How the latest US travel ban could affect science
Sep 26, 2017, 8:00 pm By Sara ReardonShort-term travel and meeting attendance could become harder for researchers from eight countries,…Giant, tree-dwelling rat discovered in Solomon Islands
Sep 26, 2017, 8:00 pm By Emma YoungBut elusive coconut-cracking rodent may already be close to extinction. Nature News doi:…A quantum pioneer unlocks matter’s hidden secrets
Sep 26, 2017, 8:00 pm By Elizabeth GibneyPhysicist Gil Lonzarich has sparked a revolution in the study of phase transitions driven by quantum…Don’t let disaster recovery perpetuate injustice
Sep 26, 2017, 8:00 pm By Benjamin K. SovacoolPoor and minority communities already bear the brunt of natural catastrophes. Rebuilding efforts…Roads are slicing up giant pandas' habitat
Sep 26, 2017, 8:00 pm By April ReesePanda populations are rising, but the species has less living space today than three decades ago.…European detector spots its first gravitational wave
Sep 26, 2017, 8:00 pm By Elizabeth GibneyBlack-hole merger pinpointed with record accuracy by the LIGO and Virgo observatories. Nature News…Oldest traces of life on Earth may lurk in Canadian rocks
Sep 26, 2017, 8:00 pm By Alexandra WitzeResearchers report chemical evidence of organisms that lived 3.95 billion years ago, but scepticism…Hurricanes Harvey and Irma send scientists scrambling for data
Sep 25, 2017, 8:00 pm By Rachael LallensackEven before getting their own lives settled, teams collect information on storm behaviour and their…Deadly Mexico quakes not linked
Sep 25, 2017, 8:00 pm By Alexandra WitzeDespite close timing, researchers doubt that the first big tremor set off the second. Nature 549 442…Biochemist chosen as Canada's chief science adviser
Sep 25, 2017, 8:00 pm By Nicola JonesMona Nemer is a former administrator at the University of Ottawa whose research has focused on…The drug-maker's guide to the galaxy
Sep 25, 2017, 8:00 pm By Asher MullardHow machine learning and big data are helping chemists search the vast chemical universe for better…Giant iceberg’s split exposes hidden ecosystem
Sep 25, 2017, 8:00 pm By Jo MarchantBiologists rush to study creatures living beneath Larsen C ice shelf before they disappear. Nature…What Germany’s election results mean for science
Sep 24, 2017, 8:00 pm By Quirin SchiermeierA new coalition could face battles over gene editing and climate regulations. Nature News doi:…High-energy cosmic rays come from outside our Galaxy
Sep 20, 2017, 8:00 pm By Davide CastelvecchiGiant observatory announces long-awaited result. Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2017.22655United Kingdom sees dip in European research applications after Brexit vote
Sep 20, 2017, 8:00 pm By Inga VesperBut overall data don't show a big impact on UK's involvement with European science. Nature News doi:…Fossilized poo reveals that vegetarian dinosaurs had a taste for crabs
Sep 20, 2017, 8:00 pm By Alexandra WitzeAncient crustaceans in dino dung from Utah illuminate herbivores’ broad diet. Nature News doi:…Jellyfish caught snoozing give clues to origin of sleep
Sep 20, 2017, 8:00 pm By Carrie ArnoldThe brainless marine creatures are the simplest organisms known to seek slumber. Nature News doi:…How the Internet of cells has biologists buzzing
Sep 19, 2017, 8:00 pm By Monya BakerNetworks of nanotubes may allow cells to share everything from infections and cancer to…Sexual competition among ducks wreaks havoc on penis size
Sep 19, 2017, 8:00 pm By Amy MaxmenWhen forced to compete for mates, some birds develop longer penises and others almost nothing at…CRISPR used to peer into human embryos' first days
Sep 19, 2017, 8:00 pm By Heidi LedfordGene-edited embryos enable researchers to unpick role of a crucial gene, with more studies likely to…
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