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# Nature 2021: all accepted papers

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2301. **[How to limit the ecological costs of urbanization in China ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00598-8)**Sarah O’Meara*1 citation*
2302. **[How to make your research reproducible ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02887-8)**Jeffrey M. Perkel*1 citation*
2303. **[How to repair a baby’s broken heart ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03518-y)**Benjamin Plackett*1 citation*
2304. **[How to shrink the gap that holds Black scientists back ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02618-z)**Ingrid Torjesen*1 citation*
2305. **[How to turn waste wood into industrial treasure ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02585-5)***1 citation*
2306. **[Immune cells that remember inflammation could offer treatment targets for atherosclerosis ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01454-5)**Amanda B. Keener*1 citation*
2307. **[India must protect the independence of its landmark science agency ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00327-1)***1 citation*
2308. **[India’s cyclones: hasten mitigation measures ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02131-3)**Joyita Roy Chowdhury, Yashobanta Parida, Prakash Kumar Sahoo*1 citation*
2309. **[Insights into a receptor that lets insects sense scents ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02076-7)**Emily R. Liman*1 citation*
2310. **[Insights into the origins of pancreatic cancer ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02435-4)**Laura DeLong Wood, Anirban Maitra*1 citation*
2311. **[Iran: drought must top new government’s agenda ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02189-z)**Jamshid Parchizadeh, Jerrold L. Belant*1 citation*
2312. **[Ivory hunting drives evolution of tuskless elephants ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02867-y)**Nicola Jones*1 citation*
2313. **[Let the dog in: how institutions and colleagues can help scientists who require support animals ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00190-0)**Nina Notman*1 citation*
2314. **[Lipid dismantling of lens organelles for clear vision ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00888-1)**Patricia Boya*1 citation*
2315. **[Major cholesterol study reveals benefits of examining diverse populations ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02998-2)***1 citation*
2316. **[Makers and shakers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01791-5)**Catherine Armitage, Sandy Ong, Sian Powell*1 citation*
2317. **[Mammoth’s epic travels preserved in tusk ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02206-1)**Ariana Remmel*1 citation*
2318. **[Marauding elephants, menacing macaques and epicurean bears ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02484-9)**Josie Glausiusz*1 citation*
2319. **[Massive science-funding bill passes US Senate — but China focus worries researchers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01559-x)**Ariana Remmel*1 citation*
2320. **[Merck’s COVID pill and rare ancient skull ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03701-1)***1 citation*
2321. **[Michael Rutter (1933–2021) ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03498-z)**Uta Frith A, Francesca G. E. Happe*1 citation*
2322. **[Microbial makers help humans to build tough stuff ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00565-3)***1 citation*
2323. **[Miniature organs to heal damaged livers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01663-y)**Benjamin Plackett*1 citation*
2324. **[Minuscule drums push the limits of quantum weirdness ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01223-4)**Davide Castelvecchi*1 citation*
2325. **[My 2020 as an ‘alien’ PhD student in New York ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00200-1)**Cecilia Zumajo‐Cardona*1 citation*
2326. **[My most memorable mentors? Plants ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00961-9)**Beronda L. Montgomery*1 citation*
2327. **[Mysterious ‘alien beacon’ was false alarm ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02931-7)**Alexandra Witze*1 citation*
2328. **[NASA won’t rename James Webb telescope — and astronomers are angry ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02678-1)**Alexandra Witze*1 citation*
2329. **[Neuroscientists make strides towards deciphering the human brain ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02660-x)***1 citation*
2330. **[Notice who the science system honours, and how ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01785-3)**Jason R. Dwyer*1 citation*
2331. **[Ocean politics, DNA history and the climate experiment: Books in brief ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02525-3)**Andrew M. Robinson*1 citation*
2332. **[Open-access publisher PLOS pushes to extend clout beyond biomedicine ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01907-3)**Holly Else*1 citation*
2333. **[Origami-inspired structures could be deployed in disaster zones ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01072-1)**Ellie Mackay*1 citation*
2334. **[Palaeontologists hope Biden will restore protections on fossil-rich US lands ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01445-6)**Freda Kreier*1 citation*
2335. **[Physics in Africa: invest to reform and transform ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00473-6)**Shaaban Khalil*1 citation*
2336. **[Plan to create UK version of DARPA lacks detail, say researchers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00515-z)**Holly Else*1 citation*
2337. **[Polar bear researchers struggle for air time ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03063-8)**Chris Woolston*1 citation*
2338. **[Politics and the pandemic disrupt migration patterns in research ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00666-z)**Catherine Armitage*1 citation*
2339. **[Prepare PhD holders for different career tracks ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03695-w)**Theo van den Broek, Berent Jan Prakken, Frank F. Miedema*1 citation*
2340. **[Preserving pieces of history in eggshells and birds’ nests ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02529-z)**Richa Malhotra*1 citation*
2341. **[Presidents of Royal Society live long lives ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03420-7)**Oscar S. Wilson, Herbert E. Huppert*1 citation*
2342. **[Real-world data show that filters clean COVID-causing virus from air ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02669-2)**Tosin Thompson*1 citation*
2343. **[Reburying World Heritage human remains would close window on Barkandji past ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03645-y)**Michael Westaway, Warren Clark, Douglas F. Williams et al.*1 citation*
2344. **[Receptor–enzyme complex structures show how receptors start to switch off ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01873-4)**Vsevolod V. Gurevich, Eugenia V. Gurevich*1 citation*
2345. **[Relax to grow more hair ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00656-1)**Rui Yi*1 citation*
2346. **[Researchers at risk in Afghanistan need better tools to find help ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03515-1)***1 citation*
2347. **[Reshoring EU agriculture risks undermining SDGs ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00048-5)**Erik Meijaard, Douglas Sheil, Daniel Murdiyarso*1 citation*
2348. **[Responsible research assessment faces the acid test ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01991-z)***1 citation*
2349. **[Reversing blindness with stem cells ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02629-w)**Neil Savage*1 citation*
2350. **[Rhino puzzle and China’s COVID vaccines — the week in infographics ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02878-9)***1 citation*
2351. **[Rhinoceros genomes uncover family secrets ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02777-z)**Desiré L. Dalton, Stefan Prost*1 citation*
2352. **[Science diversified: The men who say no to manels ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00165-1)**Dom Byrne*1 citation*
2353. **[Science opens wide for oral health ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02917-5)**Herb Brody*1 citation*
2354. **[Scientists grew tiny tear glands in a dish — then made them cry ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00681-0)**Heidi K. Ledford*1 citation*
2355. **[Scientists under attack and weird viruses — the week in infographics ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02817-8)***1 citation*
2356. **[Scientists — be political in the good times, not just the bad ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01521-x)**Jane Gregory*1 citation*
2357. **[Screening saves lives, so why don’t governments fund it? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02140-2)**Linda Nordling*1 citation*
2358. **[Seeing biodiversity from a Chinese perspective ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00597-9)**Sarah O’Meara*1 citation*
2359. **[Seek diversity to solve complexity ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01832-z)**Katrin Prager*1 citation*
2360. **[Share methods through visual and digital protocols ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02015-6)**Andy Kah Ping Tay*1 citation*
2361. **[Share pandemic sequences openly and fast ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00569-z)**David H. Haussler, Maximilian Haeussler, Angie S. Hinrichs et al.*1 citation*
2362. **[Shared pain ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02432-7)**Beth Cato*1 citation*
2363. **[Six lessons from a pandemic PhD student ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01233-2)**Ciara M. O’Brien*1 citation*
2364. **[Some antibodies can dampen antiviral defences in people with severe COVID ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00352-0)**Matteo Gentili, Nir Hacohen*1 citation*
2365. **[Springboard to science: the institutions that shaped Black researchers’ careers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02487-6)**Virginia L. Gewin, David Payne*1 citation*
2366. **[Stem cells ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02620-5)**Richard Hodson*1 citation*
2367. **[Stop undervaluing smaller institutions ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02538-y)**Daphne S. Ling, Kim M. Gerecke*1 citation*
2368. **[Supersolids go two-dimensional ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02191-5)**B. Laburthe-Tolra*1 citation*
2369. **[Support deaf participants at virtual conferences ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03487-2)**Denis Meuthen*1 citation*
2370. **[Taking graphene out of the laboratory and into the real world ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00463-8)**Chris Woolston*1 citation*
2371. **[Tardigrade circus and a tree of life — January’s best science images ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00095-y)**Emma Stoye*1 citation*
2372. **[Tech firms need Black AI scholars and labour rights ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00407-2)**Ifeoma Ajunwa, Sareeta Amrute, Lilly C. Irani et al.*1 citation*
2373. **[The $100-billion toll of a pig epidemic in China ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02642-z)***1 citation*
2374. **[The United States can help the IMF to rethink how it lends ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00959-3)***1 citation*
2375. **[The United States needs a department of technology and science policy ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03543-x)**HAROLD E. VARMUS, Elias Adam Zerhouni*1 citation*
2376. **[The global research community must not abandon Afghanistan ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02340-w)***1 citation*
2377. **[The incoming Afghan government must allow immunizations ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02557-9)**Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta*1 citation*
2378. **[The lack of people of colour in science images must be fixed ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02036-1)***1 citation*
2379. **[The lesson of talk over tea and cakes? Local research matters ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02832-9)**Sandersan Onie, Ashra Daswin*1 citation*
2380. **[The lessons I learnt supervising master’s students for the first time ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02028-1)**Emilio Dorigatti*1 citation*
2381. **[The many mentoring types explained ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02730-0)**Julie Gould*1 citation*
2382. **[The most detailed 3D map of the Universe ever made ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01466-1)**Davide Castelvecchi*1 citation*
2383. **[The mouth’s curative superpowers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02923-7)**Natalie Healey*1 citation*
2384. **[The science events to watch for in 2022 ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03772-0)**Davide Castelvecchi*1 citation*
2385. **[The science news that shaped 2021: Nature’s picks ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03734-6)***1 citation*
2386. **[The surgical solution to congenital heart defects ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03517-z)**Benjamin Plackett*1 citation*
2387. **[The unexpected ancestry of Inner Asian mummies ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02872-1)**Paula N. Doumani Dupuy*1 citation*
2388. **[The world needs a single naming system for coronavirus variants ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00105-z)***1 citation*
2389. **[The world’s scientific panel on biodiversity needs a bigger role ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02339-3)***1 citation*
2390. **[These archaeologists helped quell a COVID surge in Madagascar ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01933-9)**Megan Scudellari*1 citation*
2391. **[This digital-hygiene routine will protect your scholarship ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02901-z)**Guillaume Cabanac*1 citation*
2392. **[Thousands of new and improved mineral symbols ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02884-x)**Laurence Noel Warr*1 citation*
2393. **[Thousands protest against funding cuts to SDG work ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00941-z)**Jenni Barclay, Kent Buse, Claire J. Horwell et al.*1 citation*
2394. **[Tips for managing an industry move without your academic supervisor’s support ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02999-1)**Amy DePaul*1 citation*
2395. **[Tips from neuroscience to keep you focused on hard tasks ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00606-x)**David Badre*1 citation*
2396. **[To remedy health disparities, more scientists must ‘get political’ ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01100-0)***1 citation*
2397. **[Towards personalized treatment of smoking-related lung cancers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01113-9)**Gary Middleton*1 citation*
2398. **[Track disability in COVID-19 statistics ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02233-y)**Fei Qi*1 citation*
2399. **[Trove of CRISPR-like gene-cutting enzymes found in microbes ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02461-2)**Heidi K. Ledford*1 citation*
2400. **[Two giants of cell division in an oppressive embrace ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01944-6)**Silke Hauf*1 citation*

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