Nature News highlights: 07 January 2014

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Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     07 January 2014       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.             • Featured               Special Issue: 2013 Review of the Year ▶       Shutdowns, lethal viruses, typhoons and meteorites — much of this year's science news seemed to come straight from the set of a Hollywood disaster movie. But there were plenty of feel-good moments, too. Here, captured in soundbites, statistics, images and summaries, is everything you need to know about the science that mattered in 2013. We also unveil Nature's 10 — our annual pick of 10 people who mattered in science this year — and our five to watch in 2014. There's also our picks of the year from news, features, comment and books & arts — and an end of year quiz! Read More ▶                 • Latest News               Earth-mass exoplanet is no Earth twin ▶ 06 January 2014     Gaseous planet challenges assumption that Earth-mass planets should be rocky. Read More ▶             Shipwreck points to 18th-century race to colonize New Zealand ▶ 06 January 2014     Vessel buried off North Island coast sank more than 50 years before James Cook's discovery expedition. Read More ▶             This was no Antarctic pleasure cruise ▶ 06 January 2014     After his polar vessel became trapped in shifting sea ice, Chris Turney defends the scientific basis of the expedition. Read More ▶               • More Stories               Supervolcanoes erupt by their own rules ▶ 05 January 2014     Mega-eruptions and smaller volcanoes are triggered by different mechanisms. Read More ▶             Dark-matter search considers exotic possibilities ▶ 03 January 2014     As observations fail to pin down the stuff, explanations once considered fringe are getting another look. Read More ▶             Ancient European genomes reveal jumbled ancestry ▶ 02 January 2014     Mysterious peoples from the north and Middle Easterners joined prehistoric locals. Read More ▶             Earthquake lights linked to rift zones ▶ 02 January 2014     Steep geological faults most likely to host strange luminescence. Read More ▶             French academy decries slide in research spending ▶ 02 January 2014     Cut of €80 million in 2014 budget threatens health of basic research, scientists warn. Read More ▶             Cloudy skies on nearby super-Earth ▶ 31 December 2013     Filtered starlight reveals an otherworldly chemical haze. Read More ▶             X-ray source left without home ▶ 31 December 2013     No plans to build next-generation accelerator despite large investment by US agency. Read More ▶             What to expect in 2014 ▶ 31 December 2013     Nature takes a look at what is in store for science in the new year. Read More ▶             Water risk as world warms ▶ 31 December 2013     First comprehensive global-impact project shows that water scarcity is a major worry. Read More ▶             Triple-threat method sparks hope for fusion ▶ 30 December 2013     The secrets to its success are lasers, magnets and a big pinch. Read More ▶             Emerging powers need a more-inclusive science ▶ 30 December 2013     Fast-growing economies can learn from the West's mistakes and couple social and 'hard' sciences to address their own societal needs, says Colin Macilwain. Read More ▶             Behaviour and biology: The accidental epigeneticist ▶ 30 December 2013     By studying disadvantaged children, Richard Tremblay has traced the roots of chronic aggressive behaviour back as far as infancy. Now he hopes to go back further. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. China crushes tonnes of seized ivory India's heavy-lift rocket passes crucial test Lack of transparency casts doubt on Tamiflu's efficacy, say UK politicians NASA lays out long-term vision for astrophysics Novel China flu seems to pose low risk to humans Patient's suicide forces belated university investigation Star-mapping mission lifts off E-cigarettes escape stricter European regulation Controversial pesticides linked to human neurotoxicity US$21 million awarded to delighted scientists in glitzy ceremony more...                   nature.com webcasts Nature Protocols presents a webcast on: Transformative Technologies in Neuroscience: Optogenetics   23 January 9am PST/12pm EST/5pm GMT/6pm CET   Free webcast and live Q & A session   This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1348284.           Nature Outlook The Spine Combating paralysis with drugs, stem cells and robotics   Access the Outlook free online for six months.    Produced with support from: Mesoblast         • Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Postdoctoral Fellow     University of South Carolina            Post-doc     Northwestern University- Feinberg School of Medicine             PhD Studentships     Max-Planck-Institut Fur Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie            Research Technician     Ontario Institute for Cancer Research            Postdoctoral fellow     Nanyang Technological University (NTU)          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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