Advice for Trump’s adviser p.397

President Trump’s new science adviser has his work cut out. Here’s how meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier can make a difference.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00233-7

Genomics can help to monitor cholera p.397

Sequence data from whole genomes let researchers track the spread of strains worldwide.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00206-w

Agree to disagree on plans for the next European supercollider p.398

Physics community faces a controversial decision over whether to build the world’s most powerful particle smasher.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00234-6

EXCLUSIVE: Tiny animal carcasses found in buried Antarctic lake p.405

The surprise discovery of ancient crustaceans and a tardigrade emerged from a rare mission to drill into a lake sealed off by a kilometre of ice.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00106-z

Fate of Madagascar's forests in the hands of incoming president p.407

Andry Rajoelina has a spotty record on environmental regulation and conservation.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00189-8

How UK scientists are preparing for a chaotic no-deal Brexit p.408

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00191-0

US astronomers plot wish list for the next decade p.409

Survey to set field’s priorities is haunted by ghosts of past efforts.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00172-3

Next-generation LHC: CERN lays out plans for €21-billion supercollider p.410

The proposed facility would be the most powerful collider ever built.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00173-2

Pioneering brain study reveals ‘software’ differences between humans and monkeys p.410

Neuroscientists tracked the activity of single neurons deep in the brain and suggest the findings could explain humans’ intelligence — and susceptibility to psychiatric disorders.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00198-7

How the next recession could save lives p.412

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00210-0

Estonia's research revival p.416

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00209-7

Lost tectonic history recovered from Earth’s deep mantle p.432

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00160-7

Plant-thickening mechanisms revealed p.433

In roots, stem cells in the cambium region form vascular tissues needed for the long-distance transport of water and nutrients. How these stem cells are specified and regulated has now been illuminated.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07880-2

Shadows used to peer around corners p.435

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00174-1

An in-depth structural view of a GABAA brain receptor p.436

The GABAA-receptor family has a crucial role in neural inhibition in the human brain. New structures of a GABAA receptor highlight the mechanisms of crosstalk between its binding sites.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07843-7

Fine-tuned gel particles enable smart windows for energy efficiency p.438

Polymeric gel particles have been used to make windows that highly effectively allow or block heat-generating wavelengths of sunlight in response to temperature. Such windows might increase the energy efficiency of buildings.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00084-2

Chromosomes come together to help mice distinguish odours p.439

A study shows that a multi-chromosomal hub assembles in mouse olfactory neurons to ensure that only one odour-sensing receptor is expressed in each neuron — a feature essential to odour discrimination.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00010-6

From the archive p.437

How Nature reported an analysis of animal coloration in 1919, and Darwin’s letters in 1969.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00217-7

Southward propagation of Nazca subduction along the Andes p.441

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0860-1

LHX2- and LDB1-mediated trans interactions regulate olfactory receptor choice p.448

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0845-0

GABA_A receptor signalling mechanisms revealed by structural pharmacology p.454

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0832-5

A recurrent nova super-remnant in the Andromeda galaxy p.460

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0825-4

Unveiling the double-well energy landscape in a ferroelectric layer p.464

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0854-z

Spatially resolved steady-state negative capacitance p.468

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0855-y

Computational periscopy with an ordinary digital camera p.472

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0868-6

Large influence of soil moisture on long-term terrestrial carbon uptake p.476

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0848-x

Molecular control of macroscopic forces drives formation of the vertebrate hindgut p.480

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0865-9

High levels of auxin signalling define the stem-cell organizer of the vascular cambium p.485

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0837-0

Mobile PEAR transcription factors integrate positional cues to prime cambial growth p.490

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0839-y

Mitochondrial complex III is essential for suppressive function of regulatory T cells p.495

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0846-z

FTSJ3 is an RNA 2′-O-methyltransferase recruited by HIV to avoid innate immune sensing p.500

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0841-4

Human blood vessel organoids as a model of diabetic vasculopathy p.505

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0858-8

HIF-1α metabolically controls collagen synthesis and modification in chondrocytes p.511

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-0874-3

Cryo-EM structure of the human α1β3γ2 GABA_A receptor in a lipid bilayer p.516

doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0833-4