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Books & Arts |
Where the wild tales are: how stories teach kids to nurture nature
S. F. Said explores a study on children’s books as preparation for planetary crises.
- S. F. Said
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News |
US environment agency pushes to limit its use of non-public data
Critics say the US Environmental Protection Agency's plan would hamstring public health and environmental protections.
- Jeff Tollefson
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Kids beat elite runners in fitness tests
Children can surpass competitive athletes on assessments of exercise-induced fatigue.
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Is ‘friendly fire’ in the brain provoking Alzheimer’s disease?
Scientists want to combat dementia and neurodegeneration by keeping the brain’s immune system from going rogue.
- Alison Abbott
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Why a sweaty workout dampens appetite
A rise in body temperature directly affects brain cells that regulate eating.
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US government considers charging for popular Earth-observing data
Images from Landsat satellites and agricultural-survey programme are freely available to scientists — but for how long?
- Gabriel Popkin
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Books & Arts |
A visceral history of dinosaurs, the world through the nose of a dog and the psychological secrets of the plot twist: Books in brief
Barbara Kiser reviews five of the week’s best science picks.
- Barbara Kiser
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Rent increase hits Europe’s drug regulator before Brexit move
With a move from London to Amsterdam less than a year away, the European Medicines Agency is facing uncertainty.
- Inga Vesper
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News & Views |
50 & 100 years ago
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Arctic ice carries heavy freight of plastic
Many of the microplastic particles in northern sea ice originated thousands of kilometres to the south.
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Scientists’ early grant success fuels further funding
Young researchers who narrowly miss out on postdoctoral grant struggle to compete with those who just qualify.
- Holly Else
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A lab co-op helps young faculty members to thrive
Linking a lab with others fosters crucial camaraderie, collaboration and productivity, writes Rebecca Heald.
- Rebecca Heald
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News & Views |
Hunger is a gatekeeper of pain in the brain
A neuronal population has now been found that regulates two competing needs — hunger and pain. Urgent pain overrides hunger, but appetite-inducing neuronal activity dampens long-term pain responses to enable feeding.
- Alexey Ponomarenko
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Research Highlight |
Fibre aids fight against nasty gut infection
Well-nourished microbiome can shut out potentially lethal bacteria.
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Nanoscale synthesis and affinity ranking
A system that combines nanoscale synthesis and affinity ranking enables high-throughput screening of reaction conditions and bioactivity for a given protein target, accelerating the process of drug discovery.
- Nathan J. Gesmundo
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Mars probe poised to solve red planet’s methane mystery
Researchers hope European–Russian Trace Gas Orbiter will end a long-running debate over source of the gas on Mars.
- Nisha Gaind
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More whiplash weather in store for California
Swings from baking drought to extreme downpours will be more common, scientists warn.
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A nanomaterial to make your phone battery last
Compound prevents deterioration of an inexpensive component.
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Flu virus finally sequenced in its native form
Direct sequencing of RNA molecules such as virus genomes should help to unpick role of mysterious chemical modifications.
- Ewen Callaway
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Clear signs of global warming will hit poorer countries first
New climate-inequality tool quantifies how quickly the weather will veer beyond normal in different regions.
- Quirin Schiermeier
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Cutting-edge microscope spies on living cells inside the body
Imaging technique captures 3D video of cells at work in unprecedented detail.
- Alex Fox
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Research Highlight |
Newfound chameleon species flashes rainbow colours and a nose like Pinocchio’s
Resplendent reptile and two similar species have been discovered in the remote forests of Madagascar.
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Grassland plants show surprising appetite for carbon dioxide
Results from a long-running field experiment suggest that a major group of plants could thrive as the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases.
- Jeff Tollefson
