Earthrise at 50 p.301

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07799-8

Fossils tell a colourful tale p.301

Fluffy pterosaurs offer vibrant insight into Mesozoic evolution.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07800-4

Classical and quantum computers are vying for superiority p.302

There are two research routes to the supercomputers of the future. Which side are you on?

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07801-3

South Korean scientists protest treatment of university president accused of misusing funds p.309

The science ministry alleges that KAIST leader Shin Sung-Chul made illegal payments to a California lab, but many scientists see a political purge.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07742-x

Italian scientists protest funding for vaccine-safety investigation p.310

The National Order of Biologists made a €10,000 donation to a group that questions the safety of vaccines.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07464-0

Massive ocean carbon sink spotted burping CO2 on the sly p.311

Data from robotic ocean floats reveal that waters off Antarctica don’t absorb as much carbon as scientists thought.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07784-1

China introduces ‘social’ punishments for scientific misconduct p.312

Offending researchers could face restrictions on jobs, loans and business opportunities under a system tied to the controversial social credit policy.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07740-z

2018 in news: The science events that shaped the year p.314

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07685-3

The best science images of the year: 2018 in pictures p.318

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07684-4

Nature's 10: Ten people who mattered in science in 2018 p.325

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07683-5

Tiny crystals have big potential for determining structures of small molecules p.348

A method called microcrystal electron diffraction can rapidly image the structures of small molecules, including those found in mixtures. Will it usurp X-ray crystallography for determining small-molecule structures?

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07756-5

Brain circuits of compulsive drug addiction identified p.349

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07716-z

Elusive torque sensed by liquid crystals p.350

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07744-9

Success for pig-to-baboon heart transplants p.352

A modified protocol has enabled baboons that received transplanted pig hearts to survive for more than six months. This improvement on previous efforts brings pig-to-human heart transplants a step closer.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07419-5

An abundance of rare isotopes in a planetary nebula p.353

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07726-x

Amyloid-β ‘seeds’ in old vials of growth hormone p.354

Some samples of human growth hormone used as therapy until the mid-1980s contain amyloid-β peptide and cause genetically modified mice to develop amyloid-β deposits in the brain.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07604-6

2018: Choice cuts from this year’s News & Views articles p.356

Extracts from selected News & Views articles published this year.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07686-2

Soft-tissue evidence for homeothermy and crypsis in a Jurassic ichthyosaur p.359

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0775-X

Stochastic synaptic plasticity underlying compulsion in a model of addiction p.366

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0789-4

Structure of native lens connexin 46/50 intercellular channels by cryo-EM p.372

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0786-7

Extreme ¹³C,¹⁵N and ¹⁷O isotopic enrichment in the young planetary nebula K4-47 p.378

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0763-1

Impact of pear-shaped fission fragments on mass-asymmetric fission in actinides p.382

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0780-0

Measurement of the Casimir torque p.386

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0777-8

Electric-field-tuned topological phase transition in ultrathin Na₃Bi p.390

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0788-5

Desymmetrization of cyclohexanes by site- and stereoselective C–H functionalization p.395

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0799-2

Origin of spatial variation in US East Coast sea-level trends during 1900–2017 p.400

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0787-6

Chemical differentiation, cold storage and remobilization of magma in the Earth’s crust p.405

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0746-2

Hemimastigophora is a novel supra-kingdom-level lineage of eukaryotes p.410

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0708-8

Transmission of amyloid- β protein pathology from cadaveric pituitary growth hormone p.415

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0790-y

Distinct activity-gated pathways mediate attraction and aversion to CO₂ in Drosophila p.420

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0732-8

Complex mammalian-like haematopoietic system found in a colonial chordate p.425

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0783-x

Consistent success in life-supporting porcine cardiac xenotransplantation p.430

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0765-z

The translation of non-canonical open reading frames controls mucosal immunity p.434

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0794-7

Design of amidobenzimidazole STING receptor agonists with systemic activity p.439

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0705-y

Controlling orthogonal ribosome subunit interactions enables evolution of new function p.444

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0773-z