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Puppies trust their mums — and humans
Young dogs facing scary objects look to humans for guidance.
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Editorial |
Curbing opioid addiction needs more than new drugs
Plans by the National Institutes of Health to tackle a drug epidemic in the United States can treat only the symptoms, not the cause.
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Research Highlight |
How cells imprison viruses in molecular cages
Corralled viruses escape by co-opting cellular proteins.
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Research Highlight |
A short course of laxatives has long-lasting effects on microbiome
Drugs prompt some gut bacteria to vanish in mice.
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Correction |
Author Correction: Disruption of the beclin 1–BCL2 autophagy regulatory complex promotes longevity in mice
- Álvaro F. Fernández
- , Salwa Sebti
- , Yongjie Wei
- , Zhongju Zou
- , Mingjun Shi
- , Kathryn L. McMillan
- , Congcong He
- , Tabitha Ting
- , Yang Liu
- , Wei-Chung Chiang
- , Denise K. Marciano
- , Gabriele G. Schiattarella
- , Govind Bhagat
- , Orson W. Moe
- , Ming Chang Hu
- & Beth Levine
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News |
New human gene tally reignites debate
Some fifteen years after the human genome was sequenced, researchers still can’t agree on how many genes it contains.
- Cassandra Willyard
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World View |
How will you judge me if not by impact factor?
Stop saying that publication metrics don’t matter, and tell early-career researchers what does, says John Tregoning.
- John Tregoning
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Research Highlight |
Oaks last 800 years with help of DNA double take
Iconic tree may owe its long life to gene duplication.
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Career Feature |
How a hobby can boost researchers’ productivity and creativity
A regular pastime can ease mental stress, improve work–life balance and help scientists to reach innovative solutions in their work.
- Julia Rosen
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Research Highlight |
A mini-laser that can light up living tissues
Tiny device produces a continuous beam for more than five hours.
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News & Views |
A molecular signature for social isolation identified in the brain
Extended social isolation causes debilitating effects in social mammals such as humans. A study in mice shows that the gene Tac2 is upregulated throughout the brains of socially isolated animals, driving massive behavioural changes.
- Noga Zilkha
- & Tali Kimchi
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Career Q&A |
A deforestation detective rethinks how industry can quell emissions
How validating and confirming big data can entirely change your point of view.
- Virginia Gewin
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Letter |
Enantioselective remote meta-C–H arylation and alkylation via a chiral transient mediator
Remote, enantioselective C–H activation reactions can be achieved by relaying ortho-C–H activation to the meta position, using a chiral norbornene as the mediator.
- Hang Shi
- , Alastair N. Herron
- , Ying Shao
- , Qian Shao
- & Jin-Quan Yu
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Books & Arts |
Maria Mitchell at 200: a pioneering astronomer who fought for women in science
Richard Holmes celebrates Mitchell’s pedagogic fire and salty opinions on the bicentenary of her birth.
- Richard Holmes
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Correction |
Publisher Correction: Observation of anisotropic magneto-Peltier effect in nickel
- Ken-ichi Uchida
- , Shunsuke Daimon
- , Ryo Iguchi
- & Eiji Saitoh
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Research Highlight |
A crab spider’s guide to going airborne
Large arachnids poke out a leg to test which way the wind blows.
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News |
Microsoft’s purchase of GitHub leaves some scientists uneasy
They fear the online platform will become less open, but other researchers say the buyout could make GitHub more useful.
- Andrew Silver
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News |
Controversial alcohol study cancelled by US health agency
An investigation by the US National Institutes of Health finds missteps that put the industry-funded project’s credibility in doubt.
- Sara Reardon
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News |
Cancer researchers target the dormant cells that seed tumours
Different approach to treatment zeroes in on the silent cells that break off of tumours — and aims to keep them asleep.
- Heidi Ledford
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News |
New Zealand appoints first female chief scientific adviser
Biochemist Juliet Gerrard will advise the government on key science issues when she takes up the position next month.
- Bianca Nogrady
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News |
Asteroid battle: Tech entrepreneur doubles down on critique of NASA mission
Nathan Myhrvold argues that the scientific approach of the landmark NEOWISE space-rock mission is deeply flawed.
- Alexandra Witze
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News |
Mammals turn to night life to avoid people
From possums to elephants, animals tend to avoid times of the day when people are out and about.
- Giorgia Guglielmi
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Article |
Loss of coral reef growth capacity to track future increases in sea level
Analyses of current coral reef growth rates in the tropical western Atlantic and Indian Ocean show that few reefs will have the capacity to track sea-level rise projections under Representative Concentration Pathway scenarios without sustained ecological recovery.
- Chris T. Perry
- , Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip
- , Nicholas A. J. Graham
- , Peter J. Mumby
- , Shaun K. Wilson
- , Paul S. Kench
- , Derek P. Manzello
- , Kyle M. Morgan
- , Aimee B. A. Slangen
- , Damian P. Thomson
- , Fraser Januchowski-Hartley
- , Scott G. Smithers
- , Robert S. Steneck
- , Renee Carlton
- , Evan N. Edinger
- , Ian C. Enochs
- , Nuria Estrada-Saldívar
- , Michael D. E. Haywood
- , Graham Kolodziej
- , Gary N. Murphy
- , Esmeralda Pérez-Cervantes
- , Adam Suchley
- , Lauren Valentino
- , Robert Boenish
- , Margaret Wilson
- & Chancey Macdonald
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Research Highlight |
One special cell can revive a flatworm on the brink of death
Scientists pinpoint the stem cells that bestow the power of regeneration on planaria.
