Combat corporate greenwashing with better science p.7

Companies must be transparent about how they calculate their emissions goals. Researchers must help to clear up doubts about the system.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03815-8

Frugal innovation: why low cost doesn’t have to mean low impact p.8

Science is starting to recognize the movement to create mass-market products using local knowledge and materials to improve lives around the world.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03816-7

First cash pledged for countries devastated by climate change: COP28 starts with historic decision p.13

Draft resolution on a ‘loss and damage fund’ has attracted more than $400 million, but climate-vulnerable countries say more cash is needed.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03814-9

Climate change is also a health crisis — these 3 graphics explain why p.14

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03804-x

A 27,000-year-old pyramid? Controversy hits an extraordinary archaeological claim p.15

The massive buried structures at Gunung Padang in Indonesia would be much older than Egypt’s great pyramids — if they’re even human constructions at all.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03546-w

World’s biggest set of human genome sequences opens to scientists p.16

The whole genomes of 500,000 people in the UK Biobank will help researchers to probe our genetic code for links to disease.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03763-3

‘Treasure trove’ of new CRISPR systems holds promise for genome editing p.17

An algorithm that can analyse hundreds of millions of genetic sequences has identified DNA-cutting genes and enzymes that are extremely rare in nature.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03697-w

‘My collaborations would see me jailed’: Australian researchers fear proposed new laws p.18

Under the proposal, technology with potential military use would need authorization to be shared with non-Australian colleagues.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03731-x

How does it feel to have an octopus arm? This robo-tentacle lets people find out p.19

Mimicking the snatch and grab of an octopus snaring its prey required a new way of thinking about robotics.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03759-z

‘Disruptive’ science: in-person teams make more breakthroughs than remote groups p.20

Analysis of millions of papers shows that farflung collaborators produce fewer foundational discoveries than groups working together in person.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03618-x

Is AI leading to a reproducibility crisis in science? p.22

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03817-6

Humanity’s oldest art is flaking away. Can scientists save it? p.26

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03818-5

Ancient DNA uncovers past migrations in California p.43

Genomic data from ancient humans who lived up to 7,400 years ago, sampled from across California and Mexico, unveil patterns of migration that could explain how some Indigenous languages spread in parts of North America.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03503-7

Diabetes prevention programme put to the test p.44

Causal evidence shows that referring people who are at risk of developing diabetes to a nationwide lifestyle-change programme can result in health improvements — but only if programme participation can be sustained.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03431-6

Emissions scenarios and targets aligned to meet climate goals p.46

A mismatch in how carbon emissions are reported could endanger nations’ best efforts to meet targets for curbing climate change. A method for translating between reporting conventions offers a path forward.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03504-6

The overlooked role of landscape dynamics in steering biodiversity p.48

Scientists have long sought to understand what drives biodiversity changes. A study unifies ideas about marine and terrestrial biodiversity in one explanatory framework, pointing to physical geography as dictating life’s trajectory.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03536-y

Self-assembling structures close the gap to trap light p.49

An innovative method uses the intrinsic attractive force between silicon surfaces that are separated by a tiny gap to engineer structures that can confine light — offering an ideal set-up for manipulating single photons.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03685-0

How hyenas decide whether to form a lion-fighting mob p.51

Monitoring complex hyena societies in the wild sheds light on factors that predict whether individuals will engage in a risky collective activity.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03778-w

Genes are often uninformative for dating species’ origins p.51

The time frame of a species’ origins provides context for evolutionary questions. However, dates from fossils are often inconsistent with estimates from genetic data. Emerging evidence points to a new explanation for this discrepancy.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03487-4

Bipolar outflows out to 10 kpc for massive galaxies at redshift z ≈ 1 p.53

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06718-w

Self-assembled photonic cavities with atomic-scale confinement p.57

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06736-8

Single-molecule electron spin resonance by means of atomic force microscopy p.64

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06754-6

Aspartate all-in-one doping strategy enables efficient all-perovskite tandems p.69

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06707-z

Ultralow-resistance electrochemical capacitor for integrable line filtering p.74

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06712-2

Scaling deep learning for materials discovery p.80

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06735-9

An autonomous laboratory for the accelerated synthesis of novel materials p.86

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06734-w

Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential p.92

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06723-z

Aligning climate scenarios to emissions inventories shifts global benchmarks p.102

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06724-y

Revising the global biogeography of annual and perennial plants p.109

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06644-x

Landscape dynamics and the Phanerozoic diversification of the biosphere p.115

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06777-z

Genetic continuity and change among the Indigenous peoples of California p.122

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06771-5

Sequential appetite suppression by oral and visceral feedback to the brainstem p.130

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06758-2

Quasi-experimental evaluation of a nationwide diabetes prevention programme p.138

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06756-4

Porin-independent accumulation in Pseudomonas enables antibiotic discovery p.145

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06760-8

Single-cell CRISPR screens in vivo map T cell fate regulomes in cancer p.154

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06733-x

Organ aging signatures in the plasma proteome track health and disease p.164

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06802-1

MSL2 ensures biallelic gene expression in mammals p.173

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06781-3

Plant carbonic anhydrase-like enzymes in neuroactive alkaloid biosynthesis p.182

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06716-y

The social and structural architecture of the yeast protein interactome p.192

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06739-5

Sialoglycan binding triggers spike opening in a human coronavirus p.201

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06599-z

TMPRSS2 is a functional receptor for human coronavirus HKU1 p.207

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06761-7