygotes | Article OA | separate parental pronuclei 透過 cytoplasmic competition 維持 epigenetic marks 與 developmental potential;提醒 one-pronuclear zygote 應謹慎。 |
| 53 | Glycerol-driven TNAP activation in thermogenesis and mineralization | Article | glycerol 是 TNAP allosteric activator,連結 UCP1-independent thermogenesis 與 bone mineralization;人類 variants 支持生理重要性。 |
| 54 | Eosinophils drive intestinal remodelling and innate defence in reproduction | Article OA | pregnancy/lactation 期間 eosinophils 促進 goblet cell differentiation 與 mucus production,增強 enteric defence 並可持續至 lactation 後。 |
| 55 | DNA damage drives antigen diversification in Trypanosoma brucei | Article OA | targeted sequencing 顯示 VSG coding-sequence DSB 可誘發 RAD51/BRCA2-dependent recombination,產生 antigenically distinct VSGs。 |
| 56 | Emergence of oncofetal plasticity is ubiquitous in early colorectal cancers | Article OA | early CRC 已可出現 metastasis-associated oncofetal states,但 metastasis 還需 immune evasion 等 bottlenecks;不可把出現視為必然轉移。 |
| 57 | Myosin forces remodel F-actin for mechanosensitive protein recognition | Article OA | myosin force 使 F-actin 出現 curvature/supercoils,改變 α-catenin binding;提供 mechanotransduction 的結構層解釋。 |
| 58 | Template-driven scaffolding of SCFFBXO42 regulates PP2A degradation | Article OA | SCFFBXO42–CCDC6 複合體降解 holoenzyme-free PP2Ac,維持 cancer cell fitness;PP2A 調控不只靠 holoenzyme assembly。 |
| 59 | Mapping convergent regulators of melanoma drug resistance by PerturbFate | Article OA | PerturbFate profile >300,000 melanoma cells 與 >140 resistance genes,找出 convergent dedifferentiated resistant state。 |
| 61 | The size of tropical vegetation gross primary production | Matters Arising | 僅依可見段落評論:挑戰 Lai et al. 對 tropical GPP 的較高估計,主張 satellite consensus 約 120–140 PgC yr−1。 |
| 62 | Reply to: The size of tropical vegetation gross primary production | Matters Arising | 僅依可見段落評論:原作者回應 tropical GPP 被高估之批評,主張原 Article 結論仍受支持。 |
| 63 | Author Correction: The AIM2 inflammasome exacerbates atherosclerosis in clonal haematopoiesis | Author Correction | 更正 Extended Data Fig. 10l figure assembly duplication;因原文年代因素未更新圖,但提供正確脈絡說明。 |
| 64 | Author Correction: Postprandial lipid metabolism durably enhances T cell immunity | Author Correction OA | 更正 Fig. 3h carbohydrate/lipid/protein 標籤與 affiliation/acknowledgement;不應解讀為主結論推翻。 |
| 65 | Author Correction: Inactivating SnRK1β1A promotes broad-spectrum disease resistance in rice | Author Correction | 更正 Extended Data Fig. 7l 左圖因 figure preparation error;需回看 amended HTML/PDF 與 supplementary comparison。 |
| 66 | Publisher Correction: GLP-1R–GIPR–PPARα/γ/δ quintuple agonism corrects obesity and diabetes in mice | Publisher Correction OA | 更正 Fig. 4d colour key labels;涉及 mouse obesity/diabetes agonism 圖例,閱讀劑量/組別時需用新版。 |
| 67 | Publisher Correction: Microbiota-induced T cell plasticity enables immune-mediated tumour control | Publisher Correction OA | 更正 Fig. 2a α-PD-1 injection timeline 與 Fig. 2c axis label typo;屬圖文標示修正。 |
臨床可帶走的 8 點
- Ebola 診斷要看 species coverage:只部署能偵測 Zaire ebolavirus 的工具,無法涵蓋 Bundibugyo 等較罕見 species,會造成疫情早期 false reassurance。
- obesity 需要 phenotype-based staging:BMI 是入口,不是疾病診斷本身;clinical obesity 應看 excess fat 是否直接造成 organ dysfunction 或功能障礙。
- cirrhosis macrophage therapy 仍是訊號,不是 routine care:Research Highlight 指向 transplant-free survival 可能改善,但需回到 phase、對照、事件數與安全性判讀。
- chronic pain 應視為 circuit-level chronification:動物研究指出 spino-brain–spinal loop 可能維持 mechanical hypersensitization,與單純止痛或周邊阻斷不同。
- autoimmune thyroid disease 可有 somatic immune evolution:多個小型 B cell clones 的 checkpoint loss-of-function mutations 可能累積成 disease-relevant population。
- ageing clocks 不是治療結局本身:transcriptomic modules 有研究與風險分層價值,但不能把 clock 改變直接等同延壽或臨床獲益。
- early CRC 的 oncofetal plasticity 不等於必然 metastasis:metastasis-associated state 可早期出現,但 immune evasion 等 bottlenecks 仍決定臨床轉歸。
- large genomic insertion 的效率突破不等於臨床 ready:QuadPE 改善 1.6–26 kb insertion,但 delivery、off-target、genotoxicity 與 manufacturing 仍是治療開發核心門檻。
完整文章連結(按文章類型分組)
Editorial
- Ebola can be stopped — but only if world leaders prioritize public health — Editorial
- The future of science communication is not an article like this — Editorial
World View
- Better diagnostics could have limited this Ebola outbreak — World View
- Why a synthetic human genome is still worth building — World View
Research Highlight
- How common bacteria fasten their armour — Research Highlight
- Gold keeps glittering courtesy of surface chemistry — Research Highlight
- Bespoke immune cells stave off ravages of cirrhosis — Research Highlight
- Surgeons in imperial China used anaesthetics — in careful doses — Research Highlight
News / Q&A / Feature / Career
- Move over, AlphaFold: open-source model predicts shape of 1 billion proteins — News
- Robots run this laboratory in Japan — and are changing how scientists work — News
- AI cracks 80-year-old mathematics challenge — researchers are astonished — News
- Ebola outbreak spirals out of control: how might it have started? — Q&A
- See the clouds streaming and vanishing around this planet — 690 light years away — News
- Stress impairs your brain’s ability to link memories — dampening insight — News
- Blue Origin rocket explosion rattles NASA’s mission to put humans back on the Moon — News
- Tough peer-review process? Your paper might end up being more highly cited — News
- Will AI ruin the social sciences — or revolutionize them? — News Feature
- Can an army of babies and dogs rescue psychology from its reproducibility crisis? — News Feature
- Science fiction: nine lab-life novels for your holiday reading — Career Feature
- ‘Virtual cells’ aim to turn raw data into predictive models of biology — Technology Feature
Humanities / Comment / Correspondence
- How long can humans live? We simply don’t know — Book Review
- Peter H. Raven obituary: visionary botanist who transformed our understanding of plant diversity — Obituary
- Obesity doesn’t equate to ill health: why the ‘disease’ label doesn’t always fit — Comment
- Global plastics treaty must be built on a foundation of monitoring — Correspondence
- Power imbalances in adviser–student relationships need safeguarding — Correspondence
- Is it time to ‘cap and trade’ credits for research-funding proposals? — Correspondence
- Natural capital accounting needs a way to assess uncertainty — Correspondence
News & Views
- Robust projections of risks to the Amazon rainforest — News & Views
- Jupiter observations reveal a simple scaling law for particle acceleration — News & Views
- Gene-expression patterns can be used to estimate mortality risk and chronological age — News & Views
- Nanostructure of tooth enamel casts light on dietary shifts as humans evolved — News & Views
- Remembering inventor and activist Hertha Ayrton — News & Views
- Protective maternal gut instincts — News & Views
- Hard-to-detect mutations explain how common autoimmune diseases arise — News & Views
Article
- Relativistic electron acceleration at the bow shock of Jupiter and beyond — Article OA
- Direct observation of the superallowed α-decay of 104Te — Article
- High-pulse-energy integrated mode-locked laser using a Mamyshev oscillator — Article
- Metamaterial-enhanced near-field radiative heat transfer — Article
- Continuously graded-doped SnO2 for efficient n–i–p perovskite solar cells — Article
- Enamel nanocrystal misorientation increased with meat-eating and agriculture — Article OA
- Mechanophore cross-linking enhances ballistic energy dissipation of polymers — Article
- Ambiphilic cross-coupling with aryl-bismuth reagents — Article OA
- Enhanced response of extreme compound events to cumulative CO2 emissions — Article
- Forest carbon protocols underestimate climate-driven carbon loss risks — Article
- Deforestation-induced drying lowers Amazon climate threshold — Article OA
- The 1000 Chinese Pangenome empowers medical and population genetics — Article OA
- Polyclonal selection of immune checkpoint mutations in thyroid autoimmunity — Article OA
- Deconstruction of a spino-brain–spinal cord circuit that drives chronic pain — Article OA
- Neural representation of action symbols in primate frontal cortex — Article OA
- Dopaminergic mechanisms of dynamical social specialization — Article OA
- Universal transcriptomic hallmarks of mammalian ageing and mortality — Article OA
- Cytoplasmic competition between separate parental pronuclei in zygotes — Article OA
- Glycerol-driven TNAP activation in thermogenesis and mineralization — Article
- Eosinophils drive intestinal remodelling and innate defence in reproduction — Article OA
- DNA damage drives antigen diversification in Trypanosoma brucei — Article OA
- Emergence of oncofetal plasticity is ubiquitous in early colorectal cancers — Article OA
- Myosin forces remodel F-actin for mechanosensitive protein recognition — Article OA
- Template-driven scaffolding of SCFFBXO42 regulates PP2A degradation — Article OA
- Mapping convergent regulators of melanoma drug resistance by PerturbFate — Article OA
- Quadruple pegRNA enables programmable and efficient large genomic insertion — Article
Matters Arising / Corrections
- The size of tropical vegetation gross primary production — Matters Arising
- Reply to: The size of tropical vegetation gross primary production — Matters Arising
- Author Correction: The AIM2 inflammasome exacerbates atherosclerosis in clonal haematopoiesis — Author Correction
- Author Correction: Postprandial lipid metabolism durably enhances T cell immunity — Author Correction OA
- Author Correction: Inactivating SnRK1β1A promotes broad-spectrum disease resistance in rice — Author Correction
- Publisher Correction: GLP-1R–GIPR–PPARα/γ/δ quintuple agonism corrects obesity and diabetes in mice — Publisher Correction OA
- Publisher Correction: Microbiota-induced T cell plasticity enables immune-mediated tumour control — Publisher Correction OA