Editorial
How epidemiology has shaped the COVID pandemic p.491
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-00183-z
News
Why did the world’s pandemic warning system fail when COVID hit? p.499
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-00162-4
Fast-spreading COVID variant can elude immune responses p.500
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-00121-z
‘Inspired choice’: Biden appoints sociologist Alondra Nelson to top science post p.502
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-00159-z
What new COVID variants mean for schools is not yet clear p.503
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-00139-3
Are COVID vaccination programmes working? Scientists seek first clues p.504
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-00140-w
Science family of journals announces change to open-access policy p.505
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-00103-1
News Features
How ecstasy and psilocybin are shaking up psychiatry p.506
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-00187-9
News & Views
A two-pronged attack on antibiotic-resistant microbes p.517
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03660-z
Helium nucleus measured with record precision p.518
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-00120-0
Pain-sensing neurons mobilize blood stem cells from bone marrow p.520
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03577-7
Palaeoclimate puzzle explained by seasonal variation p.521
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-00115-x
Base editor repairs mutation found in the premature-ageing syndrome progeria p.522
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03573-x
Accurate machine learning in materials science facilitated by using diverse data sources p.524
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-03259-4
Articles
Measuring the α-particle charge radius with muonic helium-4 ions p.527
doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03183-1
Metastability of diamond ramp-compressed to 2 terapascals p.532
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03140-4
Correlation-driven topological phases in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene p.536
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03159-7
Metallaphotoredox aryl and alkyl radiomethylation for PET ligand discovery p.542
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-3015-0
Seasonal origin of the thermal maxima at the Holocene and the last interglacial p.548
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03155-x
Global and regional drivers of land-use emissions in 1961–2017 p.554
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03138-y
A thin mantle transition zone beneath the equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge p.562
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03139-x
Half a century of global decline in oceanic sharks and rays p.567
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03173-9
Monitoring hiring discrimination through online recruitment platforms p.572
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03136-0
Neural circuit mechanisms of sexual receptivity in Drosophila females p.577
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2972-7
Availability of food determines the need for sleep in memory consolidation p.582
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2997-y
An SHR–SCR module specifies legume cortical cell fate to enable nodulation p.586
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-3016-z
Nociceptive nerves regulate haematopoietic stem cell mobilization p.591
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03057-y
IspH inhibitors kill Gram-negative bacteria and mobilize immune clearance p.597
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03074-x
COVID-19 treatments and pathogenesis including anosmia in K18-hACE2 mice p.603
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2943-z
In vivo base editing rescues Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome in mice p.608
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03086-7
Capping pores of alphavirus nsP1 gate membranous viral replication factories p.615
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-3036-8
Structures of the glucocorticoid-bound adhesion receptor GPR97–Go complex p.620
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03083-w