Researchers: show world leaders how to behave in a crisis p.7

Scientists are teaming up to fight COVID-19. Presidents and prime ministers should, too.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00926-4

We need more researchers in Women’s History Month p.8

This year’s event was derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Next year, we need to hear about more scientists, clinicians and engineers.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00925-5

Coronavirus shuts down trials of drugs for multiple other diseases p.15

Studies grind to a halt as fears of health-care shortages and risk of exposure put the brakes on clinical research.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00889-6

How blood from coronavirus survivors might save lives p.16

New York City researchers hope antibody-rich plasma can keep people out of intensive care.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00895-8

Should scientists infect healthy people with the coronavirus to test vaccines? p.17

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00927-3

What the cruise-ship outbreaks reveal about COVID-19 p.18

Close confines help the virus to spread, but closed environments are also an ideal place to study how the new coronavirus behaves.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00885-w

Rare ozone hole opens over Arctic — and it’s big p.18

Cold temperatures and a strong polar vortex allowed chemicals to gnaw away at the protective ozone layer in the north.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00904-w

Cull, release or bring them home: Coronavirus crisis forces hard decisions for labs with animals p.19

As universities scale back operations and scientists observe stay-at-home orders, many are struggling to protect their research and the animals that power it.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00964-y

Why a landmark treaty to stop ocean biopiracy could stymie research p.20

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00912-w

Strong chemical reducing agents produced by light p.31

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00872-1

The clock that controls spine development modelled in a dish p.32

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00322-y

Predators on track for ocean protection around Antarctica p.34

Satellite tracking of marine predators in the Southern Ocean has revealed key ecological areas under disproportionate pressure from human activities. These results show the value of tracking data for informing conservation efforts.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00640-1

Ghostly metabolic messages from dying cells p.36

Cell death by a process called apoptosis inhibits inflammation in surrounding tissue. The finding that dying apoptotic cells release a tailored cocktail of metabolite molecules reveals a way in which they influence their living neighbours.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00641-0

Mirror symmetry broken for nuclear ground states p.37

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00898-5

Rebuilding marine life p.39

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2146-7

Mirror-symmetry violation in bound nuclear ground states p.52

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2123-1

Spin-cooling of the motion of a trapped diamond p.56

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2133-z

Experimental demonstration of memory-enhanced quantum communication p.60

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2103-5

Imaging the energy gap modulations of the cuprate pair-density-wave state p.65

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2143-x

A map of the amine–carboxylic acid coupling system p.71

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2142-y

Discovery and characterization of an acridine radical photoreductant p.76

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2131-1

Temperate rainforests near the South Pole during peak Cretaceous warmth p.81

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2148-5

Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems p.87

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2126-y

A genomic and epigenomic atlas of prostate cancer in Asian populations p.93

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2135-x

Fundamental bounds on the fidelity of sensory cortical coding p.100

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2130-2

Centrosome anchoring regulates progenitor properties and cortical formation p.106

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2139-6

In vitro characterization of the human segmentation clock p.113

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1885-9

Coupling delay controls synchronized oscillation in the segmentation clock p.119

doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1882-z

Recapitulating the human segmentation clock with pluripotent stem cells p.124

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2144-9

Metabolites released from apoptotic cells act as tissue messengers p.130

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2121-3

CRISPR screens in cancer spheroids identify 3D growth-specific vulnerabilities p.136

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2099-x

Parental-to-embryo switch of chromosome organization in early embryogenesis p.142

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2125-z

U1 snRNP regulates chromatin retention of noncoding RNAs p.147

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2105-3