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# Nature 2021: all accepted papers

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1601. **[Most fossil-fuel reserves must remain untapped to hit 1.5 °C warming goal ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02444-3)**Bianca Nogrady*8 citations*
1602. **[Neural interface translates thoughts into type ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00776-8)**Pavithra Rajeswaran, Amy L. Orsborn*8 citations*
1603. **[Palaeoclimate puzzle explained by seasonal variation ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00115-x)**Jennifer E. Hertzberg*8 citations*
1604. **[Pollination advantage of rare plants unveiled ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02375-z)**Marcelo A. Aizen*8 citations*
1605. **[Pollution from hydrogen fuel could widen inequality ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01926-8)**Alastair Charles Lewis*8 citations*
1606. **[Poor planning compounded European flooding catastrophes ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02712-2)**Alik T. Ismail-Zadeh*8 citations*
1607. **[Research round-up: autoimmune disease ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01834-x)**Laura Vargas-Parada*8 citations*
1608. **[Scandal over COVID vaccine trial at Peruvian universities prompts outrage ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00576-0)**Luke Taylor*8 citations*
1609. **[Science misinformation alarms Francis Collins as he leaves top NIH job ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03611-2)**Nidhi Subbaraman*8 citations*
1610. **[Superpowered science: charting China’s research rise ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01403-2)***8 citations*
1611. **[Use HIV’s lessons to help children orphaned by COVID-19 ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02155-9)**Rachel C. Kidman*8 citations*
1612. **[Vulnerable nations lead by example on Sustainable Development Goals research ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01992-y)***8 citations*
1613. **[A microbe that uses crude oil to make methane ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03729-3)**Guillaume Borrel*7 citations*
1614. **[A protective signal between the brain’s supporting cells in Alzheimer’s disease ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01870-7)**Jerika J. Barron, Anna Victoria Molofsky*7 citations*
1615. **[A whale of an appetite revealed by analysis of prey consumption ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02951-3)**Victor S. Smetacek*7 citations*
1616. **[Aggregates of TDP-43 protein spiral into view ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03605-0)**Hana M. Odeh, James Shorter*7 citations*
1617. **[Ancient human faeces reveal gut microbes of the past ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01266-7)**Matthew R. Olm, Justin Laine Sonnenburg*7 citations*
1618. **[Antibody-laden nasal spray could provide COVID protection — and treatment ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01481-2)**Diana Kwon*7 citations*
1619. **[COP26 climate summit: A scientists’ guide to a momentous meeting ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02815-w)**Jeff Tollefson*7 citations*
1620. **[COVID is amplifying the inadequacy of research-evaluation processes ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00527-9)***7 citations*
1621. **[COVID vaccines and breastfeeding: what the data say ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01680-x)**Shannon Hall*7 citations*
1622. **[Can Cuba beat COVID with its homegrown vaccines? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01126-4)**Emiliano Rodríguez Mega*7 citations*
1623. **[China’s leading researchers set their sights on new frontiers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01405-0)**Hepeng Jia, Sian Powell, Kevin Schoenmakers*7 citations*
1624. **[Climate modellers and theorist of complex systems share physics Nobel ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02703-3)**Davide Castelvecchi, Nisha Gaind*7 citations*
1625. **[Coronapod: CureVac disappoints in COVID vaccine trial ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01694-5)**Noah Baker, Elie Dolgin*7 citations*
1626. **[Could Europe become the first climate-neutral continent? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02311-1)**Nebojša Nakićenović, Peter D. Lund*7 citations*
1627. **[French vote for river barriers defies biodiversity strategy ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01467-0)**Simon Blanchet, Pablo A. Tedesco*7 citations*
1628. **[Growing support for valuing ecosystems will help conserve the planet ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00616-9)***7 citations*
1629. **[Gun violence is surging — researchers finally have the money to ask why ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01966-0)**Nidhi Subbaraman*7 citations*
1630. **[Had COVID? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01442-9)**Ewen Callaway*7 citations*
1631. **[Has COVID peaked? Maybe, but it’s too soon to be sure ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00705-9)**Smriti Mallapaty*7 citations*
1632. **[Heating freezes electrons in twisted bilayer graphene ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00843-0)**Biao Lian*7 citations*
1633. **[Heed blame for extreme weather ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00185-x)**Richard Betts*7 citations*
1634. **[How athletes hit a fastball ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00816-3)**Liam Drew*7 citations*
1635. **[How the pandemic is reshaping undergraduate research ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01209-2)**Nikki Forrester*7 citations*
1636. **[ISSCR guidelines fudge heritable human-genome editing ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01618-3)**Françoise E. Baylis*7 citations*
1637. **[ISSCR: grave omission of age limit for embryo research ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01697-2)**Josephine Johnston, Françoise E. Baylis, Henry T. Greely*7 citations*
1638. **[Lab-grown structures mimic human embryo's earliest stage yet ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00695-8)**Nidhi Subbaraman*7 citations*
1639. **[Making large-scale, functional, electronic textiles ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00945-9)**Xiang Shi, Peining Chen, Huisheng Peng*7 citations*
1640. **[Nuclear technology’s role in the world’s energy supply is shrinking ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00615-w)***7 citations*
1641. **[Oil licences undermine Norway’s ocean leadership ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00445-w)**Henrik Österblom, Robert Blasiak*7 citations*
1642. **[Oldest DNA from a Homo sapiens reveals surprisingly recent Neanderthal ancestry ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00916-0)**Ewen Callaway*7 citations*
1643. **[People of faith are allies to stall climate change ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00808-3)**Tobias Müller*7 citations*
1644. **[Programmable capillary action controls fluid flows ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01708-2)**Tammi L. van Neel, Ashleigh B. Theberge*7 citations*
1645. **[Rare COVID reactions might hold key to variant-proof vaccines ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00722-8)**Ewen Callaway*7 citations*
1646. **[Regulate waste recycling internationally ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01620-9)**Zhe Liu*7 citations*
1647. **[Reply to: On the liquid–liquid phase transition of dense hydrogen ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04079-w)**Bingqing Cheng, Guglielmo Mazzola, Chris J. Pickard et al.*7 citations*
1648. **[Success! Mars rover finally collects its first rock core ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02394-w)**Alexandra Witze*7 citations*
1649. **[The COVID vaccine pioneer behind southeast Asia’s first mRNA shot ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01426-9)**Smriti Mallapaty*7 citations*
1650. **[The origins of ovarian cancer ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03717-7)**Sarah DeWeerdt*7 citations*
1651. **[The role and rule of relatedness in altruism ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00210-z)**Andrew F. G. Bourke*7 citations*
1652. **[The world must cooperate to avoid a catastrophic space collision ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02167-5)***7 citations*
1653. **[The world must learn from COVID before diving into a pandemic treaty ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00866-7)***7 citations*
1654. **[Vaccination: Brazil fails Indigenous people again with two-tier scheme ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01409-w)**Ana Carla dos Santos Costa, Shoaib Ahmad, Mohammad Yasir Essar*7 citations*
1655. **[Vaccine makers in Asia rush to test jabs against fast-spreading COVID variant ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00041-y)**Gayathri Vaidyanathan*7 citations*
1656. **[Victories against AIDS have lessons for COVID-19 ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03569-1)**Anthony S. Fauci*7 citations*
1657. **[What the Moderna–NIH COVID vaccine patent fight means for research ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03535-x)**Heidi K. Ledford*7 citations*
1658. **[Why England’s COVID ‘freedom day’ alarms researchers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01938-4)**Philip Ball*7 citations*
1659. **[World Bank grants for global vaccination — why so slow? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01678-5)**Justin Sandefur*7 citations*
1660. **[8% of researchers in Dutch survey have falsified or fabricated data ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02035-2)**Dalmeet Singh Chawla*6 citations*
1661. **[A 4D road map for the formation of hair follicles ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01482-1)**Nivedita Saxena, Michael Rendl*6 citations*
1662. **[A bird’s migration decoded ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00510-4)**Simeon Lisovski, Miriam Liedvogel*6 citations*
1663. **[A molecular connection hints at how a genetic risk factor drives Crohn’s disease ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00979-z)**Scott Eric Plevy*6 citations*
1664. **[A reconstruction of early cryptic COVID spread ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02989-3)**Simon Cauchemez, Paolo Bosetti*6 citations*
1665. **[Afghanistan: Taliban’s return imperils maternal health ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02551-1)**Shohra Qaderi, Attaullah Ahmadi, Don Eliseo Lucero‐Prisno*6 citations*
1666. **[Air quality: WHO guidelines could deepen inequities ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02883-y)**Forrest Gerhart Lacey, Rajesh Kumar, Gabriele G. Pfister et al.*6 citations*
1667. **[Ancient seeds spill secrets about the evolution of flowering plants ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01347-7)**Pamela S. Soltis*6 citations*
1668. **[Animal experiments: EU is pushing to find substitutes fast ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03539-7)**Stefan Hippenstiel, Christa Thöne‐Reineke, Jens Kurreck*6 citations*
1669. **[Argument technology for debating with humans ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00539-5)**Chris Reed*6 citations*
1670. **[Atomic structure of a glass imaged at last ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00794-6)**Paul M. Voyles*6 citations*
1671. **[Bacterial peptides presented on tumour cells could be immunotherapy targets ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00640-9)**Angelika Beate Riemer*6 citations*
1672. **[Beyond past due: data to guide US school reopenings ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03647-w)**Emily F. Oster*6 citations*
1673. **[Biden has assembled a stellar science team — now they must pull together ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00184-y)***6 citations*
1674. **[COVID is disrupting scientific careers around the world ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03049-6)***6 citations*
1675. **[COVID reinfections likely within one or two years, models propose ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02825-8)**Lynne Peeples*6 citations*
1676. **[COVID vaccines have higher approval in less-affluent countries ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01987-9)**Max Kozlov*6 citations*
1677. **[COVID-19: research on tech habits needs industry support ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00047-6)**Daniel Luke King, Joël Billieux, Paul Delfabbro*6 citations*
1678. **[COVID-vaccine booster shot shows promise in Israeli study ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02516-4)**Max Kozlov*6 citations*
1679. **[COVID’s lesson for climate research: go local ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01747-9)**Alice C. Hill*6 citations*
1680. **[Canada’s scientists are elucidating the dark metabolome ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03062-9)**James Mitchell Crow*6 citations*
1681. **[Charge-carrying films for solar cells made quickly and cleanly ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01378-0)**Jianfeng Lu, Fuzhi Huang*6 citations*
1682. **[Designing nano-sized chemotherapy ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01322-2)**Virginia L. Gewin*6 citations*
1683. **[Did the coronavirus jump from animals to people twice? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02519-1)**Smriti Mallapaty*6 citations*
1684. **[Does vaccinating adults stop kids from spreading COVID too? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01549-z)**Dyani Lewis*6 citations*
1685. **[Electrons broken into pieces at crystal defects ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00079-y)**Carmine Ortix*6 citations*
1686. **[For NGOs, article-processing charges sap conservation funds ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02979-5)**Kevin A. Wood, Julia L. Newth, Geoff M. Hilton*6 citations*
1687. **[GABA molecules made by B cells can dampen antitumour responses ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02953-1)**Daniel L. Kaufman*6 citations*
1688. **[Global climate action needs trusted finance data ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03646-x)***6 citations*
1689. **[Good presentation skills benefit careers — and science ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01281-8)**David Rubenson*6 citations*
1690. **[Highly reactive form of magnesium stabilized by bulky ligands ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01014-x)**Cameron Jones*6 citations*
1691. **[How Europe’s €100-billion science fund will shape 7 years of research ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00496-z)**Quirin Schiermeier*6 citations*
1692. **[How Zoom helped the neurotypical world hear my autistic voice ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02325-9)**Anya Lawrence*6 citations*
1693. **[How did Neanderthals and other ancient humans learn to count? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01429-6)**Colin G. Barras*6 citations*
1694. **[How waste water is helping South Africa fight COVID-19 ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01399-9)**Heather Richardson*6 citations*
1695. **[Hybrid light–matter states formed in self-assembling cavities ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02376-y)**Johannes Feist*6 citations*
1696. **[Illegal CFC emissions have stopped since scientists raised alarm ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00360-0)**Jeff Tollefson*6 citations*
1697. **[India’s neighbours race to sequence genomes as COVID surges ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01287-2)**Smriti Mallapaty*6 citations*
1698. **[Inflammation in heart disease: do researchers know enough? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01453-6)**Sarah DeWeerdt*6 citations*
1699. **[Involve citizens in climate-policy modelling ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00283-w)**Haris Doukas, Αλέξανδρος Νίκας*6 citations*
1700. **[Italy: Forest harvesting is the opposite of green growth ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01923-x)**Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, Gianluca Piovesan, Alessandro Chiarucci*6 citations*

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