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Although large, elongated protrusions on a 247-million-year-old reptile fossil have some similarities to feathers, they are not feathers go.nature.com/46ptoZn

Lasers have been used to heat solid gold well beyond its melting temperature without losing the metal’s crystalline structure — exceeding a theoretical superheating limit go.nature.com/46lfmrP

A long-standing mystery about a pathway that makes a key defence molecule in various valuable crop plants is finally solved go.nature.com/40x6VWy

Observations of a young star offer a glimpse of the high-temperature conditions that shaped rock formation in the early Solar System go.nature.com/46yXIB5

A bacterially produced molecule circulates in the bloodstream and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by hijacking immune-cell signalling go.nature.com/4kGbuoD

Single-cell analysis reveals the extent of genome doubling in ovarian cancer, its variability and its role in enabling tumours to evade the immune system go.nature.com/4eTrpP3

Random fluctuations in the intensity and energy of X-ray lasers have been harnessed for high-resolution spectroscopy go.nature.com/3GOdJbG

Soil samples from the far side of the Moon provide clues about the origin of lunar asymmetry go.nature.com/44A1VBD

A landmark field study reveals widespread pollution of the Atlantic Ocean by nanoscale plastic debris go.nature.com/4lloUaN

Fossil data of a modern bird's development reveal that wrist evolution preceded bird origins go.nature.com/4eQMWrW

A powerful strategy to treat cancer is to harness the immune system go.nature.com/46wPOb6

If this layer is broken, movement of the gases ethylene and oxygen triggers a healing process go.nature.com/4lDOaZK

Predation experiments using models of edible flies and stinging wasps provide some answers to a long-standing evolutionary puzzle in mimicry research go.nature.com/4nvGzxS

Measurements with confined photons challenge a prediction that particles that ‘quantum tunnel’ into infinitely long barriers will get stuck go.nature.com/4nwoe3Y

Most sexually reproducing species have an even chromosome copy number, but the dog rose does not. What explains its unusual pattern of chromosome inheritance? go.nature.com/3GsZ4Ct

Neurons often receive mitochondria from other cells, supporting cancer cell spread go.nature.com/3FYp9cB

Experiments in which systems of interacting electrons are split apart reveal the signatures of a liquid-like state — even for as few as three electrons go.nature.com/3T7ucub

There's an intimate relationship between computer-vision research and surveillance applications created for the military, the police and profit-driven corporations go.nature.com/45ZRJ87

This innovative approach converts eight commonly used plastics to their original chemical building blocks go.nature.com/3TaSmUv

Locusts were one of the ten Plagues of Egypt described in the Bible and are still a serious threat to agriculture today go.nature.com/4431h0F