Nature, Published online: 26 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01201-6People with Laron syndrome have a low risk of heart disease and a number of other age-related disorders, hinting at strategies for new treatments.

Nature, Published online: 26 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01257-4Moving to non-profit work requires researchers to shift their mindset to focus on applied science for policymaking and conservation practice.

Nature, Published online: 26 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01251-wNew research is revealing the mechanisms linking loneliness and conditions like dementia, depression and cardiovascular disease.

Nature, Published online: 25 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01253-8A patient-analyst relationship to psychoanalyst Carl Jung that evolved into a friendship deeply influenced physicist Wolfgang Pauli’s work. Plus, organoids shed light on cancer and other diseases, and medieval graves reveal secrets of a mysterious nomadic people.

Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01244-9Octocorals probably evolved the ability to make light when the first animals developed eyes. Plus, the WHO has redefined ‘airborne transmission’ and how artificial intelligence is changing weapons of war.

Nature, Published online: 26 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01229-8Researchers from several disciplines hope to predict — and prevent — scenarios that pose risks to humanity.