Astrophysics: Cosmic neutrinos abound

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524391e

Super-high-energy neutrinos from outside the Milky Way pepper Earth from all directions.Neutrinos are created in the Universe's most violent environments and travel through it almost unimpeded, providing a way to study distant astronomical objects. A team at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South

The week in science: 21–27 August 2015

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/524392a

Endangered bird mix-up, methane emission restrictions, and ice lab drifts home

Biohackers gear up for genome editing

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/524398a

Author: Heidi Ledford

Amateurs are ready and able to try the CRISPR technique for rewriting genes.

How cities can beat the heat

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/524402a

Author: Hannah Hoag

Rising temperatures are threatening urban areas, but efforts to cool them may not work as planned.

Water and climate: Recognize anthropogenic drought

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524409a

Authors: Amir AghaKouchak, David Feldman, Martin Hoerling, Travis Huxman & Jay Lund

California's current extreme drought must be a lesson for managing water in a warmer, more densely populated world, say Amir AghaKouchak and colleagues.

History of science: The crucible of change

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524412a

Author: Philip Ball

Philip Ball gets to grips with a revolutionary history of the scientific revolution.

Digital privacy: Subverting surveillance

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524413a

Author: Anthony King

Anthony King tours a playful exhibition that probes covert data collection and tracking.

Science fiction: Cosmology boot camp

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524414a

Author: John Gilbey

John Gilbey goes on the road in the US far west to refine the science in his fiction.

Food production: Cut food waste to help feed world

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524415a

Author: Don Gunasekera

Climate-proofing farms to help feed the world's expanding population needs to be complemented by global measures to cut food losses and waste (see Nature523, 396–397;10.1038/523396a2015).Roughly one-third of the food produced annually for human consumption — around

Neuroanatomy: Forgotten findings of brain lymphatics

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524415b

Authors: Éva Mezey & Miklós Palkovits

Antoine Louveau and colleagues describe lymphatic vessels in the central nervous system (Nature523, 337–341;10.1038/nature144322015), suggesting that “the unique location of these vessels may have impeded their discovery to date”. However, these findings are not without precedent.

Europe: Lifelong learning for all in biomedicine

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524415c

Authors: Cath Brooksbank & Claire Johnson

Cross-disciplinary and team-based modern research is overwhelming established mechanisms for maintaining professional competency. This calls for a change to personnel training that is not limited to professors (see C. E.Leiserson and C.McVinneyNature523, 279–281;10.1038/523279a2015).

History: Physicist's death changed war policy

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524415d

Author: Min-Liang Wong

Just over 100 years ago, on 10 August, the 27-year-old British physicist Henry Moseley was killed in the First World War at the battle of Gallipoli. His work on the X-ray spectra of atoms had already explained the basis of Dmitri Mendeleev's periodic table of

Offsets: Conservation served by flexibility

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524415e

Authors: Jared J. Hardner, Raymond E. Gullison & Porter P. Lowry II

The debate over whether national protected areas are eligible for biodiversity-offset funding should factor in the different challenges and contexts for countries seeking to conserve their biodiversity (see M.Maronet al. Nature523, 401–403;10.1038/523401a2015).Offsets that

Yoichiro Nambu (1921–2015)

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524416a

Author: Michael S. Turner

Visionary theorist who shaped modern particle physics.

Know your network

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/nj7566-507a

Author: Peter Fiske

Seek and cultivate professional relationships to advance your career, says Peter Fiske.

Trade talk: Impact assessor

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/nj7566-508a

Author: Monya Baker

Arie Meir describes his route from a PhD in biophysics to a leadership position assessing projects for the philanthropic arm of Google.

Under an uncaring sky

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/524510a

Author: William Meikle

Ill met by starlight.

Questioning evidence of group selection in spiders

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/nature14595

Authors: Lena Grinsted, Trine Bilde & James D. J. Gilbert

arising from J. N. Pruitt & C. J. Goodnight Nature514, 359–362 (2014); doi:10.1038/nature13811Any field study showing convincing evidence of group selection would be a significant contribution to the field of evolutionary biology. Pruitt and Goodnight

Group selection versus group adaptation

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/nature14596

Author: Andy Gardner

arising from J. N. Pruitt & C. J. Goodnight Nature514, 359–362 (2014); doi:10.1038/nature13811Pruitt and Goodnight describe how the ratio of aggressive versus docile females varies among naturally occurring colonies of the social spider Anelosimus

Pruitt & Goodnight reply

Nature 524, 7566 (2015). doi:10.1038/nature14597

Authors: Jonathan N. Pruitt & Charles J. Goodnight

replying to L. Grinsted, T. Bilde & J. D. J. Gilbert Nature524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature14595 (2015); A. Gardner Nature524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature14596 (2015)In Pruitt and Goodnight we provided experimental evidence that group selection has contributed