Stop talking about tomorrow’s AI doomsday when AI poses risks today p.885

Talk of artificial intelligence destroying humanity plays into the tech companies’ agenda, and hinders effective regulation of the societal harms AI is causing right now.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02094-7

A decades-long decline in extreme poverty has gone into reverse — here’s how to fix things p.886

Factors ranging from COVID-19 to Russia’s war in Ukraine are increasing extreme poverty. Finding effective solutions starts with agreeing on how to measure what poverty means.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02098-3

Open-source AI chatbots are booming — what does this mean for researchers? p.891

Freely accessible large language models have accelerated the pace of innovation, computer scientists say.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-01970-6

‘Bold’ study that gave people COVID reveals ‘supershedder’ phenomenon p.892

A small subset of infected people spew huge amounts of virus into the air — despite having only mild symptoms.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-01961-7

Net-zero pledges are growing — how serious are they? p.893

Governments and companies are committing to cut and counter carbon emissions, but robust strategies to achieve their goals are lacking.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-01976-0

Is Fukushima wastewater release safe? What the science says p.894

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02057-y

Battles over funding could threaten historic effort to save species p.895

Following the signing of last year’s major biodiversity deal, countries are arguing over how to fairly finance conservation.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-01988-w

Global ‘pandemic treaty’: nations wrestle with how to fairly share virus data p.896

Researchers say a plan is needed to ensure countries aren’t being exploited, if the world is to prevent the next pandemic.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-01986-y

Life in the cosmos: JWST hints at lower number of habitable planets p.897

Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that a second world in a seven-planet system lacks an atmosphere.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-01983-1

How the Y chromosome makes some cancers more deadly for men p.898

Two studies help to explain why colorectal and bladder tumours take a bigger toll on men than on women.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-01987-x

War shattered Ukrainian science — its rebirth is now taking shape p.900

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02031-8

Start-ups are adding antacids to the ocean to slow global warming. Will it work? p.902

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02032-7

A mitotic glue for shattered chromosomes p.909

Two studies now shed light on how chromosomes that undergo catastrophic shattering are transmitted to daughter cells during cell division, thereby enabling them to be reassembled for the benefit of cancer cells.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-01890-5

Widespread pair density waves spark superconductor search p.910

Periodic waves of changing electron density are linked to the ability of some materials to conduct electricity without resistance. Four studies reveal that such waves could emerge in more materials than expected.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-01996-w

The role of NINJ1 protein in programmed cellular destruction p.912

The protein NINJ1 drives membrane rupture associated with certain types of cell death. Investigation of NINJ1 reveals mechanistic details of how it functions, raising the possibility of developing new therapeutics.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-01602-z

Natural halogen-containing compounds cool the climate p.914

Simulations using a model of the Earth system have shed light on the role of short-lived halogen-containing gases in climate change. The findings suggest that these gases should now be included in all Earth-system models.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02040-7

A close-in giant planet escapes engulfment by its star p.917

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06029-0

Detection of a pair density wave state in UTe₂ p.921

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-05919-7

Magnetic-field-sensitive charge density waves in the superconductor UTe₂ p.928

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06005-8

Pair density wave state in a monolayer high-T_c iron-based superconductor p.934

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06072-x

Smectic pair-density-wave order in EuRbFe₄As₄ p.940

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06103-7

Chiral phonons in quartz probed by X-rays p.946

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06016-5

Indefinite and bidirectional near-infrared nanocrystal photoswitching p.951

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06076-7

Continuous carbon capture in an electrochemical solid-electrolyte reactor p.959

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06060-1

Natural short-lived halogens exert an indirect cooling effect on climate p.967

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06119-z

Uncovering the Ediacaran phosphorus cycle p.974

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06077-6

Microbial carbon use efficiency promotes global soil carbon storage p.981

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06042-3

Life history complementarity and the maintenance of biodiversity p.986

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06154-w

Inference and reconstruction of the heimdallarchaeial ancestry of eukaryotes p.992

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06186-2

Expertise increases planning depth in human gameplay p.1000

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06124-2

Antagonistic circuits mediating infanticide and maternal care in female mice p.1006

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06147-9

Genome editing of a rice CDP-DAG synthase confers multipathogen resistance p.1017

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06205-2

ERα-associated translocations underlie oncogene amplifications in breast cancer p.1024

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06057-w

CD4⁺ T cell-induced inflammatory cell death controls immune-evasive tumours p.1033

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06199-x

Mitotic clustering of pulverized chromosomes from micronuclei p.1041

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-05974-0

Mitotic tethering enables inheritance of shattered micronuclear chromosomes p.1049

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06216-z

Single-cell quantification of ribosome occupancy in early mouse development p.1057

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06228-9

Structural basis of NINJ1-mediated plasma membrane rupture in cell death p.1065

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-05991-z

Inhibiting membrane rupture with NINJ1 antibodies limits tissue injury p.1072

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06191-5

Intricate 3D architecture of a DNA mimic of GFP p.1078

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06229-8

Class B1 GPCR activation by an intracellular agonist p.1085

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06169-3