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# Nature 2021: all accepted papers

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1701. **[Mars helicopter kicks up ‘cool’ dust clouds — and unexpected science ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01537-3)**Alexandra Witze*6 citations*
1702. **[Most rivers and streams run dry every year ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01528-4)**Kristin L. Jaeger*6 citations*
1703. **[Mutation fingerprints encode cellular histories ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02269-0)**Kamila Naxerova*6 citations*
1704. **[Mysterious skull fossils expand human family tree — but questions remain ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01738-w)**Nicola Jones*6 citations*
1705. **[Ned Seeman (1945–2021) ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03709-7)**Philip Ball*6 citations*
1706. **[Pay gap widens between female and male scientists in North America ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00387-3)**Chris Woolston*6 citations*
1707. **[Previously unknown type of protein crosslink discovered ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01135-3)**Deborah Fass, Sergey N. Semenov*6 citations*
1708. **[Private immune protection at the border of the central nervous system ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01962-4)**Britta Engelhardt*6 citations*
1709. **[Quantum computer based on shuttling trapped ions ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00844-z)**W. K. Hensinger*6 citations*
1710. **[RETRACTED ARTICLE: A two-pronged attack on antibiotic-resistant microbes ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03660-z)**Youcef Mehellou, Benjamin E. Willcox*6 citations*
1711. **[Reply to: Spatial scale and the synchrony of ecological disruption ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03760-4)**Christopher H. Trisos, Cory Merow, Alex L. Pigot*6 citations*
1712. **[Scale up rapid research autopsies for tissue immunology ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01887-y)**Stephen A. Rawlings, Antoine Chaillon, Davey Mitchell Smith et al.*6 citations*
1713. **[Science agency on trial following deadly White Island volcano eruption ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02658-5)**Dyani Lewis*6 citations*
1714. **[Scientists: don’t feed the doubt machine ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02993-7)**Cecília Tomori*6 citations*
1715. **[Seven technologies to watch in 2021 ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00191-z)**Esther Wei-Yun Landhuis*6 citations*
1716. **[Sharing COVID data? Check these recommendations and guidelines ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01028-5)**Hilary Hanahoe, Claire C. Austin, Hugh P. Shanahan*6 citations*
1717. **[Southeast Asian countries join forces for scientific strength ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00670-3)**Sandy Ong*6 citations*
1718. **[Technology alliance boosts efforts to store data in DNA ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00534-w)**Sarah A. Vitak*6 citations*
1719. **[The coronavirus is rife in common US deer ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02110-8)**Smriti Mallapaty*6 citations*
1720. **[The future costs of methane emissions ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00972-6)**James K. Hammitt*6 citations*
1721. **[The future of sex in elite sport ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00819-0)**Julianna Photopoulos*6 citations*
1722. **[The secret lives of cells — as never seen before ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02904-w)**Diana Kwon*6 citations*
1723. **[Virus variants: GISAID policies incentivize surveillance in global south ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01310-6)**Jeremy P. Kamil*6 citations*
1724. **[Wanted: rules for pandemic data access that everyone can trust ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01460-7)***6 citations*
1725. **[We Must Improve Equity in Cancer Screening ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03403-8)**Melba Newsome*6 citations*
1726. **[Why NASA’s Mars rover failed to collect its first rock core ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02208-z)**Alexandra Witze*6 citations*
1727. **[Why severe sickle-cell pain has been neglected ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02142-0)**Bianca Nogrady*6 citations*
1728. **[‘Elite’ researchers dominate citation space ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00553-7)**Sara Reardon*6 citations*
1729. **[A bridge across the democracy–expertise divide ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02006-7)**Mark E. Warren*5 citations*
1730. **[A drug to block fat intake and combat cancer spread ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01667-8)**Elie Dolgin*5 citations*
1731. **[A peek into the black box of human embryology ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03381-x)**Alexander Goedel, Fredrik Lanner*5 citations*
1732. **[AI — the people and places that make, use and manage it ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01397-x)**Virginia Dignum*5 citations*
1733. **[Afghanistan’s academics despair months after Taliban takeover ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03774-y)**Smriti Mallapaty*5 citations*
1734. **[Afghanistan’s terrified scientists predict huge research losses ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02353-5)**Smriti Mallapaty*5 citations*
1735. **[An exceptional view of phase transitions in non-equilibrium systems ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00886-3)**Cynthia J. Olson Reichhardt, Cynthia J. O. Reichhardt, Charles Reichhardt et al.*5 citations*
1736. **[Anti-ageing effects of protein restriction unpacked ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03662-x)**Cristal M. Hill, Matt R. Kaeberlein*5 citations*
1737. **[Antibodies periodically wax and wane in survivors of Ebola ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03044-3)**Courtney B. Woolsey, Thomas W. Geisbert*5 citations*
1738. **[Artificial intelligence aids intuition in mathematical discovery ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03512-4)**Christian Stump*5 citations*
1739. **[Atomic clocks compared with astounding accuracy ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00738-0)**R. M. Godun*5 citations*
1740. **[Audio long-read: The chase for fusion energy ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03501-7)**Philip Ball, Benjamin A. Thompson*5 citations*
1741. **[Base editor repairs mutation found in the premature-ageing syndrome progeria ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03573-x)**Wilbert P. Vermeij, Jan H.J. Hoeijmakers*5 citations*
1742. **[Biden’s ambitious COVID plan: what scientists think ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00220-x)**Amy Maxmen, Nidhi Subbaraman*5 citations*
1743. **[Breaks in mitochondrial DNA rig the immune response ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00429-w)**Nandhitha Uma Naresh, Cole M. Haynes*5 citations*
1744. **[China should track impact of pollution on health and the environment ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01027-6)**Bo Zhang, BaoCun Wang, Robert Mason Hughes*5 citations*
1745. **[China’s economic approach to protecting its ecology ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01741-1)**Sarah O’Meara*5 citations*
1746. **[China’s homeless elephants need linked reserves ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01820-3)**Nian Yang, Wenwen Li, Peng Liu et al.*5 citations*
1747. **[Chinese joint-venture universities try for the best of both worlds ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01406-z)**Cong Cao*5 citations*
1748. **[Choreographing water molecules to speed up hydrogen production ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03511-5)**Matthias M. Waegele*5 citations*
1749. **[Common antidepressant slashes risk of COVID death, study says ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02988-4)**Saima May Sidik*5 citations*
1750. **[Confronting gender bias in Nature’s journalism ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01676-7)***5 citations*
1751. **[Contrails: tweaking flight altitude could be a climate win ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01339-7)**Ken Caldeira, Ian S. McKay*5 citations*
1752. **[Coronapod: vaccines and long COVID, how protected are you? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03732-8)**Noah Baker, Heidi K. Ledford*5 citations*
1753. **[Creating T cells to guard against autoimmune disease ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01840-z)**Eric Bender*5 citations*
1754. **[Credit local authors fairly on international research papers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02831-w)**Angela I. N. Obasi, Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá, Ndekya M. Oriyo et al.*5 citations*
1755. **[Daily briefing: European regulator links AstraZeneca vaccine to rare blood clots ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00932-0)**Flora Graham*5 citations*
1756. **[DeepMind AI tackles one of chemistry’s most valuable techniques ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03697-8)**Davide Castelvecchi*5 citations*
1757. **[Do childhood colds help the body respond to COVID? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03087-0)**Rachel Brazil*5 citations*
1758. **[Don’t abandon 14-day limit on embryo research, it makes sense ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01619-2)**Ronald M. Green, Michael D. West, Leonard Hayflick*5 citations*
1759. **[Europe’s ‘green deal’ and carbon dioxide removal ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03643-0)**David M. Reiner, Ilkka Hannula, Tiina Koljonen et al.*5 citations*
1760. **[Fewer citations for female authors of medical research ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02102-8)**Sara Reardon*5 citations*
1761. **[Four Success Stories in Gene Therapy ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02737-7)**Jim Daley*5 citations*
1762. **[Gene therapies close in on a cure for sickle-cell disease ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02138-w)**Michael S. Eisenstein*5 citations*
1763. **[Giant cracks push imperilled Antarctic glacier closer to collapse ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03758-y)**Alexandra Witze*5 citations*
1764. **[Great Barrier Reef: accept ‘in danger’ status, there’s more to gain than lose ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02220-3)**Tiffany Hope Morrison*5 citations*
1765. **[Greece used AI to curb COVID: what other nations can learn ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02554-y)***5 citations*
1766. **[Host ubiquitin protein tags lipid to fight bacteria ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01267-6)**Brenda Arlene Schulman, J. Wade Harper*5 citations*
1767. **[How junior scientists can land a seat at the leadership table ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00956-6)**Kendall Powell*5 citations*
1768. **[How to get media coverage and boost your science’s impact ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02067-8)**Rebecca E. Fuoco*5 citations*
1769. **[Innovative therapies to tackle platinum-resistant ovarian cancer ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03718-6)**Amanda B. Keener*5 citations*
1770. **[Italy: scientists petition against biodynamic farming law ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01886-z)**Giorgio Parisi A, Maria P. Abbracchio, Gennaro Ciliberto et al.*5 citations*
1771. **[Japan and South Korea pursue shared interests ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00669-w)**Ichiko Fuyuno*5 citations*
1772. **[Largest-ever survey exposes career obstacles for LGBTQ scientists ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00221-w)**Holly Else*5 citations*
1773. **[Malaria vaccine gets a parasite boost in the liver ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01720-6)**Nana K. Minkah, Stefan H. I. Kappe*5 citations*
1774. **[Measurement-based system provides quantum control of nanoparticles ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01872-5)**T. S. Monteiro*5 citations*
1775. **[Modern Polynesian genomes offer clues to early eastward migrations ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01719-z)**Patrick Vinton Kirch*5 citations*
1776. **[New-found brake calibrates insulin action in β-cells ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00141-9)**Rohit Kulkarni*5 citations*
1777. **[No adult left behind: bridge the health-care gap for sickle-cell disease ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02143-z)**Julian Nowogrodzki*5 citations*
1778. **[Non-magnetic objects induced to move by electromagnets ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02771-5)**Eric Diller*5 citations*
1779. **[Physicists make most precise measurement ever of neutron’s lifetime ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02812-z)**Davide Castelvecchi*5 citations*
1780. **[Publishers unite to tackle doctored images in research papers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02610-7)**Holly Else*5 citations*
1781. **[Scientific image sleuth faces legal action for criticizing research papers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01430-z)**Holly Else*5 citations*
1782. **[Scientists identify long-sought marker for COVID vaccine success ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01778-2)**Ewen Callaway*5 citations*
1783. **[Scientists question Max Planck Society’s treatment of women leaders ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03492-5)**Alison Abbott*5 citations*
1784. **[Search for better COVID vaccines confounded by existing rollouts ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00015-0)**Elie Dolgin*5 citations*
1785. **[Sharper signals: how machine learning is cleaning up microscopy images ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00023-0)**Amber Dance*5 citations*
1786. **[The genetic symphony underlying evolution of the brain’s prefrontal cortex ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02460-3)**Jenelle L. Wallace, Alex A. Pollen*5 citations*
1787. **[The path to destruction for D-type cyclin proteins ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00889-0)**Charupong Saengboonmee, Piotr Siciński*5 citations*
1788. **[This ‘super antibody’ for COVID fights off multiple coronaviruses ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01917-9)**Diana Kwon*5 citations*
1789. **[Trip frequency is key ingredient in new law of human travel ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01355-7)**Laura Alessandretti, Sune Lehmann*5 citations*
1790. **[UK academics seethe over universities’ cost-cutting moves ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02163-9)**Natasha Gilbert*5 citations*
1791. **[US COVID origins report: researchers pleased with scientific approach ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02366-0)**Amy Maxmen*5 citations*
1792. **[Uneven attention hampers the drive to control infectious diseases ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02910-y)**Sarah DeWeerdt*5 citations*
1793. **[Vaccinate in biodiversity hotspots to protect people and wildlife from each other ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00690-z)**Fabian Hubertus Leendertz, Gladys Kalema‐Zikusoka*5 citations*
1794. **[Venus might never have been habitable ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02720-2)**James F. Kasting, Chester E. Harman*5 citations*
1795. **[What surveys really say ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03604-1)**Frauke Kreuter*5 citations*
1796. **[Will increasing traffic to the Moon contaminate its precious ice? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03262-9)**Alexandra Witze*5 citations*
1797. **[Young people will be key to climate justice at COP26 ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02843-6)***5 citations*
1798. **[‘A lot of room for bias’: UK funder’s data point to uneven playing field ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00645-4)**Chris Woolston*5 citations*
1799. **[‘The damage is total’: fire rips through historic South African library and plant collection ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01045-4)**Linda Nordling*5 citations*
1800. **[A 21st-birthday wish for Young Academies of science ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01677-6)***4 citations*

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