Nature, Published online: 30 November 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-03396-w

Medical researcher Ahmadreza Djalali is to be moved to a different prison pending 'imminent' execution.

Nature, Published online: 30 November 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-03370-6

Canada leads the pack in terms of doses secured per capita.

Nature, Published online: 30 November 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-03397-9

Tens of thousands of ice-age paintings stretch across nearly 13 kilometres of remote cliffs. Plus, DeepMind makes a protein-folding breakthrough and a top Iranian nuclear scientist has been assassinated.

Nature, Published online: 30 November 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-03383-1

Immunologist Federica Benvenuti investigates the guard dogs of the immune system while training young scientists from developing nations.

Nature, Published online: 30 November 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-03394-y

Expressive language can make for better reading, but pruning it from peer reviews might create a kinder research culture, say Rebekah Baglini and Christine Parsons.

Nature, Published online: 30 November 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-03348-4

Google’s deep-learning program for determining the 3D shapes of proteins stands to transform biology, say scientists.

Nature, Published online: 30 November 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-03379-x

Strange beasts stalk a history of thought experiments.

Nature, Published online: 30 November 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-03380-4

Physicist who won Nobel for optical tweezers that trap atoms and proteins.

Nature, Published online: 27 November 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-03374-2

The first known African plant to use reptiles as its primary pollinator, how to adapt when your fieldwork is cancelled and neutrinos reveal the Sun’s inner workings.

Nature, Published online: 27 November 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-03369-z

A second lockdown saps scientific creativity, says John Tregoning, but vaccine news and US election result offer hope at the end of a challenging year.

Nature, Published online: 27 November 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-03368-0

As COVID-19 restrictions continue to upend plans for data collection, scientists stuck at home are finding innovative ways to adapt their research questions. Here’s what they’re doing.