I explore the impact of wildfires on Hawaii’s coral reefs
Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00076-5
Oceanographer Andrea Kealoha studies how the devastating Lahaina wildfire of 2023 affected the coral systems of Maui.Paralysed man flies virtual drone using brain implant
Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00167-3
Device that links neural signals to fine movements provides unprecedented control over speed and direction in a video-game obstacle course.Martin Karplus obituary: theoretical chemist who first simulated proteins using molecular dynamics
Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00174-4
The Nobel prizewinner used quantum and molecular mechanics to model the dynamics of complex chemical systems.Obesity drugs: huge study highlights new health risks
Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00173-5
Weight-loss medicines such as Ozempic might raise a person’s likelihood of developing conditions including arthritis.Science on the go: bringing labs into the field
Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00074-7
‘Lab vans’ and other facilities can bring researchers closer to what they study.Author Correction: R-loop-dependent promoter-proximal termination ensures genome stability
Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08606-x
Author Correction: R-loop-dependent promoter-proximal termination ensures genome stabilityYoung people are crucial to research — how can they be paid fairly?
Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00072-9
Children and teenagers bring unique value to research as advisers and participants — raising ethical and practical issues about how best to compensate them.How to navigate uncertainty in an unpredictable world
Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00070-x
A statistician offers a masterful guide to embracing the unknown.Self-driving laboratories, advanced immunotherapies and five more technologies to watch in 2025
Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00075-6
Sustainability and artificial intelligence dominate our seventh annual round-up of exciting innovations.Sharing is caring and other moving stories: Books in brief
Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00071-w
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.How hosting Ukrainian scientists offers a template for supporting other scholars at risk
Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04024-7
Ahead of the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, displaced academics describe their experiences settling into UK universities.‘Publish or perish’ culture blamed for reproducibility crisis
Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04253-w
Survey of more than 1,600 biomedical researchers also flagged small sample sizes and cherry-picking of data as leading causes of reproducibility problems.Daily briefing: The brickbats hurled at scientists researching tobacco’s harms
Nature, Published online: 17 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00166-4
The science behind urban firestorms, and how to fight them. Plus, how public-health researchers are targeted for focusing on tobacco, alcohol and ultra-processed foods.RNA molecule rejuvenates ageing mice by restoring old cells
Nature, Published online: 17 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00032-3
Mice injected with a microRNA molecule lived longer and had fewer markers of ageing, but it’s not yet known if the treatment would work in people.Trump’s science advisers: how they could influence his second presidency
Nature, Published online: 17 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00132-0
The president-elect quickly nominated confidantes with a focus on AI, but their recommendations for the rest of science remain unclear.Revealed: Why the fatal Huntington’s gene takes so long to cause harm
Nature, Published online: 17 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00119-x
A mutation in neurons grows for decades before it reaches a deadly limit.<b>How to trick the immune system into attacking tumours</b>
Nature, Published online: 17 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00126-y
Lab-grown viruses make cancer cells resemble pig tissue, provoking an organ-rejection response.How to be a brilliant ally to your neurodivergent lab mate
Nature, Published online: 17 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00125-z
Two researchers, one with bipolar disorder and ADHD, the other with autism, discuss supportive workplaces, building networks, and how and when to disclose diagnoses.Mines for a clean-energy metal have a surprise climate effect
Nature, Published online: 17 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00042-1
Vegetation clearing to extract nickel, which is used in renewable technologies, leads to greater carbon emissions than realized.<b>Urban </b><b>‘firestorms’: the science behind their ferocious spread</b>
Nature, Published online: 17 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00141-z
Research also suggests how to make homes more resilient in the aftermath of California’s deadly blazes.