1. Early grant success attracts more funding: study of 100,000 applicants hints at why

2. Developing astronomers in Africa: ‘We wanted to create a discipline’

3. Sensors pinpoint the exact time of a Yellowstone explosion

4. This tiny robot moves mini-droplets with ease

5. Africa’s chief diplomat for vaccine manufacturing

6. Bringing men into conversations about parenting in academia

7. Happy birthday Jaws! How the movie changed shark science

8. Author Correction: Regulatory genomic circuitry of human disease loci by integrative epigenomics

9. ‘Super-healing’ animals inspire human treatments

10. Stories that are out of this world: Books in brief

11. Daily briefing: Some moths can navigate using starlight

12. Where is the best place to hold a scientific conference right now?

13. Publisher Correction: The P-loop NTPase RUVBL2 is a conserved clock component across eukaryotes

14. AI slashes time to produce gold-standard medical reviews — but sceptics urge caution

15. Single-celled organisms set for greater role in gut health

16. Daily briefing: The most-energetic molecule ever made

17. Revealed: How the brain turns stress into a bad night''s sleep

18. First ever skull from ‘Denisovan’ reveals what ancient people looked like

19. A ‘killswitch’ peptide solidifies protein droplets in living cells

20. Neolithic matrilineal society in ancient China

21. Light detectors made from perovskite crystals see in full colour

22. Investigating the molecular ‘scars’ of PTSD in the human brain

23. How dopamine neurons devalue delayed rewards

24. Migratory moths navigate using the stars

25. Carbon-fibre composites can be broken down into reusable components

26. ‘Remarkable’ new enzymes built by algorithm with physics know-how

27. Homo sapiens adapted to diverse habitats before successfully populating Eurasia

28. R9AP is a common receptor for EBV infection in epithelial cells and B cells

29. Vertically stacked monolithic perovskite colour photodetectors

30. Single-cell transcriptomic and chromatin dynamics of the human brain in PTSD

31. In vivo mapping of mutagenesis sensitivity of human enhancers

32. Major expansion in the human niche preceded out of Africa dispersal

33. Bogong moths use a stellar compass for long-distance navigation at night

34. Bioinspired capillary force-driven super-adhesive filter

35. Morphodynamics of human early brain organoid development

36. Targeting de novo purine biosynthesis for tuberculosis treatment

37. Gut inflammation promotes microbiota-specific CD4 T cell-mediated neuroinflammation

38. Impacts of climate change on global agriculture accounting for adaptation

39. Machine-learning design of ductile FeNiCoAlTa alloys with high strength

40. Allosteric modulation and biased signalling at free fatty acid receptor 2

41. Kupffer cell programming by maternal obesity triggers fatty liver disease

42. Bimodal centromeres in pentaploid dogroses shed light on their unique meiosis

43. Optical nonlinearities in excess of 500 through sublattice reconstruction

44. Complete computational design of high-efficiency Kemp elimination enzymes

45. Unsupervised pretraining in biological neural networks

46. Flight simulator for moths reveals they navigate by starlight

47. These moths use the stars to navigate on an epic migration

48. Reply to: On the effects of fault alignment on slip stability

49. On the effects of fault alignment on slip stability

50. Editorial Expression of Concern: Transformation of primary human endothelial cells by Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus

51. Strategies for climate-resilient global wind and solar power systems

52. For the future

53. Why air-traffic controller shortages are not to blame for US airport chaos

54. Daily briefing: Judge orders the restoration of hundreds of NIH grants

55. Is a monster web of ocean currents headed for collapse? The race is on to find out

56. Author Correction: Collagenolysis-dependent DDR1 signalling dictates pancreatic cancer outcome

57. One dose of gene therapy gives years of relief from blood disorder

58. Author Correction: RUNX2 promotes fibrosis via an alveolar-to-pathological fibroblast transition

59. Concerned about freedom of science and truth

60. ‘Killswitch’ protein lets scientists study immobilized cellular droplets

61. In science’s new era, open and transparent cooperation remains key

62. Escalating Israel–Iran conflict damages science labs

63. Why the Royal Greenwich Observatory was chosen to mark zero degrees longitude

64. Sex differences in skin-cancer risk are linked to oestrogen levels

65. Fetal and parental genomes offer mechanistic insights into pregnancy loss

66. PhD students face high risk of sexual harassment — can universities stop perpetrators?

67. How your brain controls ageing — and why zombie cells could be key

68. How I carved out a career as a ‘pracademic’

69. Daily briefing: ‘Glimmer of hope’ at UN Ocean Conference as 50 countries ratify the High Seas Treaty

70. Tighter regulation is needed for AI companions

71. We need to show AI what didn’t work as well as what did

72. Is there a link between gut microbes and ageing?

73. US–China trade conflict threatens biomedical collaboration

74. How China can become a biotechnology superpower

75. Judge rules against NIH grant cuts — and calls them discriminatory

76. People were wrecking the climate 140 years ago — we just lacked the tech to spot it

77. Cryo-EM structure of a natural RNA nanocage

78. Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature’s research papers

79. Mice with human cells developed using ‘game-changing’ technique

80. I can’t show my face because of pangolin poachers

81. ‘One of the true final frontiers’ — Sally Ride biopic highlights the struggle of gay astronauts

82. Daily briefing: Breathing patterns might be as unique as a fingerprint

83. Could a novelty indicator improve science?

84. Freeze frame: cracking molecular motion

85. Mysterious link between Earth’s magnetism and oxygen baffles scientists

86. Why pangolins are poached: they’re the tastiest animal around

87. Hundreds of physicists on a remote island: we visit the ultimate quantum party

88. Minuscule worms form living towers to hunt for food

89. Hungry caterpillars can brew exotic molecules in their guts

90. Tiny human hearts grown in pig embryos for the first time

91. Daily briefing: Physical masks created using AI can restore damaged paintings

92. Daily briefing: The moment that mathematics education starts to fail girls

93. Some US researchers want to leave the country. Can Europe take them?

94. Why science recruiters struggle to find high-calibre candidates

95. A long-predicted cosmic collision might not happen after all

96. Recording my research led to a photojournalism career

97. Happy birthday quantum mechanics! I got a ticket to the ultimate physics party

98. Who is on RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel — and what will they do?

99. How you breathe is like a fingerprint that can identify you

100. How to address gender equity in science in Africa

101. An instantaneous voice-synthesis neuroprosthesis

102. A cancer-causing mutation meets its match

103. Remote activation of place codes by gaze in a highly visual animal

104. Quantum physicists unveil most ‘trustworthy’ random-number generator yet

105. Mitochondrial molecule has unexpected role in tissue healing

106. Meet the engineer using deep learning to restore Renaissance art

107. Tiny rotating device puts a new spin on blood-clot removal

108. Biochemical breakthrough paves way to reliable supply of anticancer drug

109. Computer processors built from 2D materials

110. Seasonality dominates changes in lake-surface extent and aligns with human residence

111. Various cell types in tissues cooperate in networks that are disrupted in disease

112. World first: brain implant lets man speak with expression ― and sing

113. Digitally constructed mask brings a damaged painting back to life

114. Trace elements in the ocean attributed to a surprising source

115. Liquid carbon formed using a high-energy laser

116. Close the mathematics gender gap: huge study prompts urgent call to action

117. An open AI model could help medical experts to interpret chest X-rays

118. When do girls fall behind in maths? Gigantic study pinpoints the moment

119. Cheat-proof random numbers generated from quantum entanglement

120. Gene therapy could correct blood stem cells inside, rather than outside, the body

121. Early life high fructose impairs microglial phagocytosis and neurodevelopment

122. A fully open AI foundation model applied to chest radiography

123. Rapid emergence of a maths gender gap in first grade

124. Discovery of FoTO1 and Taxol genes enables biosynthesis of baccatin III

125. Targeting GRPR for sex hormone-dependent cancer after loss of E-cadherin

126. Metabolic adaptations direct cell fate during tissue regeneration

127. Dynamic assemblies and coordinated reactions of non-homologous end joining

128. Physical restoration of a painting with a digitally constructed mask

129. Brain implantation of soft bioelectronics via embryonic development

130. A new Mongolian tyrannosauroid and the evolution of Eutyrannosauria

131. Abyssal seafloor as a key driver of ocean trace-metal biogeochemical cycles

132. Weakly space-confined all-inorganic perovskites for light-emitting diodes

133. Traceable random numbers from a non-local quantum advantage

134. Molecular hydrogen in the extremely metal- and dust-poor galaxy Leo P

135. Probing phonon transport dynamics across an interface by electron microscopy

136. Preparation of a neutral nitrogen allotrope hexanitrogen C2h-N6 

137. Developmental trajectory and evolutionary origin of thymic mimetic cells

138. RIFINs displayed on malaria-infected erythrocytes bind KIR2DL1 and KIR2DS1

139. Glycosaminoglycan-driven lipoprotein uptake protects tumours from ferroptosis

140. Attosecond inner-shell lasing at ångström wavelengths

141. A complementary two-dimensional material-based one instruction set computer

142. A neutral-atom Hubbard quantum simulator in the cryogenic regime

143. SP140–RESIST pathway regulates interferon mRNA stability and antiviral immunity

144. Meet the MIT engineer who invented an AI-powered way to restore art

145. This stretchy neural implant grows with an axolotl''s brain

146. How the brain separates real images from those it imagines

147. Digging foxholes in the dark

148. Major telescope hosts world''s largest digital camera: how it will transform astronomy

149. To progress, science must be truly global

150. Daily briefing: Evidence-backed strategies for talking about vaccine hesitancy

151. How to keep weight off after obesity drugs

152. NIH chief stands by funding cuts to ‘politicized science’ at tense hearing

153. Stressed out by PhD life? Five strategies to take back the joy

154. How to spot suspicious papers: a sleuthing guide for scientists

155. Silicate clouds and a circumplanetary disk in the YSES-1 exoplanet system

156. Peter Lax obituary: mathematician who pioneered computer-based solutions to real-world problems

157. Mathematics in ancient Egypt

158. Dementia is deadly — the UN needs to take it more seriously

159. This tiny device spins blood clots away

160. How to speak to a vaccine sceptic: research reveals what works

161. Daily briefing: ‘A necessary evil’ — Cutting off rhinos’ horns to deter poachers really works

162. Greening nickel extraction requires institutional and financial support

163. Reduced investment in universities has multifaceted effects

164. Not all clinical data in the United States are fragmented

165. Making concrete sustainable globally requires technology transfer

166. NINJ1 regulates plasma membrane fragility under mechanical strain

167. Dolce vita: a four-step guide to stress-free holidays from academia

168. Authorship for sale: Nature investigates how paper mills work

169. How China is vying to attract the world’s top scientific talent

170. Making slabs and sleepers from old appliances

171. How our student journal club built on sand developed strong foundations

172. Do our observations make reality happen?

173. Daily briefing: The energy-drink ingredient taurine doesn’t seem to boost lifespan after all

174. Want to enhance lab safety? Try a little role playing first

175. How DEI is misunderstood — and the real route to gender equality

176. Medicine''s rapid adoption of AI has researchers concerned

177. How Trump’s budget cuts could derail global science collaborations

178. Africa has a new space agency: here''s what it will do

179. Skyrocketing mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone raises fears of wider spread

180. Clever cockatoos learn an easy way to quench their thirst

181. Trump wants to put humans on Mars: what scientists think of the plan

182. ‘Integrity index’ flags universities with high retraction rates

183. What puzzles people, past and present: Books in brief

184. Author Correction: GluD1 is a signal transduction device disguised as an ionotropic receptor

185. Daily briefing: Travel bans, revoked visas and yet more funding cuts — the latest in Trump’s attack on science

186. Second ispace craft has probably crash-landed on Moon

187. Solved: the mystery of the evaporating planet

188. Anti-ageing effects of popular supplement taurine challenged

189. A message from island leaders: protect the Pacific Ocean from deep-sea mining

190. Quantum computers tackle unexplored particle physics

191. Should I use AI to help draft my science job application?

192. Trump moves to slash NSF: why are the proposed budget cuts so big?

193. ‘We were ready for this’: meet the scientists suing the Trump administration to reinstate terminated grants

194. Exclusive: Start-up FutureHouse debuts powerful AI ‘reasoning model’ for science

195. ‘Another blow’: How Trump’s latest travel ban could harm research

196. Thousands of endangered trees preserved for centuries inside Chinese temples

197. How I got through the loss of my supervisors

198. Daily briefing: Inside the wild-animal markets that could start the next pandemic

199. Publisher Correction: Metal–support frontier orbital interactions in single-atom catalysis

200. Trump wants to put humans on Mars — here’s what scientists think

201. How researchers are shining a light on the ‘invisible’ contributions of small-scale fishers

202. Making robust integrated photonic qubits

203. Cancer more deadly when tumours lack Y chromosomes — and the loss could be contagious

204. Male mice can grow ovaries if their pregnant mums are iron deficient

205. Y-chromosome loss in cancer and immune cells might worsen treatment outcomes

206. Stop ignoring small-scale fisheries in economic models

207. How I’m bringing the voices of local fishers into ocean policies

208. Sticky membranes of dead red blood cells obstruct small vessels

209. Ancient carbon released through modern rivers

210. Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat obituary: mathematician who established that Einstein’s equations mirror the real world

211. Simulation of matter–antimatter creation on quantum platforms

212. Iron deficiency in pregnant mice causes XY embryos to develop with female characteristics

213. Clustering pattern of dwarf galaxies not predicted by models of cosmic structure formation

214. Subnucleosome preference of human chromatin remodeller SMARCAD1

215. Structural insights into human Pol III transcription initiation in action

216. Acetolysis for epoxy-amine carbon fibre-reinforced polymer recycling

217. Ischaemic endothelial necroptosis induces haemolysis and COVID-19 angiopathy

218. Concurrent loss of the Y chromosome in cancer and T cells impacts outcome

219. Drivers of the extreme North Atlantic marine heatwave during 2023

220. Increased CSF drainage by non-invasive manipulation of cervical lymphatics

221. Multi-timescale reinforcement learning in the brain

222. A soft-clamped topological waveguide for phonons

223. Loss of colonic fidelity enables multilineage plasticity and metastasis

224. Probing condensate microenvironments with a micropeptide killswitch

225. CREM is a regulatory checkpoint of CAR and IL-15 signalling in NK cells

226. Warming accelerates global drought severity

227. Old carbon routed from land to the atmosphere by global river systems

228. Visualizing dynamics of charges and strings in (2 1)D lattice gauge theories

229. Ancient DNA reveals a two-clanned matrilineal community in Neolithic China

230. Observation of string breaking on a (2 1)D Rydberg quantum simulator

231. Coordination environments of Pt single-atom catalysts from NMR signatures

232. Maternal iron deficiency causes male-to-female sex reversal in mouse embryos

233. Integrated photonic source of Gottesman–Kitaev–Preskill qubits

234. A multidimensional distributional map of future reward in dopamine neurons

235. Molecular gradients shape synaptic specificity of a visuomotor transformation

236. Milli-spinner thrombectomy

237. Male mice can grow female organs — if their mothers lack iron

238. Dynamic range and precision of hybrid vision sensors

239. Reply to: False positives in study of memory-related gene expression

240. False positives in study of memory-related gene expression

241. Human factors

242. Daily briefing: NIH foreign-grant cuts could leave thousands without care worldwide

243. How a mysterious epidemic of kidney disease is killing thousands of young men

244. Genomics pioneer fired from firm he founded: ‘It was not easy to domesticate me’

245. Why we should protect the high seas from all extraction, forever

246. Science-integrity project will root out bad medical papers ‘and tell everyone’

247. ‘You’re just not welcome’: researchers grapple with US plan to revoke Chinese student visas

248. Brain-reading devices raise ethical dilemmas — researchers propose protections

249. Should there be a national holiday in honour of chemists?

250. Disaster relief needs community trust — authorities must earn it

251. Exclusive: Inside the thriving wild-animal markets that could start the next pandemic

252. Illustrators call out journals and news sites for using AI art

253. European Union’s strict conservation targets should guide global marine policy

254. Trade wars could affect food security in low-income nations

255. Address the psychological toll of kidney disease

256. Author Correction: Methane oxidation to ethanol by a molecular junction photocatalyst

257. Author Correction: DNA-guided transcription factor interactions extend human gene regulatory code

258. Daily briefing: CAR-T proves its worth in hard-to-treat solid tumours

259. Web-scraping AI bots cause disruption for scientific databases and journals

260. How do I choose a principal investigator for my next postdoc?

261. Cancer fighting CAR-T cells show promising results for hard-to-treat tumours

262. Speeding up ginseng growth to aid drug discovery

263. How to keep astronauts healthy in deep space

264. Your time is valuable. Don’t give it away just for ‘exposure’

265. The polar regions hold crucial scientific secrets — and the time to study them is running out

266. Daily briefing: The sweet smell of outer space

267. NIH grant cuts will axe clinical trials abroad — and could leave thousands without care

268. See the Milky Way dazzle during a lunar eclipse — May’s best science images

269. Underwater kelp forests are losing a turf war

270. Gender equality in research publishing is a responsibility for everyone

271. CRISPR helps to show why a boy felt no pain

272. US–China tariff war threatens global public health

273. Salary negotiations: a guide for scientists

274. Audio long read: Three ways to cool Earth by pulling carbon from the sky

275. Daily briefing: Immune cell ‘spies’ give the brain information about the gut

276. ‘Scienticide’ in Argentina sparks huge protest by researchers

277. Black Death bacterium has become less lethal after genetic tweak

278. Rare ‘ambidextrous’ protein breaks rules of handedness

279. Forehead ‘e-tattoo’ tracks how hard you’re thinking

280. How a freezing pond could kick-start life''s self-replication

281. Mouse liver assembloids model periportal architecture and biliary fibrosis

282. How the natural world is inspiring the robot eyes of the future

283. Researchers who ‘pivot’ into new fields should not be given a citation penalty

284. Daily briefing: Chemical ‘shuttles’ carry large drugs across the blood-brain barrier

285. First Chinese mission to sample an asteroid starts its journey

286. Trump’s call for ‘gold standard science’ has prompted an outcry: here’s why

287. Molecular blueprint of a cellular sorting centre

288. Shifting research focus comes with the risk of reduced impact

289. Light reflects as a vortex off a metamaterial with unusual optical properties

290. How the brain spies on the gut: with help from newfound immune cells

291. The ‘pivot penalty’: scientists get cited less after switching fields, analysis finds

292. Reverse electron transport drives metabolic changes in obesity

293. Origins of the ‘vampire fungus’ that causes white-nose syndrome in bats

294. Electrical switching of a p-wave magnet 

295. Domesticated cannabinoid synthases amid a wild mosaic cannabis pangenome

296. Global dominance of seasonality in shaping lake-surface-extent dynamics

297. The history and future of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging

298. The subfornical organ is a nucleus for gut-derived T cells that regulate behaviour

299. The pivot penalty in research

300. Dynamic basal ganglia output signals license and suppress forelimb movements