A new vision for how evolution works is long overdue
Nature, Published online: 13 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00054-x
The idea that evolution is driven by an organism’s development — not just the natural selection of its genes — challenges a dearly held orthodoxy among evolutionary biologists.‘Expansion microscopy’ turns ten: how a tissue-swelling method brought super-resolution imaging to the masses
Nature, Published online: 13 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00059-6
A decade in, expansion microscopy is unlocking insights across biology and medicine.‘Nicotine Nazis’: the brickbats hurled at scientists researching tobacco’s harms
Nature, Published online: 13 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04241-0
A study highlights how public-health researchers are targeted for focusing on tobacco, alcohol and ultra-processed foods.Pictograms, comics and other illustrations: Books in brief
Nature, Published online: 13 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00056-9
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.Why a silly-sounding name suits the serious mission of our biotech spin-off
Nature, Published online: 13 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03941-x
How do you choose what to call your company? Wobble Genomics’s chief executive, Richard Kuo, explains.Daily briefing: The science behind the deadly Los Angeles firestorm
Nature, Published online: 10 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00120-4
Just ten bacterial species account for half of all publications, leaving the majority ignored. Plus, the complex reasons driving the deadly Los Angeles wildfires.Daily briefing: Earth breaches 1.5 °C climate limit for the first time
Nature, Published online: 10 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00116-0
A grim milestone of climate heating, the public-health legacy of former US president Jimmy Carter and a possible problem with tennis balls.Voter turnout drives margins of victory ― if elections are fair
Nature, Published online: 10 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00023-4
Model that predicts the spread of winning margins could be used to detect electoral interference.How the brain cleans itself during deep sleep
Nature, Published online: 10 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00007-4
Blood vessels in the brain rhythmically constrict and dilate to drive waves of cleansing fluid through the organ.These are the 20 most-studied bacteria — the majority have been ignored
Nature, Published online: 10 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00038-x
Model microbes such as Escherichia coli hog scientists’ attention, leaving most known bacteria with few publications devoted to them.Facebook to ditch fact-checking: what do researchers think?
Nature, Published online: 10 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00027-0
Meta’s planned shift away from third party fact-checking in favour of a crowdsourced approach has perplexed those who study the spread of misinformation.Earth breaches 1.5 °C climate limit for the first time: what does it mean?
Nature, Published online: 10 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00010-9
The threshold has been exceeded for only one year so far, but humanity is nearing the end of what many thought was a ‘safe zone’ as climate change worsens.Rising stars in AI use robotics and automation to accelerate their work
Nature, Published online: 10 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04233-0
These three scientists are pushing boundaries in their fields.Mind matters: investigating academia’s ‘mental health crisis’
Nature, Published online: 10 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04240-1
Adam Levy discusses some of the systemic changes needed to make the academic workplace both a happier and healthier place.Jimmy Carter obituary: former US president who dedicated his life after office to peace, human rights and global health
Nature, Published online: 10 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00067-6
The Nobel prizewinner worked tirelessly with wife Rosalynn Carter to eradicate Guinea-worm disease.