Nature, Published online: 21 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00171-7Africa cant wait for pandemic preparedness

Nature, Published online: 22 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00153-9Feng Franklin Tao says that the University of Kansas violated its own policies after he was wrongly arrested under the China Initiative.

Nature, Published online: 21 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00168-2For open communication, give researchers a permanent e-mail alias

Nature, Published online: 21 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00197-xThe new president signed decrees designed to shift the US governments stance on climate and public health.

Nature, Published online: 21 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00130-2If one animal urinates, others are likely follow, according to a study of captive apes.

Nature, Published online: 21 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00161-9A study assessed 1.2 million biomedical publications and measured the unexpectedness of their findings.

Nature, Published online: 21 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00170-8Why AI will never be able to acquire human-level intelligence

Nature, Published online: 21 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00062-xOur weekly peek at Natures archive features musings on knowledge, and a physical phenomenon exemplified by the toot of a passing train.

Nature, Published online: 21 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00169-1Faced with funding cuts, collaborate to define research priorities

Nature, Published online: 21 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00196-yAmid stock-market jitters, quantum computing start-ups continue to make progress and to score hundreds of millions of dollars in investments.

Nature, Published online: 21 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04179-3Tyus Williams harnesses his lived experiences to inform his research and shares it all on social media.

Nature, Published online: 21 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04243-yThe two professions can face similar gender-based challenges in recruitment and retention, says workforce modeller Alison Leary.

Nature, Published online: 21 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00149-5Persistent exposure to heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and more will take a toll on peoples bodies. We must learn how this will manifest.

Nature, Published online: 21 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00080-9Colour change in animals can occur over different timescales and aids communication and camouflage. Direct evidence of the associated energetic costs has been lacking, but now an experimental study of octopuses fills this gap.

Nature, Published online: 21 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00068-5Developers have tricks to stop artificial intelligence from making things up, but large language models are still struggling to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Nature, Published online: 21 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00073-8The secure and ethical use of genetic testing can assist family reunifications in Ukraine and other settings for humanitarian disasters.

Nature, Published online: 17 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00166-4The science behind urban firestorms, and how to fight them. Plus, how public-health researchers are targeted for focusing on tobacco, alcohol and ultra-processed foods.

Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08630-xMethane oxidation to ethanol by a molecular junction photocatalyst

Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08606-xAuthor Correction: R-loop-dependent promoter-proximal termination ensures genome stability

Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00071-wAndrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00173-5Weight-loss medicines such as Ozempic might raise a persons likelihood of developing conditions including arthritis.

Nature, Published online: 21 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00142-yPublishing highly cited papers helps postdoctoral researchers to land a faculty job.

Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00076-5Oceanographer Andrea Kealoha studies how the devastating Lahaina wildfire of 2023 affected the coral systems of Maui.

Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00072-9Children and teenagers bring unique value to research as advisers and participants raising ethical and practical issues about how best to compensate them.

Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00070-xA statistician offers a masterful guide to embracing the unknown.

Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00167-3Device that links neural signals to fine movements provides unprecedented control over speed and direction in a video-game obstacle course.

Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00174-4The Nobel prizewinner used quantum and molecular mechanics to model the dynamics of complex chemical systems.

Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00075-6Sustainability and artificial intelligence dominate our seventh annual round-up of exciting innovations.

Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00074-7Lab vans and other facilities can bring researchers closer to what they study.

Nature, Published online: 20 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04024-7Ahead of the third anniversary of Russias invasion of Ukraine, displaced academics describe their experiences settling into UK universities.