Study cancer survivors p.143

More and more people are living for years after treatment. Researchers should look for ways to identify and ease the long-term effects.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01095-9

Why we can’t get over the death of the dinosaurs p.143

Reports of a new-found snapshot of extinction highlights a mystery that scientists are still working to solve.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01096-8

Racism rife at top South African university, says report p.151

University of Cape Town investigation prompted by violent protests rekindles debate about decolonizing the nation’s universities and curricula.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01129-2

Australian budget fails to impress scientists p.152

Modest investments in nuclear medicine and environment research are part of a lacklustre budget for science.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01071-3

Mars methane hunt comes up empty, flummoxing scientists p.153

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01093-x

Cancer geneticists tackle troubling ethnic bias in studies p.154

Multi-million efforts are underway to fill long-standing gaps in genomic data from minority groups.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01080-2

Brazil’s government freezes nearly half of its science spending p.155

The decision could derail multi-million-dollar research projects such as the Sirius synchrotron.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01079-9

Ocean uproar: saving marine life from a barrage of noise p.158

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01098-6

Robots on the run p.174

After decades of clumsiness, robots are finally learning to walk, run and grasp with grace. Such progress spells the beginning of an age of physically adept artificial intelligence.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00999-w

Second example reported of a stem-cell transplant in the clinic leading to HIV remission p.175

A person infected with HIV who was treated for blood cancer with a stem-cell transplant has gone into viral remission, with no trace of the virus in their blood. A similar outcome in 2009 hadn’t been replicated until now.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00989-y

Previously unknown human species found in Asia raises questions about early hominin dispersals from Africa p.176

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01019-7

Correlations detected in a quantum vacuum p.178

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01083-z

Genetic paradox explained by nonsense p.179

Gene mutations that truncate the encoded protein can trigger the expression of related genes. The discovery of this compensatory response changes how we think about genetic studies in humans and model organisms.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00823-5

A new species of Homo from the Late Pleistocene of the Philippines p.181

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1067-9

CD22 blockade restores homeostatic microglial phagocytosis in ageing brains p.187

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1088-4

Genetic compensation triggered by mutant mRNA degradation p.193

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1064-z

A magnetar-powered X-ray transient as the aftermath of a binary neutron-star merger p.198

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1079-5

Electric field correlation measurements on the electromagnetic vacuum state p.202

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1083-9

Quantum Kibble–Zurek mechanism and critical dynamics on a programmable Rydberg simulator p.207

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1070-1

Ultrafast spin-lasers p.212

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1073-y

Production of phosphorene nanoribbons p.216

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1074-x

Five decades of northern land carbon uptake revealed by the interhemispheric CO₂ gradient p.221

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1078-6

Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history p.226

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1043-4

A potassium channel β-subunit couples mitochondrial electron transport to sleep p.230

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1034-5

Transcriptome-scale super-resolved imaging in tissues by RNA seqFISH+ p.235

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1049-y

TMK1-mediated auxin signalling regulates differential growth of the apical hook p.240

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1069-7

HIV-1 remission following CCR5Δ32/Δ32 haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation p.244

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1027-4

A NIK–SIX signalling axis controls inflammation by targeted silencing of non-canonical NF-κB p.249

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1041-6

Effective breast cancer combination therapy targeting BACH1 and mitochondrial metabolism p.254

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1005-x

PTC-bearing mRNA elicits a genetic compensation response via Upf3a and COMPASS components p.259

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1057-y