Global scholars decry funding ban on influential Indian research centre

Nature, Published online: 06 April 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00995-1

International dismay after New Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research funding suspended.

COVID-origins data from Wuhan market published: what scientists think

Nature, Published online: 05 April 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00998-y

First peer-reviewed analysis of the Chinese swabs confirms animal DNA was present in samples that tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.

Beethoven’s cause of death revealed from locks of hair

Nature, Published online: 22 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00846-z

Genetic sleuthing points to liver disease, viral hepatitis and alcohol consumption as causes of the composer’s demise.

India opens its doors to foreign universities

Nature, Published online: 10 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00743-5

India is aiming to boost research through international recognition of qualifications and welcoming foreign universities.

Australia’s massive wildfires shredded the ozone layer — now scientists know why

Nature, Published online: 08 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00687-w

Smoke from the catastrophic 2019–20 fires unleashed ozone-eating chlorine molecules into the stratosphere.

Indoor air is full of flu and COVID viruses. Will countries clean it up?

Nature, Published online: 07 March 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00642-9

The current pandemic has focused attention to the importance of healthy indoor air and could spur lasting improvements to the air we breathe.

Big dino, little dino: how T. rex’s relatives changed their size

Nature, Published online: 23 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00549-5

‘Impressive’ fossil analysis reveals why some dinosaurs were massive but their cousins were tiny.

Sea life bounced back fast after the ‘mother of mass extinctions’

Nature, Published online: 09 February 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00383-9

A treasure trove of fossils uncovered in China challenges the idea that marine animals took millions of years to recover from the world’s worst die-off.

The next worrisome coronavirus variant could come from China — will it get detected?

Nature, Published online: 24 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00112-2

Genomic surveillance is crucial for tracking the next ‘variant of concern’, but many countries are winding back their monitoring.