1. Scientists hide messages in papers to game AI peer review

2. Lonely spacecraft can navigate the stars

3. Three weeks in a hide to spot one elusive bear: the life of a wildlife film-maker

4. Mini hearts, lungs and livers made in lab now grow their own blood vessels

5. Author Correction: Adhesive anti-fibrotic interfaces on diverse organs

6. Daily briefing: Research sleuthing is being ‘twisted’ to cast doubt on science

7. US senators poised to reject Trump’s proposed massive science cuts

8. Centuries-old DNA reveals origins of Greenland’s unique dogs

9. Survey of US postdocs finds threefold increase in job losses

10. Giant map details nerves across a mouse''s body: see stunning pics

11. Promising vaccine against deadly Nipah virus can also treat infection

12. Daily briefing: The first malaria treatment for babies wins approval

13. Author Correction: Spatial immune scoring system predicts hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence

14. Author Correction: Genome-wide CRISPR screen in human T cells reveals regulators of FOXP3

15. Extreme river flood exposes latent erosion risk

16. OpenAI''s o3 tops new AI league table for answering scientific questions

17. Research is powered by technical talent — and recognition is finally on the rise

18. Symbolic ‘science fair’ showcases research cut by Trump team

19. Workouts can help gut microbes to quell cancer

20. The curious case of how bird wrists evolved

21. Enormous inventory of plastic chemicals could shape safer future use

22. Ancient proteins rewrite the rhino family tree — are dinosaurs next?

23. Nanoplastics make up most of the plastic pollutants in the North Atlantic Ocean

24. Plastics pollution is surging — the planned UN treaty to curb it must be ambitious

25. Highly efficient air filter inspired by mucus-covered nasal hair

26. Animal diseases leapt to humans when we started keeping livestock

27. Integrated cryogenic chip controls spin qubits

28. Millions of tonnes of nanoplastics are polluting the ocean

29. Weight loss alters adipose tissue beyond just reducing fat

30. First returned rock samples shine a light on the Moon’s ‘dark side’

31. Reorganization of the theropod wrist preceded the origin of avian flight

32. Single nuclear spin detection and control in a van der Waals material

33. Coenzyme Q headgroup intermediates can ameliorate a mitochondrial encephalopathy

34. Nanoplastic concentrations across the North Atlantic

35. Synthesis of deuterated acids and bases using bipolar membranes

36. Moiré materials based on M-point twisting

37. Quantum correlations of spontaneous two-photon emission from a quantum dot

38. Eighteen million years of diverse enamel proteomes from the East African Rift

39. Mapping the chemical complexity of plastics

40. Phylogenetically informative proteins from an Early Miocene rhinocerotid

41. Cryptic variation fuels plant phenotypic change through hierarchical epistasis

42. The role of metabolism in shaping enzyme structures over 400 million years

43. Control of toxicity of fine particulate matter emissions in China

44. Selective remodelling of the adipose niche in obesity and weight loss

45. Loss of FCoV-23 spike domain 0 enhances fusogenicity and entry kinetics

46. Ultra-depleted mantle source of basalts from the South Pole–Aitken basin

47. Bowhead whale faeces link increasing algal toxins in the Arctic to ocean warming

48. Nutrients activate distinct patterns of small-intestinal enteric neurons

49. Metalasers with arbitrarily shaped wavefront

50. A haplotype-resolved pangenome of the barley wild relative Hordeum bulbosum

51. Decadal changes in atmospheric circulation detected in cloud motion vectors

52. How short peptides disassemble tau fibrils in Alzheimer’s disease

53. The spatiotemporal distribution of human pathogens in ancient Eurasia

54. A single-cell multi-omics atlas of rice

55. Lack of evidence for the transitional cerebellar progenitor

56. Ancient DNA reveals farming led to more human diseases

57. Retraction Note: Human fetal cerebellar cell atlas informs medulloblastoma origin and oncogenesis

58. Feline infectious peritonitis epizootic caused by a recombinant coronavirus

59. Replay and representation dynamics in the hippocampus of freely flying bats

60. Research-integrity sleuths say their work is being ‘twisted’ to undermine science

61. Why quantum physicists are still arguing after 100 years

62. Cold coffee effect

63. Sweet or sour? AI powered device achieves human-like sense of taste

64. Lab drowning in paperwork? Hire an in-house writer

65. Will algorithms choose your next lab colleague?

66. Daily briefing: Stress can make you sick, and scientists are learning why

67. World’s most porous sponges: intricate carbon-trapping powders hit the market

68. Highly efficient enzymes designed from scratch

69. Genetic mutation predicts survival after immunotherapy for ovarian cancer

70. Metascience can improve science — but it must be useful to society, too

71. Inventions that made the United States a powerhouse of innovation

72. Deaf scientists hit by drastic NIH cuts — the research community must support them

73. Will AI speed up literature reviews or derail them entirely?

74. Stress is wrecking your health: how can science help?

75. Daily briefing: A worst-case weather scenario drove deadly flooding in Texas

76. How to chart a moral future for space exploration

77. Expand biobank sampling to three or more generations

78. Old CO₂ released from rivers complicates evaluations of fossil-fuel emissions

79. Address Colombia’s brain-health crisis

80. Support Sudan’s displaced young scientists

81. Science on the catwalk: Iris van Herpen gives gowns a glow up

82. Hot air: the most extreme heatwaves are accelerating the fastest

83. Memory gets a boost from positive emotion

84. The Māori values that make good sense in science

85. Efficient perovskite/silicon tandem with asymmetric self-assembly molecule

86. Author Correction: Adipose tissue retains an epigenetic memory of obesity after weight loss

87. How monitoring a remote Finnish peatland helps climate science

88. Rubbish years: how to boost lab group morale when world events crash in

89. Turbocharged ‘killer’ cells show promise for autoimmune disease

90. Daily briefing: Neanderthals boiled bones in ‘fat factories’

91. Celebrating researchers who make the scientific workplace more inclusive

92. China pours money into brain chips that give paralysed people more control

93. Audio long read: How to speak to a vaccine sceptic — research reveals what works

94. Rise of the planet of the zombie bugs: Books in brief

95. How breaking the ‘reciprocity law’ could improve green energy

96. Daily briefing: The first full ancient Egyptian human genome sequence

97. I help to build support systems for Latina researchers

98. Japan requires name change after marriage — with big effects on female scientists

99. Rare find: interstellar visitor seen blazing through our Solar System

100. Poo of farm animals teems with drug-resistance genes

101. Academic language has become a proxy for European culture wars

102. Neanderthals boiled bones in ''fat factories'' to enrich their lean diet

103. ‘Tour de force’ experiment probes quantum tunnelling in action

104. Home medical tests miss the mark

105. How we’re rebuilding the Weizmann Institute — and our hopes for a better future

106. Daily briefing: A unique methane-detecting satellite has been lost

107. Signs of AI-generated text found in 14% of biomedical abstracts last year

108. This AI ‘thinks’ like a human — after training on 160 psychology studies

109. Molecular gas in a low-dust galaxy hints at how stars formed in the early Universe

110. A genome from ancient Egypt

111. Brain implant decodes neural activity to produce expressive speech

112. 3D printing offers a way to study mimicry by insects

113. Leadership change at African journal sparks calls for bold reform

114. Injured plants use gaseous cues to initiate repair of their outer layers

115. Tunnelling photons challenge interpretation of quantum mechanics

116. First human genome from ancient Egypt sequenced from 4,800-year-old teeth

117. Viral genomes track the transmission of mpox in humans before 2017 outbreak

118. Ultrabroadband and band-selective thermal meta-emitters by machine learning

119. Carbonate formation and fluctuating habitability on Mars

120. Discovering cognitive strategies with tiny recurrent neural networks

121. PPP2R1A mutations portend improved survival after cancer immunotherapy

122. WSTF nuclear autophagy regulates chronic but not acute inflammation

123. A foundation model to predict and capture human cognition

124. Close-in planet induces flares on its host star

125. Inter-brain neural dynamics in biological and artificial intelligence systems

126. Rewiring endogenous genes in CAR T cells for tumour-restricted payload delivery

127. Electron flow in hydrogenotrophic methanogens under nickel limitation

128. Hybrid quantum network for sensing in the acoustic frequency range

129. Ancient DNA reveals the prehistory of the Uralic and Yeniseian peoples

130. Range extender mediates long-distance enhancer activity

131. Energy–speed relationship of quantum particles challenges Bohmian mechanics

132. Trade-offs in aviation impacts on climate favour non-CO2 mitigation

133. Mapping and engineering RNA-driven architecture of the multiphase nucleolus

134. The Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues Network

135. The mutagenic forces shaping the genomes of lung cancer in never smokers

136. Whole-genome ancestry of an Old Kingdom Egyptian

137. A mouse brain stereotaxic topographic atlas with isotropic 1-μm resolution

138. Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion

139. Functional amyloid proteins confer defence against predatory bacteria

140. Mapping the adaptive landscape of Batesian mimicry using 3D-printed stimuli

141. Stereodivergent transformation of a natural polyester to enantiopure PHAs

142. Boron-mediated modular assembly of tetrasubstituted alkenes

143. 3D-printed fake wasps help explain bad animal mimicry

144. Three tips for talking to a vaccine sceptic

145. Wherever we go in this system, there we are

146. What we stand to lose when foreign students are seen as a threat

147. Massive submarine eruption darkened clouds half a world away

148. Ancient DNA helps trace stinky Roman fish sauce to its source

149. What’s it like to work with an AI team of virtual scientists?

150. Daily briefing: Industrialization might cause ‘inflammaging’

151. Publisher Correction: Metabolic adaptations direct cell fate during tissue regeneration

152. How to speed up peer review: make applicants mark one another

153. Architecture, dynamics and biogenesis of GluA3 AMPA glutamate receptors

154. Transparent research: can big tech learn from big pharma?

155. How much energy is wasted from making a cup of tea?

156. ‘Place’ neurons recognize the same spot from close by and far away

157. Extend your reach by turning your lessons into podcasts

158. Why we need mandatory safeguards for emotionally responsive AI

159. Postdocs file for union recognition at University of Michigan

160. Human embryo research: how to move towards a 28-day limit

161. How fast is your brain ageing? Ordinary scans reveal the pace

162. Protect Iran’s scientists from attacks

163. Global pandemic agreement needs sustained pressure to succeed

164. Human space travel risks contaminating Mars

165. It should be free to apply to graduate school

166. Author Correction: Targeting the SHOC2–RAS interaction in RAS-mutant cancers

167. Daily briefing: NIH still uses directives deemed illegal to screen grants

168. Turmoil at US science academy as Trump cuts force layoffs

169. Trump team axes contracts with publishing giant Springer Nature

170. Deciphering how dog roses with an odd chromosome copy number sexually reproduce

171. Natural nappers: monitoring the sleeping patterns of wild orangutans

172. Ageing is linked to inflammation — but only in the industrialized world

173. Stare into a whale’s colossal eye — June’s best science images

174. Obesity drugs made in China could power next wave of treatments

175. I pioneered my country’s newborn health-screening programme

176. ’We couldn’t live without it’: the UCSC Genome Browser turns 25

177. Daily briefing: The oldest rocks on Earth

178. What do dolphins talk about? One biologist is trying to listen in

179. If you’re a US researcher, now is the time to establish a plan B

180. Arrests of scientists over smuggled samples add to US border anxiety

181. Exclusive: NIH still screens grants in process a judge ruled illegal

182. First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities

183. Niède Guidon obituary: Brazilian archaeologist who upended ideas on early human migration

184. Daily briefing: Researchers re-enact an epic ancient canoe trip

185. Daily briefing: The neuroscience behind eureka moments

186. Can AI build a virtual cell? Scientists race to model life’s smallest unit

187. RFK’s vaccine advisers vote down flu-shot ingredient — but back some jabs

188. Killer whales exfoliate each other with home-made scrubbers

189. NIH-funded science must now be free to read instantly: what you should know

190. ‘I didn’t know someone could pursue astronomy as a career’

191. Are these the world’s oldest rocks? Fresh data confirm contested claim

192. Addendum: Unravelling cysteine-deficiency-associated rapid weight loss

193. Harvard vs Trump: what this epic battle means for science

194. Everyday painkiller made from plastic — by E. coli

195. Does using ChatGPT change your brain activity? Study sparks debate

196. These scientists re-enacted Stone-Age voyage to Japan’s remotest islands

197. Pioneering but overlooked 1938 fusion experiment is recreated at last

198. Change of venue: fission-yeast cell-division cues actually initiate in the nucleus

199. Nanoscale heat transport tracked at interface between semiconductor materials

200. Wake up call for AI: computer-vision research increasingly used for surveillance

201. ‘Wildest thing’: solar-powered slug steals chloroplasts and stores them for emergencies

202. Computer-vision research is hiding its role in creating ‘Big Brother’ technologies

203. Droplets of three electrons behave like a liquid

204. Can a pill replace exercise? Swiggingthis molecule gives mice benefits of working out

205. Neuronal transfer of mitochondria to tumour cells promotes cancer spread

206. Don’t sleepwalk from computer-vision research into surveillance

207. Mixed plastics turned into valuable chemicals

208. Cancer cells get power boost by stealing mitochondria from nerves

209. Plagues of locusts could be avoided by using compounds that suppress swarming

210. Broadband transient full-Stokes luminescence spectroscopy

211. Computer-vision research powers surveillance technology

212. Soft magnetic hysteresis in a dysprosium amide–alkene complex up to 100 kelvin

213. A cation-exchange approach to tunable magnetic intercalation superlattices

214. Mechanism of cytarabine-induced neurotoxicity

215. In-line NMR guided orthogonal transformation of real-life plastics

216. The dynamics and geometry of choice in the premotor cortex

217. Barcoded viral tracing identifies immunosuppressive astrocyte–glioma interactions

218. The expanding repertoire of ESCRT functions in cell biology and disease

219. Engrafted nitrergic neurons derived from hPSCs improve gut dysmotility in mice

220. Controlling diverse robots by inferring Jacobian fields with deep networks

221. Spatiotemporal orchestration of mitosis by cyclin-dependent kinase

222. Interactions between TTYH2 and APOE facilitate endosomal lipid transfer

223. RNA codon expansion via programmable pseudouridine editing and decoding

224. An aspirational approach to planetary futures

225. Evidence of Coulomb liquid phase in few-electron droplets

226. Rescuing dendritic cell interstitial motility sustains antitumour immunity

227. Efficient near-infrared harvesting in perovskite–organic tandem solar cells

228. A cost-effective all-in-one halide material for all-solid-state batteries

229. Decoding 4-vinylanisole biosynthesis and pivotal enzymes in locusts

230. Evidence for a sub-Jovian planet in the young TWA 7 disk 

231. Nerve-to-cancer transfer of mitochondria during cancer metastasis

232. Spin-qubit control with a milli-kelvin CMOS chip

233. Coherent bunching of anyons and dissociation in an interference experiment

234. Is AI powering Big Brother? Surveillance research is on the rise

235. Is AI watching you? The hidden links between research and surveillance

236. DeepMind’s new AlphaGenome AI tackles the ‘dark matter’ in our DNA

237. Here’s why China’s science and innovation model is thriving

238. What incentives do companies need to publish research?

239. Three science-led start-ups making their mark

240. These are the top companies and countries for industry research

241. Can industry fill the gap left by US research funding cuts?

242. Family recipe

243. Missile defence won’t prevent the health crises that rock global security

244. AI, peer review and the human activity of science

245. The economic effects of federal cuts to US science — in 24 graphs

246. Eureka! The brain science behind lightbulb moments

247. Daily briefing: How to make America healthy — the real problems and how to fix them

248. Hormone helps mice live longer and avoid obesity

249. In the face of anti-science politics, silence is not without cost

250. Structural and functional characterization of human sweet taste receptor

251. Boys surpass girls in maths in the first year of school

252. Daily briefing: Space shots from the largest digital camera in the world

253. Daily briefing: Which is the perfect conference country?

254. Celebrating the anniversary of Michael Faraday’s discovery of benzene

255. We need to predict the people disasters will hit, not just the places

256. How to make America healthy: the real problems — and best fixes

257. Adversarial collaborations: all theories must be subject to critical evaluation

258. Make the study of human flourishing a global priority

259. ‘Harm’ must not be redefined by US conservation agencies

260. The shattered statues of Queen Hatshepsut: the reasons for the wreckage

261. Trump team vows to improve kids‘ health: scientists are sceptical

262. Did the US wipe out Iran''s nuclear programme? What researchers know

263. Gating and noelin clustering of native Ca2-permeable AMPA receptors

264. Modular arene functionalization by differential 1,2-diborylation

265. Will Gates and other funders save massive public health database at risk from Trump cuts?

266. Obesity drugs show promise treating a new ailment: migraine

267. Ice society: looking for life at unlikely altitudes

268. Tardigrade-obsessed: meet the researchers trying to turn water bears into neuroscience models

269. ‘Natural history museums can save the world’: anti-colonialism, conservation and climate change

270. First images from world’s largest digital camera leave astronomers in awe

271. Medical AI can transform medicine — but only if we carefully track the data it touches

272. How many PhDs does the world need? Doctoral graduates vastly outnumber jobs in academia

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

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

275. Sensors pinpoint the exact time of a Yellowstone explosion

276. This tiny robot moves mini-droplets with ease

277. Africa’s chief diplomat for vaccine manufacturing

278. Bringing men into conversations about parenting in academia

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

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

281. ‘Super-healing’ animals inspire human treatments

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

283. Daily briefing: Some moths can navigate using starlight

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

292. Neolithic matrilineal society in ancient China

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

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

295. How dopamine neurons devalue delayed rewards

296. Migratory moths navigate using the stars

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

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

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

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