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Nature, Published online: 23 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00502-wNature wades through the literature on the new coronavirus — and summarizes key papers as they appear.

Nature, Published online: 23 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-03010-zSea ice in Siberia has not yet started freezing, how to map the ‘magnificently complicated’ brain and why COVID outbreaks look set to worsen this winter.

Nature, Published online: 23 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02963-5Readers cite climate change and the pandemic as their chief worries in the election.

Nature, Published online: 23 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02965-3Injections of antibodies might prevent mild COVID-19 from becoming severe, but the treatments are expensive and difficult to make.

Nature, Published online: 23 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02972-4It’s too soon to say whether COVID is seasonal like the flu — but where clusters aren’t under control, infections will continue to swell.

Nature, Published online: 23 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02979-xWith record numbers of postal ballots expected because of the pandemic, Nature dives into the data.

Nature, Published online: 23 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02955-5Compounds in the detritus that entombed the ancient city might be degrading its murals.

Nature, Published online: 23 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-03005-wJohn Tregoning reckons with a return to the academic year and an emptier house.

Nature, Published online: 23 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-03011-yUruguay: slashing funds is no way to thank scientists for COVID success

Nature, Published online: 23 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-03014-9Lab-equipment manufacturers should consider left-handed researchers when they design products, says Parastoo Mashouri.

Nature, Published online: 23 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02990-2Ecologist who transformed the study of natural communities.

Nature, Published online: 22 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02996-wWhat makes the diabolical ironclad beetle unsquashable, faster-than-light travels in quantum tunnels and the false promise of herd immunity for COVID-19.

Nature, Published online: 22 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02936-8Little bat-like dinosaurs could glide — but only just.

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02886-1New antibiotics are needed to tackle drug-resistant bacteria. Scientists are searching for candidates and revitalizing existing drugs.

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02840-1Intriguing structures have been observed that link sections of the diabolical ironclad beetle’s amazingly crush-resistant armour. These findings suggest fresh approaches for making…

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02885-2Public-health experts hope that by reducing the spread of disease, society can cut back on its use of antibiotics.

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2823-6Scalable optics co-fabricated with a cryogenic surface-electrode ion trap are used to drive high-fidelity multi-ion quantum logic gates, demonstrating a route to simultaneously scale and…

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02943-9Nature’s second progress report on the pandemic looks at the key factors to making vaccines safe, effective and welcomed by the public.

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02974-2A taste of freedom.

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02658-xMismatches are alterations in DNA that prevent the bases on each strand of the double helix from aligning correctly. It emerges that mismatches can bend DNA into favourable conformations…

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02884-3A lack of financial incentive has meant large pharmaceutical companies have left the market

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2844-1Inverted-repeat Alu elements are the main source of drug-induced immunogenic double-stranded RNAs, which are destabilized by the RNA deaminase ADAR1, thereby limiting activation of the…

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02945-7The latest science news, in brief.

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02940-yCase studies show that efforts to address equity in science are doomed if they don’t learn from past mistakes.

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2885-5A pooled testing strategy for identifying SARS-CoV-2 at low prevalence

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02978-yLuciana Leite and Luisa M. Diele-Viegas are using their own negative experiences to research the impact of societal and family expectations on women’s career choices.

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02976-0Jigsaw-puzzle-shaped seams that hold a notoriously tough insect’s wing cases together could inspire engineers.

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02925-xAn analysis of seismic data reveals the location and quantity of melted rock, known as melt, in Earth’s upper mantle. The results show how these factors are correlated with the movement…

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2804-9Reply to: Methods matter in repeating ocean acidification studies

Nature, Published online: 21 October 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2829-0Advances in electron cryo-microscopy hardware allow proteins to be studied at atomic resolution.