Nature, Published online: 06 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01345-5Scientists have high hopes for the first mission to collect rocks from the far side of the Moon.

Nature, Published online: 05 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01315-xThe eyebrows of the African wild dog have scientists wondering whether other dogs can make the irresistible ‘puppy-dog eyes’ expression.

Nature, Published online: 03 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01211-4In ordinary materials, electrons move too quickly for their negative electric charges to affect their interactions. But at low temperatures and densities, they can be made to crystallize into an exotic type of electron solid — a phenomenon predicted by Eugene Wigner 90 years ago and...

Nature, Published online: 03 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00434-9A study provides insights into how energy flows in the food webs that connect soil- and canopy-dwelling organisms in tropical ecosystems with high biodiversity. When rainforest is converted to plantations, food webs are simplified and restructured, leading to profound changes in tropical-ecosystem...

Nature, Published online: 03 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01267-2Some fox species leap up and pounce head first into snow to capture prey that they hear below the surface. An analysis of the forces involved reveals how the shape of the skull has evolved to minimize damage from this behaviour.

Nature, Published online: 03 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07470-5Author Correction: Stepwise activation of a metabotropic glutamate receptor