The New Republic is one of the biggest parts ofStar Wars universe after the climax ofReturn of the Jedi. Its a state of power in the galaxy that defines three decades ofStar Wars chronology before its upended in the sequel trilogy, and it touches on so many of the contemporary franchises parts, from upcoming movies to shows like Ahsoka andThe Mandalorian. Its broader rise and fall speaks to the cycle of conflict thatStar Wars has, in ways good and bad, come to be defined by. And yet, the New Republic itself, beyond those broad strokes, remains lightly explored and even more lightly defined. That has, over the years, very slowly changed. After an initial wave of tie-in stories to flesh out the Journey to The Force Awakens in 2015a journey that climaxes with the New Republics own explosive end in that moviethe broader strokes of the New Republics rule, beyond its very early days, have remained relatively untouched. But now, Star Wars has grown into an even broader media empire. AhsokaandThe Mandalorian alike have played in the shadows of the New Republics struggles to address the threat that will one day undo it. Now Marvels comics, between the recent Battle of Jakku comics miniseries and the upcoming relaunch of the main ongoing Star Wars series, are exploring those crucial early years that saw the New Republic coalesce in the face of the victory at Endor. So now, at the very least, we have a somewhat better picture of what the rebirth of the Republic looked like. A New Hope, and the Empire Strikes Back EA Games/Lucasfilm It would take the best part of a year after the battle of Endor to formally establish the New Republic on Chandrila, the Republics newest capital and the site of the reconstituted Galactic Senate. But it existed almost immediately after the Rebellions decisive victory, as Alliance forces and operatives capitalized on the disarray brought about by the Emperors death to petition worlds across the Galactic Core and Inner Rim to support the fledgling reformation effort. Although the Rebellions momentum was defined as much by Imperial disorganization as it was military might, the first months after Endor saw multiple attempts to stymie word of the Rebels victory at Endor. Posthumously Palpatine sent messages to various Imperial commanders to enact Operation Cinder, an interstellar campaign targeting multiple worlds with climate-disruption lasers, regardless of their purported fealty to either the Empire or the Rebellion, in an attempt to divide the focus of the latter and turn public sentiment against the Rebellion. The Anoat sector, a vital Outer Rim territory for fuel production due to worlds like Bespin, was locked down by its Imperial overseer Governer Adelhard, heavily blockading travel in and out of the sector and forcefully crushing any signs of dissent or even acknowledgement of the Emperors death, denying the Rebellion access to a vital series of worlds in the process. Even Coruscant itself, the former capital of the Republic and now the Empires primary seat of power, wouldve proved a symbolic asset for the nascent New Republic to hold, but the world spent months locked in a bitter civil war, as Imperial forces rallied under Palpatines former Grand Vizier, Mas Amedda, to try and crush the pockets of pro-Rebellion sentiment that had surged on the world upon news of Palpatines passing. In order to combat the misinformation and gain galactic leverage as Palpatines death became acceptedwhether through Rebel propaganda or the chaos of the Empires dysfunction as various Moffs and military officials sought to publicly succeed him as Emperoralmost a year after the battle of Endor, the New Republic was made official, electing Alliance leader Mon Mothma as its first (and, at the stressing of Mothma herself, provisional) chancellor to send a message to the galaxy that a new era of order was upon it.The Outer Rim Front Lucasfilm The formal establishment of the New Republic did little to dramatically change the state of power in the galaxy, at first. Battle lines were redrawn, as the New Republic focused on liberating worlds in the Core and Inner Rim, while the various splinter fleets and remnant powers of the Empire consolidated forces in the Outer Rim, already emboldened by Adelhards Iron Blockade locking down Anoat. What saved the New Republic from being swept out of the Core was, in many ways, less about the strength of the organization itself, and more about the lack of a unified front from the Imperial Remnant providing a singular force to coalesce around. That almost changed on the planet Akiva. The formation of the Imperial Future Council by Admiral Rae Sloane, alongside a coterie of other Imperial Naval officers and former advisors to the Emperor, was meant to establish a path forward to transition from Palpatines rule to a new figurehead for the Empire. It established the Outer Rim planet as a potential new hub for the Empire to plan long-term strategies in its battle against the New Republic. However, a combination of internal sabotagein which Imperial admiral Gallius Rax leaked key information to the New Republic military to undermine his potential opponentsand the fomenting of uprising on the world saw the IFC almost completely eradicated through death or capture, save for Sloane. Akiva would become the first world in the Outer Rim to formally join the New Republic, shattering the Empires broader grip on the region.The victoryalongside the development of a rare New Republic military program before Mon Mothma platformed a policy of demilitarization, the Starhawk Project, which used captured Imperial capital ships as the base for a new class of dreadnaughtsaw momentum once again turn in the New Republics favor. After the liberation of Kashyyyk, robbing the Empire of the slave forces it had built out of its occupation of the Wookiees, and almost as crucially Kuat, the home of Kuat Drive Yards shipyards, more and more Outer Rim worlds began rising up and seceding to the New Republic. The successful liberation of Kuat, denying the Empire a key asset in ship production, saw the New Republic Senate approve a path to peace talks between Mon Mothma and now Grand Admiral Rae Sloane. But the talks, coinciding with a celebration for Alliance prisoners liberated as part of the rebellion on Kashyyyk, were thrown into disarray. Forced into violent rages by hidden biochip implants, the liberated prisoners feted on Chandrila turned on gathered Republic leaders, claiming the lives of several officials in the process. The peace talks were called off, and the attacks caused the tides to turn on the New Republic once more. Broadcast all over the holonet, the attack on Chandrila caused a wave of panicworlds petitioning for senatorial representation and Republic membership backed out, while others sought to relocate the Senate away from the world. Other systems proposed the resurgence of independent alliances, rather than a singular unified government that could be threatened by repeat attacks. In a single afternoon, victory in the Galactic Civil War had been snatched awayand replaced with a New Republic on the edge of being broken apart entirely. The Road to Jakku EA Games/Lucasfilm The public relations nightmare that followed the attempted assassinations on Chandrila beset the New Republic with myriad challenges. Internally within the Senate, Mon Mothma found her leadership challenged by rivals seeking to push back on her goals of decentralization and eventual disarmament, while various independent galactic powers, born from mercantile trade, piracy, and other separatist factions, forming their own governmental systems. To guarantee the safety of the Senate, plans were made to move sentatorial duties away from Chandrila, and to new facilities on the Mid Rim world of Nakadia, which would become the first of a rotating series of capitals and senatorial hubs for the Republic.But while the New Republic looked within, so did the Empire. Emboldened by the chaos sown on Chandrila, a new Imperial ruling council rose up under the command of Fleet Admiral Gallius Rax, a rival to Sloane who he thought was killed in the crossfire while she was on Chandrila. Rax, operating on secret contingencies from Palpatine designed to completely destroy the Imperial Remnant while a new order was developed in secret, mustered the remaining Imperial military might to his homeworld, Jakku, seeking to draw the New Republic into an extended pitched battle in the Inner Rim that would culminate in the destruction of the planet, effectively crippling the New Republic and remnant Imperial forces alike. Although New Republic agents discovered the massing of Imperial assets over Jakku, direct military intervention was stymied by the Republic senate, with votes to approve military action defeated and delayed by the process of the Senates transferral to Nakadia. After it was discovered that several senators who had voted against action had been coerced by crime syndicates seeking the extension of the Galactic Civil War (and with it, the growth of an illicit arms trade), military action was finally approved.Imperial forces and the New Republic Defense Fleet engaged on and over Jakku just over a year to the day of the Battle of Endor in what was, initially, the Empires battle to lose. Rax tightened the Imperial Navy around his flagship, the Super Star Destroyer Ravager, creating a defensive grid that the New Republics forces struggled to penetrate, drawing both fleets together as part of his plans to catch them in the crossfire of Jakkus destruction. It wasnt until a sacrificial assault on the Ravager itself by the StarhawkConcordthe first of the class of capital ship to be constructed under the program a few months priorpulling it into a descent to the planets surface with its tractor beam arrays that the tide turned in the Republics favor. As the world below was ravaged with debris from falling ships from both sideswith many Star Destroyers scuttled so they could avoid capture by New Republic boarding teamsthe New Republic eventually routed the scattered Imperial Forces. Peace and Rehabilitation Marvel Comics Defeat at Jakku, as well as the death of Raxkilled by Sloane before he could enact his contingency to detonate Jakkus coresaw the beleaguered Mas Amedda sue for a ceasefire after escaping his confines in the Imperial Palace on Coruscant. Meeting with Mon Mothma, Leia Organa, and other officials on Chandrila, the Galactic Civil War came to an end with the signing of the Galactic Concordance, a treaty that included articles for the Empires total surrender to the New Republic. Coruscant was formally given over to the New Republic and any Imperial claim on the world relinquished, and the Empire was given dedicated space within the core and inner sectors that it was strictly enforced to remain in, while the dissolution of the Imperial Academy system effectively put a limit on the recruitment and development of new armed forces. To further stall attempts at a resurgence by the formal Remnant, the Concordance further stipulated that interstellar corporations were prohibited from working with the Empire under penalty of extensive reparations. Although fighting would continue to rage among Imperial holdouts on Jakku for months following the signing of the Concordance, the terms of the treaty also put the New Republic itself on a path towards demobilizing much of its own defense forces. The introduction of a new Military Disarmament Act in the Republic Senate would finally strip the office of the Chancellor of many of the emergency executive powers granted to it during the outbreak of the Clone War, as well as drastically reduce the scope of the New Republic military in favor of funneling support to local system defense forces. Alongside the demilitarization process, the New Republic also began amnesty programs to recruit former Imperial officers and citizens for rehabilitation into Republic societyeven as it maintained strict punishment of any Imperial forces attempting to act in defiance of the Concordance.It is in this brief period of peace that the New Republic and formal Imperial Remnant remains for several decades, although no doubt in upcoming material like MarvelsStar Wars relaunch, or in the crisis that the New Republic faces with Grand Admiral Thrawn in Ahsoka and Dave Filonis upcoming film, well get to see more insight into these early days. And of course, theres always the threat in the shadows we know is to come years after: while the formal Empire still remained a factor after the conclusion of the war, multiple remnant factions still pursued a chance to overthrow the New Republics hard-earned peace including those forces that fled into the edges of known space and beyond to start building up plans for Palpatines return. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, whats next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.

CR House / LOTE Arquitectura + Ignacio FerreiraSave this picture! Antonia Mardones NallyLos Vilos, ChileArchitects: Ignacio Ferreira, LOTE ArquitecturaAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:155 mManufacturersBrands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers: European Windows, Ingelam, MK, Milesi, Topwood Lead Architect: Juan Pablo Gutierrez More SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. The work is located on the coastal edge of Punta Hueso, Coquimbo region, Chile. It is a site where the coast, rocky formations, and the characteristic medium/low-height vegetation of the northern region prevail. The project is designed based on a grid of nine quadrants composed of eight peripheral wooden quadrants and one central circular concrete quadrant, which rises to serve as the access to the house through what we call a sculptural element, a project in itself like the spiral staircase. The house is elevated to protect the local flora in preservation while enhancing the completely unobstructed 360-degree views of its surroundings.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The main structure of the house is composed of laminated wooden beams, which load onto the central reinforced concrete quadrant. On top of the main beams, smaller secondary beams are placed, and on these, purlins are arranged to form the elevated framework of the main floor.Save this picture!Save this picture!Once we complete the journey through this sculptural element, we arrive at the main access, through which we enter a small distribution hall that, in one direction, is completely linked to the public space of the house composed of the living room, dining room, and kitchen; distributed across three of the eight wooden quadrants. In the other direction, the private area of the house is projected, consisting of a bedroom and en-suite bathroom, distributed across two quadrants.Save this picture!The simplicity of the spatial experience was, from the beginning, a key requirement. Thus, it made sense to allow the evolution of this concept outward, through a balcony that offers, due to the orientation of the block, a privileged view of the Pacific Ocean. Additionally, the balcony arranged in the remaining three quadrants allows for the enjoyment of the gradual sunset over the ocean.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessAbout this officeLOTE ArquitecturaOfficeIgnacio FerreiraOfficePublished on March 20, 2025Cite: "CR House / LOTE Arquitectura + Ignacio Ferreira" [Casa CR / LOTE Arquitectura + Ignacio Ferreira] 20 Mar 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1028163/cr-house-lote-arquitectura-plus-ignacio-ferreira&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

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Space, to the naked eye, appears still, tranquil. But to scientists viewing it through increasingly powerful telescopes, it looks turbulent, with violent streams of gas buffeting dusty materials that form fascinating shapes, then disperse.Now an international team of astronomers has employed the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to get a better view of this action. ALMAs amazingly high resolution has sharpened the view of the tempestuous churn in Milky Ways central zone. This area, surrounding the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), acts as a kind of galactic mixing bowl, swirling gas and dust and emitting shock waves ripples. The astronomers observing this activity report a new structure in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics: long, thin filaments as an important byproduct of space material circulation.Spying on Space TornadoesWe can envision these as space tornados: they are violent streams of gas, they dissipate shortly, and they distribute materials into the environment efficiently," Xing Lu, a research professor at Shanghai Astronomical Observatory and an author of research paper, said in a press release. The general notion that the core of our galaxy, called the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) is an active place is not a new one. The forces that power the Mixmaster of the Milky Way have long remained a mystery. Observing interaction between this turbulent environment and the slim filaments produced, as shocks ripple through, provides a more complete view of the cyclical processes within the CMZ. The dynamic interactions within this turbulent environment and the slim filaments it produced shows a clearer movie of the action. But the presence of the filaments provides another mystery.Unlike any objects we know, these filaments really surprised us, Kai Yang, an astrophysicist from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China and an author of the paper, said in a press release. Since then, we have been pondering what they are.Read More: 10 Facts You May Not Know About the Milky WayProposing a New ModelThe slim filaments dont fit into models of outflows from such systems, therefore they dont match the profile of previously discovered dense gas filaments. Thus, they do not fit the profile of other previously discovered types of dense gas filaments. They also do not appear to be associated with dust emission.Yangs team hypothesizes that shock processes give rise to the filaments, because those forces release silicon monoxide (SiO), which is a useful molecule for detecting shock waves. The force also pushes several complex organic molecules into the gas phase, stirring them until they form filaments. Then, the slim filaments dissipate, releasing their contents back into the CMZ. Finally, those recently liberated molecules freeze into dust grains.If such filaments exist widely throughout the Milky Way, and the researchers theory is correct, their formation and dissolution represents a cyclical balance of depletion and replenishment of molecules in the galaxy.Article SourcesOur writers at Discovermagazine.com use peer-reviewed studies and high-quality sources for our articles, and our editors review for scientific accuracy and editorial standards. Review the sources used below for this article:Astronomy & Astrophysics. Astronomers Discover Space Tornadoes Around the Milky Ways CoreBefore joining Discover Magazine, Paul Smaglik spent over 20 years as a science journalist, specializing in U.S. life science policy and global scientific career issues. He began his career in newspapers, but switched to scientific magazines. His work has appeared in publications including Science News, Science, Nature, and Scientific American.

If youve walked past the penguin exhibit at the zoo, then youve likely caught a whiff of their unpleasant-smelling poo. The smell has perhaps made you want to cover your nose and, despite a penguins cuteness, want to walk away.Humans arent the only ones repelled by penguin poo, however. To krill, tiny shrimp-like creatures, the smell of penguin poo triggers evasive maneuvers, probably because they know that penguins are on their way to eat them. After putting it to the test, a research team has determined that a chemical within the poo causes krill to act erratically, according to a recent study published in Frontiers in Marine Science.Krill and their Scent TriggersAdlie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae)(Image Credit: Nicole Hellessey)Krill are a keystone species in Antarctica and, unfortunately for them, they reside near the bottom of the food chain. They provide food for some marine species and one of those species is the Adlie penguin. According to the study, these penguins consume 1.6 kg (about 3.5 pounds) of krill per day, and theAdlie penguin population as a whole consumes about 1.5 trillion tons of krill annually.Krill are sensitive to chemicals in their environment. They rely on these triggers to find food and mates but also to adapt to environmental stressors like pollution and now, according to the new study, predators. According to the research team, a chemical in the Adlie penguins poo can trigger krill into evasive maneuvers.A Krill ExperimentFor the study, the research team collected krill from the Southern Ocean and brought them to a lab. There, the krill were kept in tanks and fed an algal slurry. During the experiment, the team placed six to eight krill together in a flume of seawater and manipulated the light and temperature so that it was the same as in the wild.From there, researchers then fed three types of water through the flume to mimic the oceans constant movement. Each of the three types of water contained either algae, penguin poo, or a mixture of both. After testing each group four times, the team found that krill reacted strongly to the scent of the penguin poo.Here we show for the first time that a small amount of penguin guano causes a sudden change in the feeding and swimming behaviors of Antarctic krill, said Nicole Hellessey, a postdoctoral researcher at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Maine, and the corresponding author of the study, in a press release.While krill typically swim in a head-on, straight line, after scenting the poo, they began to swim faster and made more frequent turns.Read More: How Do Penguin Wings Reach High Speeds Underwater?A Chemical ReactionBesides their change of speed and direction, the team also noticed that the krill displayed different feeding patterns after being exposed to the poo. According to the study, the krill reduced their consumption of algae by 64 percent when the poo was in the water, probably due to their frequent irregular, zig-zag movements.Such behavior to escape from nearby penguins would greatly increase the krills odds of survival. And these odds would increase exponentially in a swarm if their neighbors could detect the same cues and communicate the danger to each other, said Hellessey in a press release.However, what remains a mystery is which specific chemical in the poo causes this reaction? The research team has yet to determine it.We don't yet know how the ability of krill to sense these chemical cues and their escape behavior towards them might vary when diluted in open waters, or under global warming or ocean acidification conditions, Hellessey said in a press release. Any changes to krills behavior could have major impacts on the future Southern Ocean, as Antarctic krill are a keystone species in this ecosystem.Article SourcesOur writers at Discovermagazine.com use peer-reviewed studies and high-quality sources for our articles, and our editors review for scientific accuracy and editorial standards. Review the sources used below for this article:A graduate of UW-Whitewater, Monica Cull wrote for several organizations, including one that focused on bees and the natural world, before coming to Discover Magazine. Her current work also appears on her travel blog and Common State Magazine. Her love of science came from watching PBS shows as a kid with her mom and spending too much time binging Doctor Who.

HMS Tuberose aka RMS Mauretania enters New York harbour in full dazzle, carrying returning troops after the end of the Great War. Dated 1918.Credit: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images During World War I, Allied navies started implementing shocking, cubist-inspired dazzle paint jobs on ships. The now-iconic geometric designs were intended to throw off the visual perception of German U-boats crews and prevent them from accurately targeting ships with torpedoes. Conventional wisdom claims the bizarre camouflage pattern worked and helped turn the tide of Great War naval battles. But new research reevaluating one of the only rigorous studies testing that hypothesis suggests those conclusions were probably overblown. Researchers now claim another phenomena known as the horizon effect may have actually done more to throw off submarine gunners than the wacky aesthetic.The study, published last week by Aston University researchers in the journal i-Perception, recreated one of the few solid quantitative studies on dazzle ship effectiveness, updating the methods to meet modern scientific standards. The revised findings claim the original study substantially overestimated the effectiveness of dazzle camouflage. While the modernist designs may have played some role in distorting perceptions of a ships movement and direction, the new study found similar effects also occurred with ships painted in standard, single-color palettes. According to the researchers, U-boat gunners viewing ships from a distance likely fell for an optical illusion that made the vessels appear as if they were traveling along the horizon. That illusion likely occurred whether the ships were dazzled or not.These reappraised findings resolve an apparent conflict with the second quantitative experiment on dazzle ships conducted over a century later using computer displays online researchers write.Dazzle: A different kind of camouflageThe dazzle paint scheme originated around 1917 as a direct response to unyielding German U-boat attacks. German ships famously adopted an unrestricted submarine war policy at the start of the year which reportedly resulted in hundreds of sunken ships, both military and merchant, in less than one year. One of those downed boats, a British hospital vessel called the HMHS Lanfranc reportedly resulted in 40 deaths. Looking for a solution, English artist Norman Wilkinson approached Britains King George V with models of ships adorned in zig-zag and checkered patterns in shades of gray, black, white, green, orange, and blue. Wilkinson claimed these odd shapes, when viewed from a distance through a U-boat periscope, would distort the ships appearance just enough to make it difficult for submarine operators to accurately track and target them with torpedoes. Convinced by the demonstration, King George approved the implementation of dazzle designs across the British fleet.HMT Olympic in dazzle camouflage after service as a troopship during World War I, 1919.Credit: Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Pictures from HistoryWilkinsons dazzle approach followed on the heels of other, less practical proposals. Shipmakers had reportedly tried at various times to cloak vessels in mirrors and paint them to resemble giant clouds and whales. American inventor Thomas Edison even reportedly pushed forward an idea to reconfigure ships to look like floating islands lush with foliage. All of these ideas ultimately failed because they couldnt account for the constantly changing environments and weather conditions at sea. It simply wasnt possible to fully camouflage a ship in a way that consistently blended it into its surroundings. Dazzle took an entirely different approach. Rather than trying to disappear, the unorthodox geometric shapes aimed to confuse an observers perception of a ships movement and orientation from a distance.Did Dazzle actually work? New research casts doubt.Though widely adopted by both British and American vessels during the war, dazzle camouflage was mostly implemented based on assumption rather than solid evidence. Limited, high quality empirical research from the time actually measured whether or not the dazzle worked as advertised. One of the only remaining quantitative studies on its effectiveness was conducted in 1919 by an MIT naval architecture and marine engineering student named Leo Blodgett as part of his thesis.USS Leviathan in harbor, with tugs in attendance at her starboard bow, 1918. Credit: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. In the study, Blodgett painted model ships with dazzle patterns and placed them in a mock battle theater. He then observed them at a distance through a periscope and claimed the dazzle effect confused the observers perception of the ships movement. But when the Aston University researchers looked back over the findings they found several holes in the study, notably in Blodgetts control group, that didnt measure up to modern standards. Those shortfalls in the control experiment, according to researcher and co-author Samantha Strong, made Blodgetts experiment too vague to be useful. The Aston researchers went back in and created a new control experiment based on edited images of the original results. The newly improved methods showed the optical illusions occurring in cases where the ships did and did not have the dazzle paint.We ran our own version of the experiment using photographs from his thesis and compared the results across the original dazzle camouflage versions and versions with the camouflage edited out, Strong said. Our experiment worked well. Both types of ships produced the horizon effect, but the dazzle imposed an additional twist.If Blodgetts initial findings held true, the researchers noted, the front (or bow) of the ship would have consistently appeared to twist away from the direction it was actually traveling. In reality, the researchers found several instances where the observer perceived the ships bow twisting back around, even as it moved away. This illusion, they argue, likely had more to do with the horizon effecta phenomenon where a ship appears to travel along the horizon regardless of its actual directionthan with the dazzle camouflage itself. The researchers went on to note that ships traveling up to 25 degrees relative to a horizon will still look like they are traveling alongside it from the observers point of view.The remarkable finding here is that these same two effects, in similar proportions, are clearly evident in participants familiar with the art of camouflage deception, including a lieutenant in a European navy Aston University Professor and paper co-author Tim Meese said in a statement.Revealing as the findings are, they dont necessarily mean dazzle was completely ineffective. As noted in a 2016 Smithsonian report, merchant ships clad with the dazzle pattern during the war were reportedly granted lower insurance premiums. Some ship captains at the time also claimed crew morale appeared higher on ships with the dazzle pattern than those without. Even if the actual illusory effect of the dazzle was minimal, people bought into the hype and believed it was effective.In other words, never count out the placebo effect, even during times of war.

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Nature, Published online: 20 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08886-3Author Correction: Spatially resolved multiomics of human cardiac niches

Nature, Published online: 19 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08728-2Germinal centre Bcells modify their mutation rate to preserve high-affinity receptors, thereby safeguarding high-affinity Bcell lineages and enhancing the outcomes of antibody affinity maturation.