Daily briefing: How to disassemble a fusion reactor
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00196-4
What we’ll learn from the long process of decommissioning the pioneering JET reactor. Plus, China’s new dark matter lab is the biggest and deepest yet, and the debate over whether megalodon was stocky or slim.The hagfish genome and the evolution of vertebrates
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07070-3
The hagfish genome and the evolution of vertebratesAuthor Correction: R-loop-derived cytoplasmic RNA–DNA hybrids activate an immune response
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07064-1
Author Correction: R-loop-derived cytoplasmic RNA–DNA hybrids activate an immune responseHow does chronic stress harm the gut? New clues emerge
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00188-4
A bacterium in the intestines of stressed mice interferes with cells that protect against pathogens.All arabica coffee is genetically similar: how can beans taste so different?
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00165-x
Flavour variations are mainly the result of changes at the chromosome level, sequencing effort finds.Two-faced AI language models learn to hide deception
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00189-3
‘Sleeper agents’ seem benign during testing but behave differently once deployed. And methods to stop them aren’t working.Author Correction: Aerial additive manufacturing with multiple autonomous robots
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07030-x
Author Correction: Aerial additive manufacturing with multiple autonomous robotsThe clever system that gave Roman wines an amber colour and nutty aroma
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00178-6
Wine-fermentation jars used in Georgia today hint at the properties of ancient vintages.From the archive: the mechanics of athletics, and the eating habits of jellyfish
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00157-x
Snippets from Nature’s past.Can autoimmune diseases be cured? Scientists see hope at last
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00169-7
After decades of frustration and failed attempts, scientists might finally be on the cusp of developing therapies to restore immune ‘tolerance’ in conditions such as diabetes, lupus and multiple sclerosis.John L. Heilbron (1934–2023), historian of ‘big science’
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00195-5
Rigorous historian who shed light on how researchers’ personalities and institutions are central to the development of scientific knowledge.Cities matter to the world’s future — science must serve them better
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00167-9
From governance to climate impacts, the world’s urban environments face many difficulties. A new journal, Nature Cities, aims to bring together researchers who are rising to the challenge.Coping with climate change could be a matter of what building you’re in
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03934-2
Extreme heat and cold brought on by climate change put people at risk. Beefing up building codes now could help to save lives.Computers make mistakes and AI will make things worse — the law must recognize that
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00168-8
A tragic scandal at the UK Post Office highlights the need for legal change, especially as organizations embrace artificial intelligence to enhance decision-making.Tech developers must respect equitable AI access
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00185-7
Tech developers must respect equitable AI accessResolve climate-policy uncertainties in the US and China
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00186-6
Resolve climate-policy uncertainties in the US and ChinaFunders must get behind brain project data sharing
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00184-8
Funders must get behind brain project data sharingAre we part of a unified work of absurd art?
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00187-5
Are we part of a unified work of absurd art?How Einstein built on the past to make his breakthroughs
Nature, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00171-z
The iconic physicist’s theories of relativity and atomic motions were not so revolutionary, a penetrating history argues.Daily briefing: Japanese spacecraft makes a pin-point landing on the Moon
Nature, Published online: 22 January 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00193-7
Japan has become the fifth country to land a lunar spacecraft. Plus, Nature’s pick of the technologies to get excited about and how to go further with open science.