NATURE NEWS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: 16 March 2010
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NUCLEAR WEAPONS PHYSICS: WELCOME TO THE ATOMIC WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT
10 March 2010
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SAVING FORESTS, CULTURES AND CARBON DIOXIDE
'Win-win' conservation should start with indigenous lands and other
protected areas.
15 March 2010
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JAPAN PREPARES FOR VENUS COUNTDOWN
Akatsuki probe could help to explain why Venus is so different from
Earth.
15 March 2010
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CARBON-CAPTURE SCHEME COULD CAUSE TOXIC BLOOMS
Findings raise more concerns over proposals to boost plankton growth in
the oceans.
15 March 2010
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Web focus : HOW TO WRITE SCIENCE BOOKS
Five top writers offer advice for budding authors in a series of
interviews in Nature. Peter Atkins reveals the hard work behind a
successful textbook and Carl Zimmer highlights how passion is essential
for popular science. In a Q&A, David Brin reveals how criticism improves
his fiction writing. Meanwhile, Georgina Ferry shares research tips for
biographies and Joanna Cole explains how to convey science to children.
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NANO-ANTENNAS COULD HELP KEEP QUANTUM SECRETS
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SNAKE INFRARED DETECTION UNRAVELLED
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CLOCK TICKING FOR AN ISTANBUL EARTHQUAKE
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SHOULD WE BE TRYING TO SAVE THE DODO?
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A TALE OF TWO SCANDINAVIAN CITIES
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A DIRECT HIT FOR THALIDOMIDE
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SCIENTISTS AGAINST PROPOSED IVORY AUCTION
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GENOMES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
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EINSTEIN PASSES COSMIC TEST
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OUTCRY OVER SCIENTISTS' DISMISSAL
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NUCLEAR WEAPONS PHYSICS: WELCOME TO THE ATOMIC WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT
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BIOENGINEERING: WHAT TO MAKE WITH DNA ORIGAMI
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CHICKEN'S SPLIT SEX IDENTITY REVEALED
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BLAME IT ON THE B CELLS
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PRISTINE DNA DISCOVERED IN FOSSILIZED EGGSHELLS
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NEWS BRIEFING: 11 MARCH 2010
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BIOLOGY THINKS BIG TO STAY CUTS
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PLANT BIOLOGISTS FEAR FOR CRESS PROJECT
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A RESCUE PLAN FOR UK PHYSICS FUNDING
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** BRIEFING **
A NEW DAWN FOR TRANSGENIC CROPS IN EUROPE?
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OLD ROCKS DROWN DRY MOON THEORY
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Regulating global warming's 'evil twin'
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Quotes of the day
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Gene tinkering could produce medicine-only opium poppies
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SpaceX set to launch - soon
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FOI requests rattle UK animal research community
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On Nature News
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New NSF director selected ... or not ... yet ...
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Not guilty: South African astronomer cleared of ... something
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US science advisors gather
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Stem cells in America
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Japan protests tuna ban moves
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"Doomsday vault" banks half a million seed samples
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On Nature News
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Pharma faces a character count conundrum
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Voice analysis, British libel reform, and academic freedom
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PODCAST
This week, we discover how half-male, half-female chickens are
challenging ideas about sex determination, and go behind the scenes at
the UK's Atomic Weapons Establishment.
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STATE OF DENIAL
Nature Medicine profiles some vocal 'denialists' spreading ideas that
counter the scientific consensus.
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WORK FOR NATURE
Nature is looking for a biomedical reporter to cover a nine-month
maternity leave.
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