Water crisis: how local technologies can help solve a global problem p.7

Climate change is making water stress worse for billions worldwide. Scaling up both new and traditional solutions must be a priority.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02442-7

Sharp criticism of controversial ancient-human claims tests eLife’s revamped peer-review model p.13

High-profile researchers say small-brained Homo naledi exhibited advanced behaviours such as burials, but peer reviewers say there’s no evidence.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02415-w

‘A very disturbing picture’: another retraction imminent for controversial physicist p.14

Ranga Dias will have a second paper revoked. A journal’s investigation found apparent data fabrication.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02401-2

Why Oppenheimer has important lessons for scientists today p.16

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02409-8

Mind-reading machines are coming — how can we keep them in check? p.18

Devices that can record and change brain activity will create privacy issues that challenge existing human-rights legislation, say researchers.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02405-y

Seven generations of a prehistoric family mapped with ancient DNA p.19

Unprecedented genealogical tree reveals details of prehistoric social relationships.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02402-1

Global map of wildlife trade reveals true cost to the planet p.20

By assessing traded animals’ unique traits and their role in ecosystems, researchers can gauge the potential impact of losses.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02416-9

Seeing with neutrinos: how astronomers are mapping the cosmos without light p.22

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02427-6

Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban ‘forever chemicals’ fuels debate p.24

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02444-5

Four key questions on the new wave of anti-obesity drugs p.28

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02445-4

Influence of Facebook algorithms on political polarization tested p.39

A landmark collaboration shows that Facebook’s news feed filters partisan political news to users with the same views. But changing the feed algorithm to reduce exposure to like-minded content does not reduce political polarization.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02325-x

Improved theory of ocean iron cycle resolves modelling issues p.41

A revised conceptual model of the chemical and physical forms of iron in the ocean reconciles the mismatch between observations and simulations of the amount of dissolved iron in seawater — and might aid climate predictions.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02406-x

Hotly awaited structures obtained for the human protein UCP1 p.42

The protein UCP1 helps to release energy as heat in brown fat. Structures of human UCP1 provide crucial information about its mechanism of action, and might aid drug design for obesity and various metabolism-associated complications.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02334-w

A call to reduce the carbon costs of forest harvest p.44

Economic modelling of the global carbon cost of harvesting wood from forests shows a much higher annual cost than that estimated by other models, highlighting a major opportunity for reducing emissions by limiting wood harvests.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-02238-9

Scientific discovery in the age of artificial intelligence p.47

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06221-2

A rotating white dwarf shows different compositions on its opposite faces p.61

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06171-9

A reflective, metal-rich atmosphere for GJ 1214b from its JWST phase curve p.67

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06159-5

y" rel="external">Absence of near-ambient superconductivity in LuH_2±xN_y p.72

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06162-w

3D integration enables ultralow-noise isolator-free lasers in silicon photonics p.78

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06251-w

Ultrafast deposition of faceted lithium polyhedra by outpacing SEI formation p.86

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06235-w

Synthesis and properties of cyclic sandwich compounds p.92

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06192-4

Fennoscandian tree-ring anatomy shows a warmer modern than medieval climate p.97

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06176-4

Authigenic mineral phases as a driver of the upper-ocean iron cycle p.104

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06210-5

The carbon costs of global wood harvests p.110

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06187-1

Remote detection of a lunar granitic batholith at Compton–Belkovich p.116

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06183-5

Evolution of a minimal cell p.122

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06288-x

A common allele of HLA is associated with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection p.128

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06331-x

Like-minded sources on Facebook are prevalent but not polarizing p.137

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06297-w

Molecular features driving cellular complexity of human brain evolution p.145

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06338-4

Neural basis for fasting activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis p.154

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06358-0

Evolutionarily divergent mTOR remodels translatome for tissue regeneration p.163

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06365-1

Large language models encode clinical knowledge p.172

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06291-2

A spatially resolved single-cell genomic atlas of the adult human breast p.181

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06252-9

Mammary duct luminal epithelium controls adipocyte thermogenic programme p.192

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06361-5

SLC38A2 and glutamine signalling in cDC1s dictate anti-tumour immunity p.200

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06299-8

High-throughput Oligopaint screen identifies druggable 3D genome regulators p.209

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06340-w

Retrotransposons hijack alt-EJ for DNA replication and eccDNA biogenesis p.218

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06327-7

Structural basis for the binding of DNP and purine nucleotides onto UCP1 p.226

doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06332-w