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# Nature 2021: all accepted papers

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1401. **[How record wildfires are harming human health ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03496-1)**Max Kozlov*14 citations*
1402. **[How to blow the whistle on an academic bully ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01252-z)**Virginia L. Gewin*14 citations*
1403. **[Mental health: set up long-term cohort studies ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01924-w)**Ralf Buckley, Paula Ann Brough*14 citations*
1404. **[Pandemic measures disproportionately harm women’s careers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00854-x)**Sara Reardon*14 citations*
1405. **[Reply to: Caution over the use of ecological big data for conservation ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03464-9)**Nuno C. Queiroz, Nicolas E. Humphries, Ana Couto et al.*14 citations*
1406. **[Row erupts over university’s use of research metrics in job-cut decisions ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00793-7)**Holly Else*14 citations*
1407. **[Scientists OK plan to release one million tonnes of waste water from Fukushima ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01225-2)**Bianca Nogrady*14 citations*
1408. **[Test behavioural nudges to boost COVID immunization ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00329-z)**Mitesh S. Patel*14 citations*
1409. **[The $11-billion Webb telescope aims to probe the early Universe ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03620-1)**Alexandra Witze*14 citations*
1410. **[The myriad ways sewage surveillance is helping fight COVID around the world ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01234-1)**Freda Kreier*14 citations*
1411. **[To keep nationalism in check, nurture science solidarity ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00458-5)**Joy Yueyue Zhang*14 citations*
1412. **[Trust in COVID vaccines is growing ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00368-6)**Emiliano Rodríguez Mega*14 citations*
1413. **[Waive CRISPR patents to meet food needs in low-income countries ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02397-7)**John van der OOST, L.O. Fresco*14 citations*
1414. **[Why Uruguay lost control of COVID ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01714-4)**Luke Taylor*14 citations*
1415. **[Why easing COVID restrictions could prompt a fierce flu rebound ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02558-8)**Nicola Jones*14 citations*
1416. **[Why scientists worldwide are watching UK COVID infections ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03003-6)**Luke Taylor*14 citations*
1417. **[‘The problem is greater than it’s ever been’: US universities urged to invest in mental-health resources ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00229-2)**Chris Woolston*14 citations*
1418. **[Academia’s ableist culture laid bare ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02695-0)**Kendall Powell*13 citations*
1419. **[COP26: Glasgow Climate Pact signed into history ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03464-9)**Flora Graham*13 citations*
1420. **[COVID and schools: the evidence for reopening safely ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01826-x)**Cassandra Willyard*13 citations*
1421. **[COVID reinfections are unusual — but could still help the virus to spread ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00071-6)**Heidi K. Ledford*13 citations*
1422. **[Countries of the Indo-Gangetic Plain must unite against air pollution ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02829-4)**Muhammad Fahim Khokhar, Muhammad Shehzaib Anjum, Abdus Salam et al.*13 citations*
1423. **[Embrace the WHO’s new naming system for coronavirus variants ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01508-8)***13 citations*
1424. **[First complete model of the human embryo ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00581-3)**Yi Zheng, Jianping Fu*13 citations*
1425. **[How AI is helping the natural sciences ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02762-6)**Jack Leeming*13 citations*
1426. **[How COVID is changing the study of human behaviour ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01317-z)**Christie Aschwanden*13 citations*
1427. **[How the mixed-race mestizo myth warped science in Latin America ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03622-z)**Emiliano Rodríguez Mega*13 citations*
1428. **[International COVID-19 trial to restart with focus on immune responses ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01090-z)**Heidi K. Ledford*13 citations*
1429. **[Job losses and falling salaries batter US academia ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01183-9)**Chris Woolston*13 citations*
1430. **[License CRISPR patents for free to share gene editing globally ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02420-x)***13 citations*
1431. **[Life in a carbon dioxide world ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00977-1)**Martina Preiner, William F. Martin*13 citations*
1432. **[Mix-and-match COVID vaccines ace the effectiveness test ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02853-4)**Ewen Callaway*13 citations*
1433. **[Oral microbiome findings challenge dentistry dogma ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02920-w)**Kristina Campbell*13 citations*
1434. **[Quantum network is step towards ultrasecure internet ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00420-5)**Davide Castelvecchi*13 citations*
1435. **[Recognize 727 UNESCO Biosphere Reserves for biodiversity COP15 ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02750-w)**Alicia Donnellan Barraclough, Maureen G. Reed, Inger Elisabeth Måren et al.*13 citations*
1436. **[Resistance to front-line malaria drugs confirmed in Africa ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02592-6)**Max Kozlov*13 citations*
1437. **[Scientists count the career costs of COVID ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03040-1)**Chris Woolston*13 citations*
1438. **[Scientists reel as Brazilian government backtracks on research funds ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02886-9)**Meghie Rodrigues*13 citations*
1439. **[Spatial scale and the synchrony of ecological disruption ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03759-x)**Robert K. Colwell*13 citations*
1440. **[Stomach cancer gets a triple punch of therapy ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03458-7)**Myriam Chalabi*13 citations*
1441. **[The mini lungs and other organoids helping to beat COVID ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01395-z)**Smriti Mallapaty*13 citations*
1442. **[The race to make vaccines for a dangerous respiratory virus ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03704-y)**Kendall Powell*13 citations*
1443. **[Women less likely to win major research awards ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02497-4)**Clare Watson*13 citations*
1444. **[‘Does anyone have any of these?’: Lab-supply shortages strike amid global pandemic ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00613-y)**Chris Woolston*13 citations*
1445. **[‘Major stones unturned’: COVID origin search must continue after WHO report, say scientists ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00375-7)**Smriti Mallapaty, Amy Maxmen, Ewen Callaway*13 citations*
1446. **[A census of cell types in the brain’s motor cortex ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02493-8)**Johan Winnubst, Silvia Arber*12 citations*
1447. **[A month on Mars: what NASA’s Perseverance rover has found so far ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00698-5)**Alexandra Witze*12 citations*
1448. **[Add Himalaya’s Grand Canyon to China’s first national parks ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00942-y)**Fang Wang, Zhixiang Zhang, Cheng Li et al.*12 citations*
1449. **[African languages to get more bespoke scientific terms ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02218-x)**Sarah Wild*12 citations*
1450. **[Australian bush fires belched out immense quantity of carbon ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02509-3)**Smriti Mallapaty*12 citations*
1451. **[Autoimmune disease ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01833-y)**Richard Hodson*12 citations*
1452. **[Collaborate equitably in ancient DNA research and beyond ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03541-z)**Mehmet Somel, N. Ezgi Altınışık, Füsun Özer et al.*12 citations*
1453. **[Cracking the genetic code of autoimmune disease ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01839-6)**Simon J. Makin*12 citations*
1454. **[Daily briefing: Why the Delta variant spreads so fast ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02032-5)**Flora Graham*12 citations*
1455. **[Data scientists are predicting sports injuries with an algorithm ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00818-1)**Andrada Fiscutean*12 citations*
1456. **[Engineered single-domain antibodies tackle COVID variants ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01721-5)**James E. Voss*12 citations*
1457. **[Face masks for COVID pass their largest test yet ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02457-y)**Lynne Peeples*12 citations*
1458. **[Five reasons why researchers should learn to love the command line ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00263-0)**Jeffrey M. Perkel*12 citations*
1459. **[Gut feeling yields evidence of microbial involvement in autoimmunity ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01837-8)**Elizabeth Svoboda*12 citations*
1460. **[Malaria vaccine shows promise — now come tougher trials ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01096-7)**Heidi K. Ledford*12 citations*
1461. **[Mapping micronutrients in grain and soil unearths hidden hunger in Africa ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01268-5)**K.E. Giller, Shamie Zingore*12 citations*
1462. **[Million-year-old mammoth genomes shatter record for oldest ancient DNA ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00436-x)**Ewen Callaway*12 citations*
1463. **[More than 100 aquatic-science societies sound climate alarm ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00107-x)**Scott A. Bonar*12 citations*
1464. **[Omicron: the global response is making it worse ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03616-x)***12 citations*
1465. **[Preprint advocates must also fight for research integrity ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02481-y)**Gowri Gopalakrishna*12 citations*
1466. **[Reconsidering the role of alcohol in the scientific workplace ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03773-z)**Nikki Forrester*12 citations*
1467. **[Stem-cell guidelines: why it was time for an update ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01387-z)**Robin Howard Lovell-Badge*12 citations*
1468. **[The powers and perils of using digital data to understand human behaviour ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01736-y)***12 citations*
1469. **[The rise of the assembloid ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02628-x)**Charlie Schmidt*12 citations*
1470. **[Why COVID vaccines are so difficult to compare ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00409-0)**Heidi K. Ledford*12 citations*
1471. **[AI spots cell structures that humans can’t ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00812-7)**Amber Dance*11 citations*
1472. **[Beware survivorship bias in advice on science careers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02634-z)**David Richard Hemprich-Bennett, Daniella Rabaiotti, Emma Kennedy*11 citations*
1473. **[COVID has shown the power of science–industry collaboration ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01580-0)***11 citations*
1474. **[COVID vaccine makers brace for a variant worse than Delta ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02854-3)**Emily Waltz*11 citations*
1475. **[CRISPR-based gene therapy dampens pain in mice ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00644-5)**Ariana Remmel*11 citations*
1476. **[Closing in on a complete human genome ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00462-9)**Michael S. Eisenstein*11 citations*
1477. **[Constraints on estimating the CO2 fertilization effect emerge ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03560-w)**Chris Huntingford, Rebecca J. Oliver*11 citations*
1478. **[Divisive COVID ‘lab leak’ debate prompts dire warnings from researchers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01383-3)**Amy Maxmen*11 citations*
1479. **[Fatal lab explosion in China highlights wider safety fears ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03589-x)**Andrew L. Silver*11 citations*
1480. **[Giant photon avalanches observed in nanoparticles ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03659-6)**Andries Meijerink, Freddy T. Rabouw*11 citations*
1481. **[How COVID changed schools outreach ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01517-7)**T. V. Padma*11 citations*
1482. **[How dangerous is Africa’s explosive Lake Kivu? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02523-5)**Nicola Jones*11 citations*
1483. **[Industry scores higher than academia for job satisfaction ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03567-3)***11 citations*
1484. **[Media bias delegitimizes Black-rights protesters ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01314-2)**Danielle K. Kilgo*11 citations*
1485. **[Minority representation in US science workforce sees few gains ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01089-6)**Chris Woolston*11 citations*
1486. **[Molecular memristors offer a path to ultra-efficient computing ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02323-x)**Matthew J. Marinella, Albert Alec Talin*11 citations*
1487. **[Pool patents to get COVID vaccines and drugs to all ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00759-9)**Étienne Billette de Villemeur, Vianney Dequiedt, Bruno P. A. Versaevel*11 citations*
1488. **[Protect pollinators — reform pesticide regulations ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01818-x)**Adrian Fisher*11 citations*
1489. **[Reply to: Shark mortality cannot be assessed by fishery overlap alone ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03397-3)**Nuno C. Queiroz, Nicolas E. Humphries, Ana Couto et al.*11 citations*
1490. **[Science advisers: publish evidence behind COVID vaccine dosing strategy ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00045-8)***11 citations*
1491. **[Smartphone science: apps test and track infectious diseases ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01253-y)**Sandeep Ravindran*11 citations*
1492. **[Storytelling can be a powerful tool for science ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00108-w)**Joshua Ettinger, Friederike E. L. Otto, E. Lisa F. Schipper*11 citations*
1493. **[The promise and potential of stem cells in Parkinson’s disease ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02622-3)**Lauren Gravitz*11 citations*
1494. **[The rise of ‘ARPA-everything’ and what it means for science ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01878-z)**Jeff Tollefson*11 citations*
1495. **[Waning COVID super-immunity raises questions about Omicron ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03674-1)**Max Kozlov*11 citations*
1496. **[Why clean sport is more than just drug-free ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00820-7)**Andrea Petróczi*11 citations*
1497. **[A persistent look at how tumours evade therapy ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02117-1)**Karen Gomez, Raúl Rabadán*10 citations*
1498. **[Artificial intelligence in structural biology is here to stay ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02037-0)***10 citations*
1499. **[Autocorrect errors in Excel still creating genomics headache ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02211-4)**Dyani Lewis*10 citations*
1500. **[Brazil: Boost COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Indigenous people ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00689-6)**Eliel Benites, Laura Jane Gisloti, Fábio de Oliveira Roque*10 citations*

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