Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01395-9Climate change and deforestation have increased the frequency of blazes in the humid forests of West and Central Africa.

Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07512-y2023 summer warmth unparalleled over the past 2,000 years

Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07544-4Author Correction: Magneto-optics in a van der Waals magnet tuned by self-hybridized polaritons

Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01412-xIf Europe wants to create a high-risk, high-reward research body, it needs grass-roots backing.

Nature, Published online: 14 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01367-zA book cataloguing mysterious events challenges scientists to provide some answers, and Charles Darwin continues his investigations of crimes against primroses, in the weekly dip into Nature’s archive.

Nature, Published online: 13 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01434-5A survey of people in 168 countries finds that Internet use might boost life satisfaction and sense of purpose. Plus, what a Neanderthal’s Mona-Lisa smile tells us about ourselves and how the cauliflower got its whorls.