The true legacy of Gregor Mendel: careful, rigorous and humble science p.421

The friar’s experiments laid the groundwork for genetics — and his understated approach to his work is inspirational.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01953-z

For the climate’s sake, keep Arctic communication open p.422

Pan-Arctic collaborations must continue, even if informally, between researchers inside and outside Russia.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01956-w

Stunning new Webb images: baby stars, colliding galaxies and hot exoplanets p.429

Anticipation of future science grows as NASA releases unprecedented glimpses of the night sky.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01931-5

Bullying in science: largest-ever national survey reveals bleak reality p.431

Swedish study of the culture in academic workplaces suggests that women and PhD students are most likely to be bullied.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01837-2

Russia’s war in Ukraine forces Arctic climate projects to pivot p.432

Faced with a loss of crucial climate data, scientists are finding workarounds as relations with Russian partners break down.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01868-9

Deadly Afghanistan quake challenges scientists trying to study it p.433

Researchers are relying on limited seismic and satellite information in their efforts to understand the event.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01858-x

US gun policies: what researchers know about their effectiveness p.434

Studies are ‘decades behind’ owing to a lack of funding, but research is picking up.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01791-z

How gut bacteria could boost cancer treatments p.436

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01959-7

Seven ways the war in Ukraine is changing global science p.440

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01960-0

Relocation sustains intestinal stem-cell numbers p.451

A dynamic mode of stem-cell regulation has been discovered. Intestinal stem cells use migration to maintain a large pool of multifunctional cells, perhaps endowing the organ with robust responses to injury.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01596-0

Strain solves switch hitch for an antiferromagnetic material p.452

Applying strain to a material that has a type of magnetism called antiferromagnetism allows its magnetization to be fully switched with an electric current — making it appealing for use in next-generation magnetic memory devices.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01941-3

Location in the nucleus foretells chromosome anomalies p.454

A single-cell analysis suggests that the 3D location of chromosomes in the cell nucleus contributes to their likelihood of being involved in genomic rearrangements associated with cancer.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01865-y

Disease spread: heating and stirring the global viral soup p.455

Simulations show that rising global temperatures and changes in land use will drive new encounters between mammalian species. This could lead to an increase in virus- sharing events that might threaten both wildlife and humans.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01474-9

A microscopic electric motor made of DNA p.456

The race is on to develop nanometre-scale motors for future tiny machines. The latest entry is a multi-component motor that self-assembles from DNA, harnesses Brownian motion to spin a rotor, and can wind up a molecular spring.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01940-4

Extended far-ultraviolet emission in distant dwarf galaxies p.459

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04905-9

Dynamical topological phase realized in a trapped-ion quantum simulator p.463

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04853-4

Digital quantum simulation of Floquet symmetry-protected topological phases p.468

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04854-3

Perpendicular full switching of chiral antiferromagnetic order by current p.474

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04864-1

Giant pyroelectricity in nanomembranes p.480

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04850-7

Coherent interfaces govern direct transformation from graphite to diamond p.486

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04863-2

A DNA origami rotary ratchet motor p.492

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04910-y

Electrocatalytic metal hydride generation using CPET mediators p.499

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04874-z

Post-extinction recovery of the Phanerozoic oceans and biodiversity hotspots p.507

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04932-6

A synergistic mindsets intervention protects adolescents from stress p.512

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04907-7

Action suppression reveals opponent parallel control via striatal circuits p.521

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04894-9

Molecular landscapes of human hippocampal immature neurons across lifespan p.527

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04912-w

A receptor–channel trio conducts Ca2+ signalling for pollen tube reception p.534

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04923-7

Single-cell roadmap of human gonadal development p.540

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04918-4

Retrograde movements determine effective stem cell numbers in the intestine p.548

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04962-0

Climate change increases cross-species viral transmission risk p.555

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04788-w

Within-host evolution of a gut pathobiont facilitates liver translocation p.563

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04949-x

C. elegans as a model for inter-individual variation in metabolism p.571

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04951-3

Brain motor and fear circuits regulate leukocytes during acute stress p.578

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04890-z

The gut metabolite indole-3 propionate promotes nerve regeneration and repair p.585

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04884-x

Mitochondrial RNA modifications shape metabolic plasticity in metastasis p.593

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04898-5

Nuclear chromosome locations dictate segregation error frequencies p.604

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04938-0

Structure of the nutrient-sensing hub GATOR2 p.610

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04939-z

Biosynthesis of strychnine p.617

doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04950-4