Nature, Published online: 08 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01059-4

If you struggle with home working but are having to do it because of the coronavirus, Lucy Taylor has some advice.

Nature, Published online: 07 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01011-6

The world’s most contagious virus has killed thousands in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and 23 countries have suspended measles vaccination campaigns as they cope with SARS-CoV-2.

Nature, Published online: 07 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01048-7

Nature’s pick of science images this month focuses on the COVID-19 outbreak.

Nature, Published online: 07 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01030-3

Radioactive fallout from the cold war shows that one whale shark studied was 50 years old when it died.

Nature, Published online: 07 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01047-8

For the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, COVID-19 has forced a new way of doing business.

Nature, Published online: 07 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01045-w

To lead a climate-friendly life, kiss the car goodbye.

Nature, Published online: 07 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01029-w

The discovery could help to unravel the evolution of the Universe’s most extreme environments.

Nature, Published online: 07 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00995-5

Andrew Robinson reviews five of the week’s best science picks.

Nature, Published online: 07 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01034-z

Inclusive science: ditch insensitive terminology

Nature, Published online: 07 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01032-1

COVID-19: review Indigenous peoples’ data

Nature, Published online: 07 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01033-0

Build diversity among science prize winners

Nature, Published online: 07 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01031-2

Support early-career researchers for post-pandemic prospects

Nature, Published online: 07 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01009-0

The pandemic is fuelling deplorable racism and discrimination, especially against Asian people. Education and research will also pay the price.

Nature, Published online: 06 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01053-w

Examine the shaky evidence for the efficacy of a decades-old antimalarial against coronavirus. Plus: Canada begins the world’s largest clinical trial of survivors’ blood to treat COVID-19, and celebrating the life of astrophysicist Margaret Burbidge, who traced the origin of everything to the hearts of stars.

Nature, Published online: 06 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01044-x

Trust, testing, treatment and a quirk of fate have kept Germany’s death rate an order of magnitude lower than those in nearby nations. Plus: step through the coronavirus’s full genome and rediscover the polio epidemic that invented intensive care.

Nature, Published online: 06 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00996-4

The grandeur of the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office building reminds Carole Mundell of scientists’ role in tackling transnational challenges.

Nature, Published online: 06 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00994-6

Up close, the all too human business of doing science is messy. By Sabine Hossenfelder.

Nature, Published online: 03 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01027-y

Staying at home is not an option for scientists working on potential vaccines or caring for research animals.

Nature, Published online: 03 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01019-y

A heroic community effort at a daring hospital saved lives, led to today’s ventilators and revolutionized medicine — it holds lessons for our times.

Nature, Published online: 03 April 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01028-x

Colleagues facing closed labs and enforced social distancing need a different type of support. Mentors must change their approach, says Ruth Gotian.