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# Nature 2021: all accepted papers

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2501. **[AI maths whiz creates tough new problems for humans to solve ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00304-8)**Davide Castelvecchi
2502. **[Abel Prize celebrates union of mathematics and computer science ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00694-9)**Davide Castelvecchi
2503. **[Across the Sahara in a day: swifts zip across the desert at amazing rates ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03582-4)**
2504. **[Addendum: Active superelasticity in three-dimensional epithelia of controlled shape ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03281-0)**Ernest Latorre, Sohan Kale, Laura Casares et al.
2505. **[Adopting as academics: what we learnt ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03482-7)**Tony Ly, Nathan W. Bailey
2506. **[Affluence buys a diet good for human health and bad for the planet ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02404-x)**
2507. **[Afghanistan: conflict risks local and global health ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02468-9)**Muhammad Jawad Noon
2508. **[Africa accelerator, racial-bias fears and UK science budget ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02994-6)**
2509. **[Africa: renewables infrastructure avoids stranded assets ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01927-7)**Zhanyun Wang, Miriam L. Diamond
2510. **[Africa’s vaccine revolution, fetal-tissue studies and infection protection ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01085-w)**
2511. **[After Trump, US researchers urge Biden to block political meddling in science ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02132-2)**Nidhi Subbaraman
2512. **[Ahmedabad: local data beat the heat ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03486-3)**Priya Dutta, Jeremy J Hess, Polash Mukerjee
2513. **[Akito Arima (1930–2020) ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00189-7)**David Swinbanks
2514. **[Alien view of Earth and deleted coronavirus sequences ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01748-8)**
2515. **[All aboard the climate train! Scientists join activists for COP26 trip ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03008-1)**Tosin Thompson
2516. **[All in the mind: what the placebo effect looks like in the brain ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02939-z)**
2517. **[All-nighter: staying up to fight malaria ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03500-8)**Brendan Maher
2518. **[Amazing ants, brain maps, and mammals before the dinosaurs: Books in brief ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02176-4)**Andrew Robinson
2519. **[Amphibious fish get smart — by working out on land ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01593-9)**
2520. **[An Egyptian mummy wears an unprecedented suit of mud ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00292-9)**
2521. **[An IPCC reviewer shares his thoughts on the climate debate ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03673-2)**Sarah O’Meara
2522. **[An abandoned antibiotic makes a comeback to fight a common illness ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02716-y)**
2523. **[An absorbing tale: poison dart frogs might have a ‘toxin sponge’ ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02104-6)**
2524. **[An antibody joins forces with the pancreas to delay diabetes ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00588-w)**
2525. **[An atom shuffles its electrons at ultrahigh speed — and is caught in the act ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00773-x)**
2526. **[An easily swallowed capsule injects drugs straight into the gut ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02443-4)**
2527. **[An ice core from cold-war days reveals Greenland’s green and balmy past ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00679-8)**
2528. **[An incomparable intellectual who fell through the cracks of history ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01248-9)**Georgina Ferry
2529. **[An ink ‘writes’ tiny generators that are powered by heat ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02182-6)**
2530. **[An iron grip could help pee to produce electricity ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02559-7)**
2531. **[An unprecedented genomic analysis helped to curb an Ebola outbreak ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00986-0)**
2532. **[An unruly painkiller is tamed with inspiration from nature ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02514-6)**
2533. **[An update on the Copernican principle ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01908-w)**J. W. Armstrong
2534. **[Ancient Maya capital housed a copy of a rival city’s pyramid ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02599-z)**
2535. **[Ancient footprints could be oldest traces of humans in the Americas ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02597-1)**Ewen Callaway
2536. **[Ancient mud bricks show adobe’s foundations 5,000 years ago ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03446-x)**
2537. **[Andes foothills protected by carbon-offset fund ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01958-0)**Evert Thomas, Marleni Ramirez, Lily O. Rodríguez et al.
2538. **[Animals around the world follow the ‘island rule’ to a curious fate ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00981-5)**
2539. **[Animals’ bright colours don’t lie: eat me and you’ll be sorry ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01123-7)**
2540. **[Another strike against Zoom: the brain learns faces better in person ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01415-y)**
2541. **[Antarctic rocks on the rebound could raise sea level much more than expected ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01217-2)**
2542. **[Antarctic volcano trembles in the wake of distant quakes ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01364-6)**
2543. **[Antibodies reveal who’s protected by Moderna’s COVID vaccine ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02237-8)**Ewen Callaway
2544. **[Antimatter cooled by laser light ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00786-6)**M. Hori
2545. **[Antimatter cooled with lasers for the first time ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00884-5)**Benjamin A. Thompson, Nick Petrić Howe
2546. **[Antimatter in the proton is more down than up ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00430-3)**H. Gao
2547. **[Ants shrink their brains for motherhood — but can enlarge them when egg-laying ends ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00992-2)**
2548. **[Are 20 seconds of handwashing really necessary? Physics says yes ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02241-y)**
2549. **[Are female science leaders judged more harshly than men? Study it ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03643-8)**Martina Schraudner, Elizabeth Pollitzer
2550. **[Armoured dinosaurs of the Southern Hemisphere ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03572-6)**
2551. **[Arms control: cuttlefish can pass the ‘marshmallow test’ ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00556-4)**
2552. **[Asteroid deflection and disordered diamonds — the week in infographics ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03553-9)**
2553. **[Astronomers push for global debate on giant satellite swarms ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01954-4)**Alexandra Witze
2554. **[Astrophysicists unveil glut of gravitational-wave detections ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03089-y)**Davide Castelvecchi
2555. **[Audio long-read: Can artificially altered clouds save the Great Barrier Reef? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02503-9)**Jeff Tollefson, Benjamin A. Thompson
2556. **[Audio long-read: How COVID exposed flaws in evidence-based medicine ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01597-5)**Helen E. Pearson, Benjamin Thompson
2557. **[Audio long-read: How ancient people learned to love carbs ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01998-6)**Andrew E. Curry, Nick Petrić Howe
2558. **[Audio long-read: How dangerous is Africa’s explosive Lake Kivu? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02984-8)**Nicola Jones, Benjamin A. Thompson
2559. **[Audio long-read: How drugmakers can be better prepared for the next pandemic ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01047-2)**Elie Dolgin, Benjamin Thompson
2560. **[Audio long-read: How harmful are microplastics? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01373-5)**XiaoZhi Lim, Benjamin A. Thompson
2561. **[Audio long-read: Push, pull and squeeze – the hidden forces that shape life ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00235-4)**Amber Dance, Benjamin A. Thompson
2562. **[Audio long-read: Rise of the robo-writers ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00885-4)**Matthew Hutson, Benjamin A. Thompson
2563. **[Audio long-read: Thundercloud Project tackles a gamma-ray mystery ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00491-4)**Elizabeth Gibney, Benjamin A. Thompson
2564. **[Audio long-read: why sports concussions are worse for women ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02299-8)**Katharine Sanderson, Shamini Bundell
2565. **[Australian bush fires and fuel loads ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02358-0)**Mark Adams, Mathias Neumann
2566. **[Australia’s cane toads evolved as cannibals with frightening speed ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02317-9)**Max Kozlov
2567. **[Australia’s oldest rock painting and a prestigious mathematics prize ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00732-6)**
2568. **[Babbling bats, autocorrected genes and COVID antibodies ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02289-w)**
2569. **[Babies with mystery illnesses benefit from genome sequencing ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01499-6)**
2570. **[Babies’ gut bacteria teem with antibiotic-resistance genes ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01051-6)**
2571. **[Baboons show signs of prolonged stress — and the toll it takes ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01052-5)**
2572. **[Baby bats babble like human infants ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02258-3)**Max Kozlov
2573. **[Baby bats try out their ‘sonar’ just after birth ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02940-6)**
2574. **[Baby stars make it in a tough part of the Galaxy ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00907-1)**
2575. **[Back to the lab bench for Chinese entrepreneur ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02175-5)**Sarah O’Meara
2576. **[Battery-powered trains offer a cost-effective ride to a cleaner world ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03448-9)**
2577. **[Beads reveal long-distance connections in early Africa ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03681-2)**Benjamin Collins, Amy Hatton
2578. **[Being fluent in a second language can boost your research ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01797-z)**Jamie A. Sugrue
2579. **[Bendable mini-scanner records every loop of a fingerprint ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03075-4)**
2580. **[BepiColombo gets first close-up look at Mercury ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02685-2)**Davide Castelvecchi
2581. **[Bespoke open databases would be cheaper and easier to analyse ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02234-x)**Nikolaus Obwegeser, Henrik Moodysson Rønnow, Tomoko Yokoi
2582. **[Bespoke open databases: cheaper and easier to analyse ↗](https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/288069)**Nikolaus Obwegeser, Henrik Moodysson Rønnow, Tomoko Yokoi
2583. **[Better catalysts from super-fast heating ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01665-w)**Neil J. Savage
2584. **[Between worlds ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02227-w)**Matthew Sanborn Smith
2585. **[Beware of rainbows ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02961-1)**S. R. Algernon
2586. **[Biden must keep funding pledge to historically Black colleges and universities ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02555-x)**
2587. **[Biden’s science adviser, COVID reinfections and vaccine tests ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00074-3)**
2588. **[Biologist to lead Europe’s premier research funder ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01843-w)**Alison Abbott
2589. **[Birding with my human ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01866-3)**Sylvia Heike
2590. **[Birds of paradise reveal a dark secret ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01789-z)**Katharine Sanderson
2591. **[Black hole jets bent by magnetic fields ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01171-z)**J. Bagchi
2592. **[Black holes, buckyballs and boxing hares — April’s best science images ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01121-9)**Emma Stoye
2593. **[Bonobo mums open their arms to outsider orphans ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00726-4)**
2594. **[Boost US federal funding for international trainees ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01469-y)**Oscar E. Reyes Gaido, Mark E. Anderson
2595. **[Boost for Africa’s research must protect its biodiversity ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02356-2)**Nils Chr. Stenseth, Sebsebe Demissew
2596. **[Born secret — the heavy burden of bomb physics ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01024-9)**Sharon Weinberger
2597. **[Brain maps show how empathetic mice feel each other's pain ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00016-z)**
2598. **[Brain-cell bouquet and snaps from Mars — March’s best science images ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00712-w)**Emma Stoye
2599. **[Breeding the sweetest biofuels in the business ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02488-5)**James Mitchell Crow
2600. **[Bright lights at night scramble the sweet song of crickets ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02560-0)**

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