Nature, Published online: 05 June 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-01811-6Fifty years ago, an equation called the Black–Scholes formula revolutionized finance, leading to a rapid growth of markets and stimulating quantitatively oriented minds. But, with time, its simplicity became a liability — and yet its legacy persists.

Nature, Published online: 05 June 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-01849-6Sleeping C. elegans offers clues to the molecular changes underpinning the link between sleep and memory.

Nature, Published online: 05 June 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05998-6We present James Webb Space Telescope observations that detect the 3.3 μm polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon feature in a galaxy observed less than 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang.

Nature, Published online: 05 June 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-01844-xThe presence of the molecules in an early galaxy means it must have pumped out stars at a furious pace, researchers say.

Nature, Published online: 05 June 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-01850-zFilters at air-pollution monitoring stations trap DNA from a multitude of flora and fauna, researchers find.

Nature, Published online: 05 June 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-01777-5The charge relates to how GNS Science communicated volcanic risk to contractors in the years before the Whakaari White Island eruption in 2019.