Nature, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00944-6The Centre for Policy Research has lost its chief executive, most of its staff and is running out of cash.

Nature, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01272-5Nature spoke to the sci-fi program’s adviser and two other researchers about the portrayal of PhD scientists and their technologies.

Nature, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01263-6Daisy, a member of a breed used to find fungal delicacies, detected a critically endangered Australian fungus faster than a trained human could.

Nature, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01209-yAn innovative proposal to stop exam over-preparation, plus William Bateson’s 1924 take on the previous century of biology, in the weekly dip into Nature’s archive.

Nature, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01214-1With an election under way, the future of Indian science is on the ballot. Encouraging research and critical thinking should be a priority for the new government.

Nature, Published online: 30 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01270-7Corrosion is a global menace to crucial infrastructure — act to stop the rot now