Nature, Published online: 31 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07751-z Serotonin has a role in ependymoma tumorigenesis through modifying histones and thereby regulating key transcription factors and activating specific oncogenic transcriptional networks in brain cells. | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 31 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07757-7 The catalytic asymmetric polyene cyclization of homofarnesol to ambrox is achieved using a highly Brønsted-acidic and confined imidodiphosphorimidate catalyst. | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 31 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02474-7 Vitamin B12 consists of two molecular components and has been thought to be synthesized only in full by certain bacteria. It emerges that two bacterial strains that each exclusively produce one building block … | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 31 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02451-0 Double trouble. | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02495-2 Supreme Court ruling alters risk landscape | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02496-1 Polar bear threat for Arctic researchers | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02445-y Early-career researchers are being targeted by organizers of exploitative meetings. There needs to be more awareness and perhaps legal redress over this dangerous development. | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02371-z The explosive uptake of generative artificial intelligence in writing is raising difficult questions about when use of the technology should be allowed. | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 30 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02446-x The UK code of practice for researchers working with stem-cell-based embryo models is designed to both reassure the public and provide valuable guidance to researchers. | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02449-8 Too often, journal assessments of potentially unreliable research are superficial, opaque and prolonged. Changes to the guidance given by the Committee on Publication Ethics could tighten up the process. | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07860-9 Spectroscopic confirmation of two luminous galaxies at a redshift of 14 | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02400-x Nature interviewed 12 female wildlife researchers who say they were harassed while working at conservation organizations in India. Why does the country’s sexual-harassment law sometimes fail to safeguard women … | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 26 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02499-y Tiny spots discovered in a rock on Mars could be signs of microbes that once lived on the red planet. Plus: The brain cells that encode the mother–baby bond in mice and how AI is changing the Olympics. | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 26 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02423-4 Communications relating to retractions are often still opaque and lacking in detail, but an analysis finds some evidence of improvement. | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 26 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02426-1 Heart injury is reduced in mice when the cells that trigger inflammation are blocked. | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 26 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02482-7 Julie Gould learns that age is no barrier to enjoying interesting work and life opportunities in retirement. | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 26 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02485-4 Scientific advancement relies on equitable international collaboration. And right now, it’s not equitable enough. | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 26 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02465-8 Observations of electron neutrinos could allow physicists to test theories about the particles’ behaviour. | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 25 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02427-0 From training to broadcasting, artificial intelligence will have an imprint on this year’s event for the first time. | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 25 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02370-0 The government has focused on areas of national pride and applied science, as many researchers expected. | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 25 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02490-7 Training successive versions of AI models on text generated by the previous iteration quickly leads to the system producing gibberish. Plus, memory for music doesn’t fade with age and how placebos ease pain in … | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 25 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02448-9 Pioneer of targeted therapy in cancer who turned failed contraceptive tamoxifen into an essential drug for treating breast cancer and osteoporosis. | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02293-w A meta-analysis of 21 carbon-pricing schemes suggests that the strategy reduces greenhouse-gas emissions. Deciding how high to set prices is the next step — and one that might benefit from the insights of less … | Continue reading

Nature, Published online: 24 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07718-0 The lysine methyltransferase SMYD5 and its newly identified substrate ribosomal protein L40 are implicated in the progression of gastric adenocarcinoma, and ablation of SMYD5 prevents metastatic disease in mou … | Continue reading