Harness the world's aquatic 'blue' food systems to help end hunger Aquatic foods have been neglected by researchers and policymakers. It's time to recognize them.
Politics will be poorer without Angela Merkel's scientific approach The departing German chancellor's support for science and rigour in policymaking has proved transformative — except on Climate change.
World View
Biology must generate ideas as well as data Data should be a means to knowledge, not an end in themselves. Paul Nurse
Research Highlights
This issue's Research Highlights Selections from the scientific literature.
News in Focus
News Round-Up
Covid research prizes, CRISPR-like enzymes and a face-mask trial The latest science news, in brief.
News
China prepares to test thorium-fuelled nuclear reactor If China's experimental reactor is a success it could lead to commercialization and help the nation meet its climate goals. Smriti Mallapaty
Hurricane Ida forces Louisiana researchers to rethink their future The category-4 storm is the latest in a line of tropical cyclones that have closed universities, caused scientists to evacuate and disrupted research projects. Max Kozlov
How COVID is derailing the fight against HIV, TB and malaria The pandemic's effects on efforts to thwart other infectious diseases could exceed the direct impact of COVID-19. Leslie Roberts
Pivotal climate summit dogged by COVID and equity concerns Environmental network calls for delay to the November meeting, but many developing countries and the host nation vow to press on in face of climate threats. Jeff Tollefson
Most fossil-fuel reserves must remain untapped to hit 1.5 °C warming goal Modelling suggests that many planned coal, oil and gas extraction projects will not be viable if the world hopes to achieve climate targets. Bianca Nogrady
Success! Mars rover finally collects its first rock core NASA's Perseverance rover lives up to its name, drilling and storing Martian rock after a misstep in August. Alexandra Witze
Features
The tangled history of mRNA vaccines Hundreds of scientists had worked on mRNA vaccines for decades before the coronavirus pandemic brought a breakthrough. Elie Dolgin
Multimedia
How to help feed the world with 'Blue Foods' How aquatic foods could help tackle world hunger, and how Australian wildfires spurred phytoplankton growth in the Southern Ocean.
The mentoring messages that can get lost in translation The scientific workplace can be a melting pot of different cultures and mentoring styles, leading to some interesting lab dynamics.
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Books & Arts
Book Review
Marauding elephants, menacing macaques and epicurean bears As humans encroach on the habitat of wild animals, is it any surprise that they advance upon ours? Josie Glausiusz
Opinion
Obituary
Edmond Fischer (1920–2021) Nobel-winning biochemist who discovered a ubiquitous cell-regulatory mechanism. Philip Cohen
Comment
Reproducibility: expect less of the scientific paper Make science more reliable by placing the burden of replicability on the community, not on individual laboratories. Olavo B. Amaral, Kleber Neves
