Boosting inclusivity in the Nobels p.295

After the euphoria of 2018, this year’s Nobel prizes in chemistry, medicine and physics have again all been awarded to men. Here are three ways to encourage change.

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Counting the hidden $12-trillion cost of a broken food system p.296

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Protect the census p.296

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Scientists chase cause of mysterious vaping illness as death toll rises p.303

Confusion reigns as researchers sort through the complex US e-cigarette market.

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Four-thousand-year-old genomes show deep roots of social inequality p.304

Genealogies gleaned from ancient human DNA are set to transform archaeology.

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Why Japan imported Ebola ahead of the 2020 Olympics p.306

The deadly virus is one of five that have been brought to a secure laboratory.

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Geneticists retract study suggesting first CRISPR babies might die early p.307

Researchers rapidly corrected finding through discussions on social media and preprints.

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Chemistry Nobel honours world-changing batteries p.308

John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino receive the prize for their development of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries.

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These secret battles between your body’s cells might just save your life p.310

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How evolution builds genes from scratch p.314

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Brain-to-pancreas signalling axis links nicotine and diabetes p.336

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Alterations to the circadian clock make brain tumours vulnerable p.337

The body’s circadian clock ensures the rhythmic expression of some genes across the day. The catalogue of genes under circadian control changes in an aggressive brain cancer — a discovery that might open up a new avenue for treatment.

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Moderation of neural excitation promotes longevity p.338

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Malaria mosquitoes go with the flow p.340

The rapid return of mosquitoes to African semi-desert regions when the dry season ends was an unsolved mystery. A surprising solution to the puzzle is the long-range migration of mosquitoes on high-altitude winds.

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Sounds of a supersolid detected in dipolar atomic gases for the first time p.341

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Subducting carbon p.343

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Mapping 123 million neonatal, infant and child deaths between 2000 and 2017 p.353

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Regulation of lifespan by neural excitation and REST p.359

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Decoding human fetal liver haematopoiesis p.365

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Habenular TCF7L2 links nicotine addiction to diabetes p.372

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Meridional flows in the disk around a young star p.378

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Supersolid symmetry breaking from compressional oscillations in a dipolar quantum gas p.382

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The low-energy Goldstone mode in a trapped dipolar supersolid p.386

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A hexagonal planar transition-metal complex p.390

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Crosslinking ionic oligomers as conformable precursors to calcium carbonate p.394

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A large source of cloud condensation nuclei from new particle formation in the tropics p.399

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Windborne long-distance migration of malaria mosquitoes in the Sahel p.404

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Genome editing retraces the evolution of toxin resistance in the monarch butterfly p.409

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Population imaging of neural activity in awake behaving mice p.413

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Organoid single-cell genomic atlas uncovers human-specific features of brain development p.418

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A sensor kinase controls turgor-driven plant infection by the rice blast fungus p.423

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Cleavage of RIPK1 by caspase-8 is crucial for limiting apoptosis and necroptosis p.428

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Spliceosomal disruption of the non-canonical BAF complex in cancer p.432

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