Hi listeners, Benjamin here. It's coming up to the end of the year,

and we're going to have a little look back at some of the things that were covered in nature.

And today, we're going to be focusing on our news and views coverage that happened throughout the year.

And to do so, I'm joined by a couple of folks from the News and Views team.

Andy Mitchinson, chief news and views editor.

Hello.

And Holly Smith, a senior news and views editor here at Nature.

Hi.

We're going to talk about some of the stories that you both covered in the news and views section today. But before we do, obviously our listeners know exactly what a news and views article is. We love them. I certainly read them all the time. But Andy, in case anyone's forgotten, maybe you could just give a quick summary of what these are.

So we commission experts to explain to non-experts about the best things

that are happening in science today. We cover a lot of nature papers, but we'll cover papers from

anywhere. And we basically get these experts to explain things to you so that you don't have to read

the paper. I mean, super helpful and covering a huge array of topics. Let's talk about

what you both focus on. Holly, why don't you go first? What's your sort of area that you cover in

the news and views? So I'm a biologist by training, so I cover half of our biology content. That

ranges from anything from neuroscience to genetics and even social sciences and environmental health epidemiology, that kind of thing.

Pretty small remit. Yeah, just like half of all biology. And Andy, chemistry is your bag, right?

Yeah, I deal with chemistry, which is not something I choose to admit at parties, but not just chemistry,

anything that more or less involves molecules. Wow. Anything involving molecules is a fairly broad palette, I would say.

It is, yeah.

Well, let's talk about some of the news and views articles that stood out to you both this year.

And let's stick with molecules.

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