Geneticists are starting to unravel evolution's role in mental illness
Oct 29, 2017, 8:00 pm By Sara ReardonHints emerge that past environments could have influenced psychiatric disorders. Nature News doi:…Huge microwave observatory to search for cosmic inflation
Oct 29, 2017, 8:00 pm By Edwin CartlidgeMulti-telescope project has ambitious goals and a big price tag. Nature News doi:…3D map of mouse neurons reveals complex connections
Oct 26, 2017, 8:00 pm By Sara ReardonReconstructions of single cells highlight how far they can reach into the brain. Nature News doi:…Ageing satellites put crucial sea-ice climate record at risk
Oct 26, 2017, 8:00 pm By Alexandra WitzeScientists scramble to avert disruption to data set that has tracked polar ice since the late 1970s.…Plans rejected for East Antarctic marine park
Oct 26, 2017, 8:00 pm By April ReeseNegotiations to conserve unique ecosystems fail for the sixth year running. Nature News doi:…Genomic studies track early hints of cancer
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Oct 26, 2017, 8:00 pm By Emma MarrisA group of volunteers claims that the organization that spearheaded global protests in April has…Bitter CRISPR patent war intensifies
Oct 25, 2017, 8:00 pm By Heidi LedfordGene-editing pioneers prepare for next stage of intellectual-property disputes in the United States…China announces plans to fast-track drug approval
Oct 25, 2017, 8:00 pm By David CyranoskiPolicies are expected to speed up access to medicines and boost the country’s pharmaceutical…Out of the Syrian crisis, a data revolution takes shape
Oct 24, 2017, 8:00 pm By Amy MaxmenAid organizations have been piloting a nimble approach to cut through the fog of war. Nature 550 444…First living human cells added to brain database
Oct 24, 2017, 8:00 pm By Alison AbbottMeasurements show how neurons behave in healthy living tissue. Nature News doi:…CRISPR hacks enable pinpoint repairs to genome
Oct 24, 2017, 8:00 pm By Elie DolginPrecision tools expand the number of ‘base editors’ available for manipulating DNA and RNA.…A death sentence, Hawking's thesis and China's ambitions
Oct 24, 2017, 8:00 pm By NatureThe week in science: 20–26 October 2017. Nature 550 434 doi: 10.1038/550434aIndia gears up for second Moon mission
Oct 23, 2017, 8:00 pm By T. V. PadmaThe Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, lander and rover will track how lunar dust might scupper settlement.…Wait for Trump's science adviser breaks modern-era record
Oct 23, 2017, 8:00 pm By Lauren MorelloTop White House science job stays empty more than nine months after president took office. Nature…To stay young, kill zombie cells
Oct 23, 2017, 8:00 pm By Megan ScudellariKilling off cells that refuse to die on their own has proved a powerful anti-ageing strategy in…French scientists in uproar over changes to medical-research clusters
Oct 23, 2017, 8:00 pm By Barbara CasassusBiomedical-research agency accused of attempting to undermine autonomy of university–hospital…Cancer biology still needs physicists
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Oct 22, 2017, 8:00 pm By Emma YoungGetting smaller by absorbing bone tissue may help animals to save energy when food is scarce. Nature…Iranian scholar sentenced to death
Oct 22, 2017, 8:00 pm By Michele CatanzaroAhmadreza Djalali, a researcher in disaster medicine, has 20 days to appeal against his death…
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