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-Special : THE FUTURE OF THE PHD
Scientists attaining a PhD gain entry to an academic elite ? but it's
not as elite as it once was</u></a>. More people are graduating with
PhDs than ever before, and the growth shows no sign of slowing. Nature
explores this and other issues surrounding the science PhD today and
asks whether it needs reinvention</u></a>.
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-OVERFISHING HITS ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL
03 May 2011
Size doesn't matter when species collapse, study finds
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-SEAFLOOR PROBE TAPS METHANE RESERVOIR
02 May 2011
Greenhouse gas found in high abundance but risk of mass release
uncertain.
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-THE ICEMOLE COMETH
30 April 2011
Novel design could help probe explore frozen environs on Earth
and beyond.
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-ANTIMATTER DETECTOR READY FOR LAUNCH
28 April 2011
A heavyweight, and controversial, cosmic-ray detector is set to head
for the International Space Station.
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-QUANTUM EFFECTS BROUGHT TO LIGHT
28 April 2011
Results of entanglement made visible to human eyes.
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-SURREPTITIOUS SLEEP STATES UNCOVERED
27 April 2011
Sleep-deprived rats suggest sleep is not necessarily a whole-brain
phenomenon.
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-SATELLITE TRACKING WILL REVEAL TURTLE WANDERINGS
27 April 2011
Small tags promise to reveal where elusive reptiles spend their
early lives.
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-SEVEN DAYS: 22?28 APRIL 2011
27 April 2011
The week in science.
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-CALIFORNIA PONDERS CELL-BANKING VENTURE
27 April 2011
State agency grapples with technical and ethical challenges.
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-ASTRONOMERS MULL MERGER OF MISSIONS
27 April 2011
Cosmic-origins scientists convene with exoplanet hunters.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=57&m=36574826&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=MTAwNTQzMzIzS0&mt=1&rt=0

-IS FUTUREGEN BETTING ON THE WRONG ROCK?
27 April 2011
Commercial rival says gas spreading and leakage could harm US
carbon-sequestration effort.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=56&m=36574826&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=MTAwNTQzMzIzS0&mt=1&rt=0


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How DNA may have confirmed bin Laden's death
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Technique to map distant universe holds dark energy promise
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How hummingbird tongues work
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Heater glitch grounds shuttle for three days or more
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Chinese emissions: these, too, shall peak
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=19&m=36574826&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=MTAwNTQzMzIzS0&mt=1&rt=0

National Institute of Food and Agriculture chief stepping down
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=20&m=36574826&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=MTAwNTQzMzIzS0&mt=1&rt=0

Greenland reveals its warm secrets
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US appeals court overthrows stem cell injunction -- UPDATED
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NIH to ask tough questions about US science workforce
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=69&m=36574826&r=MTc2NzE1NzUzNAS2&b=2&j=MTAwNTQzMzIzS0&mt=1&rt=0

Fukushima update: TEPCO delays plans to submerge reactor vessels
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Storms in US cause loss of external power at three nuclear reactors.
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BP?s beach clean-up ?contaminated clean sand?
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Regulatory advisers recommend new hepatitis C drug
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Picasso painting proceeds donated to obesity research
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Armadillo passes leprosy to humans
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