Nature, Published online: 12 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02008-1

Lessons for the messy state of modern drug development from researchers’ fight to save one young woman. Plus, what spaceflight does to your body and a peptide glass that heals itself.

Nature, Published online: 05 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01699-w

Senior author plans to retract her team’s highly cited study on the cause of Alzheimer’s disease after acknowledging that the paper contains manipulated images. Plus, why cicadas shriek so loudly and how CO2 helps viruses stay alive in the air.

Nature, Published online: 26 February 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00596-6

A figure in a high-profile paper has reignited debate among geneticists about how to best discuss and depict human diversity. Plus, a decades-old supernova mystery is solved and six tips for finding meaning in your science career.

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03409-4

The US Food and Drug Administration is examining the safety of a DNA-altering treatment for sickle-cell disease. Plus, encouraging results from a big trial of anti-dengue mosquitoes and how to successfully switch fields.

Nature, Published online: 01 August 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02476-x

Researchers tackle 12 common misconceptions about the human microbiome. Plus, the first images from the ‘dark universe’ space telescope, and an isolated Mexican oasis loses its main protector.

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-03600-z

eLife’s plan to publish all papers that it sends for peer review divides researchers. Plus, the carbon footprint of a ‘Higgs factory’ and attacks on Ukraine strain nuclear-safety treaties.