Nature, Published online: 11 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03337-xClinician whose family-centred approach upended work on mid-life memory loss.

Nature, Published online: 11 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03349-7Nature looks at 646 past laureates to work out who is statistically most likely to take home a medal

Nature, Published online: 11 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03278-5Ancient DNA confirms that the nineteenth-century carnivores hunted humans and a variety of wild game, including a surprising animal.

Nature, Published online: 11 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03327-zAndrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

Nature, Published online: 11 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03203-wYoung children in the playground behave like molecules in a gas, but kids undergo a phase change in a more structured setting.

Nature, Published online: 11 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03279-4The awards’ strict constraints often prompt frustration — if these prestigious prizes were created for the twenty-first century, how would they be different?