Nature

Brain mysteries and Bronze Age diplomacy: Books in brief

Common variation in meiosis genes shapes human recombination and aneuploidy

Abstract The leading cause of human pregnancy loss is aneuploidy, often tracing to errors in chromosome segregation during female meiosis 1,2...

Baby-to-baby strain transmission shapes the developing gut microbiome

Uncovering origins of heterogeneous superconductivity in La3Ni2O7

Abstract The family of nickelate superconductors have long been explored as analogues of the high-temperature cuprates 1–6...

How an exercise-activated enzyme helps to keep the brain young

Stem cells provide a potent treatment for frailty

Signatures of fractional charges via anyon–trions in twisted MoTe2

Immune cells from the gut drive development of Parkinson’s disease in the brain

Brains of ‘super agers’ are strong producers of new neurons

Evolutionary insights into a skin fold

Collective intelligence for AI-assisted chemical synthesis

This ant species is composed of only queens — no workers or males

Sewage systems waft more pollution into the air than reported

Rete ridges form via evolutionarily distinct mechanisms in mammalian skin

Abstract The loss of fur during human evolution has long mystified scientists and the public 1–5 . Reduced hair density c...