Nature News highlights: 19 November 2013

Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     19 November 2013       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               Spend time working with your samples. Not a broken freezer.   Working as a scientist is challenging enough without worrying about your freezer failing. Give your samples the ultimate protection of patented Twin Guard™ technology. Two fully independent compressor systems can individually sustain precise ultra-low temperatures in the event of a failure, so you can have the confidence to make your next discovery.         • Featured               Special: New angles on the brain ▶       In this neuroscience special, Nature brings together reporting and expert opinion on efforts to apply current technologies and invent new ones to probe how the brain works. Articles cover the uncertainty around President Obama's BRAIN initiative; computer chips inspired by human neuron networks; new techniques to create models of neurological disease in monkeys; a neuroscientist's experience of studying the progress of Parkinson's — in himself, and much more. Read More ▶                 • Latest News               Mystery species spiced up ancients' rampant sex lives ▶ 19 November 2013     Genome analysis suggests interbreeding between humans, Neanderthals, Denisovans and a mysterious population of archaic humans. Read More ▶             NASA pulls plug on plutonium power source ▶ 18 November 2013     Planetary scientists wanted the efficient power supply to explore the outer Solar System. Read More ▶             Chilly lab mice skew cancer studies ▶ 18 November 2013     Room-temperature conditions cause stress, suppressing immune responses. Read More ▶               • More Stories               Nomenclature chaos averted with financial bailout ▶ 18 November 2013     National University of Singapore funds arbiters of animal names. Read More ▶             Changing winds dampen Antarctic sea-level rise ▶ 15 November 2013     Slowing sea-level rise in the Southern Ocean could lower the risk of glacial collapse. Read More ▶             Worm-like movements propel octopus ballet ▶ 15 November 2013     Although apparently lacking in central coordination, tentacles can execute complex movements. Read More ▶             A cabinet of illegal curiosities ▶ 15 November 2013     The US National Wildlife Property Repository reveals its macabre collection of goods seized from the illegal trade in endangered species. Read More ▶             Lyme bacteria show that evolvability is evolvable ▶ 14 November 2013     Natural selection favours those with a greater capacity to generate genetic variation. Read More ▶             Prehistoric genomes reveal European origins of dogs ▶ 14 November 2013     Continent's hunter-gatherers domesticated dogs from wolves some 20,000 years ago. Read More ▶             Photons detected without being destroyed ▶ 14 November 2013     Technique holds promise for quantum networks. Read More ▶             Departing head of biotech institute defends GM field trials ▶ 14 November 2013     Maurice Moloney talks about his time at Rothamsted Research. Read More ▶             United States to allow transplants of HIV-infected organs ▶ 13 November 2013     'Positive-to-positive' transplants would create new pool of donors for infected patients. Read More ▶             South Korea reveals Moon-lander plans ▶ 13 November 2013     Country's space agency releases images of lunar module and rover ahead of 2020 launch. Read More ▶             Bigger groups mean complex cultures ▶ 13 November 2013     Two studies show that larger groups of people are better at maintaining and improving cultural knowledge. Read More ▶             Seven days: 8–14 November 2013 ▶ 13 November 2013     The week in science: Record storm ravages Philippines; open-genome effort comes to the UK; and US proposes a ban on artificial trans-fats. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Promising sequencing contender Oxford Nanopore and market leader Illumina sever financial ties Balzan prizes honour research on 'spooky action at a distance' and infectious bacteria Updated: White House announces Energy Department nominees Ocean acidification could trigger economic devastation Cholesterol guidelines back away from high-dose statin regimens WMO: 2013 among the ten warmest years on record Leeches' blood meals could give more clues on saola, world's rarest mammal Swedish scientists decry government links to anti-GMO 'vandals' Australia's scientists brace for major job losses India's Mars probe struggles to leave Earth orbit more...                   Choose Scientific Reports for fast, efficient, open access publishing  94% of authors said they are likely or very likely to recommend Scientific Reports to their colleagues* 91% of authors would publish in Scientific Reports again*   SUBMIT your paper today!    *Nature Publishing Group author survey, data correct as of September 2013           Subscribe to Nature this Holiday season for only $50, £50 or €50   Enjoy 51 issues in print, online and multimedia content, and access via the nature.com app for iPhone, iPod touch and the new issue-based NatureJournals iPad app with enhanced features.   Subscribe today!          • Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Assistant Professor     University of Nevada, Reno            Associate Research Scientist     Columbia University            Research Technician – Structural Biology     EMBL            Research Associate     Cardiff University            Postdoctoral Research Scientist     The Babraham Institute          No matter what your career stage, student, postdoc or senior scientist, you will find articles on naturejobs.com to help guide you in your science career. 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