Nature News highlights: 15 October 2015

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15 October 2015       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.             • Latest News               Berkeley astronomer in sexual harassment case to resign ▶ 14 October 2015     Exoplanet hunter Geoffrey Marcy also quits $100-million hunt for extraterrestrial life. Read More ▶             Teeth from China reveal early human trek out of Africa ▶ 14 October 2015     "Stunning" find shows that Homo sapiens reached Asia around 100,000 years ago. Read More ▶             Surprise 'mystery' neurons found in male worms ▶ 14 October 2015     Neuroscientists shocked by addition to the nematode's exhaustively catalogued nervous system. Read More ▶                     • More Stories               The week in science: 9–15 October 2015 ▶ 14 October 2015     Heart-drug trial is stopped; killer whale breeding is banned; and gene patent gets overturned. Read More ▶             The tantalizing links between gut microbes and the brain ▶ 14 October 2015     Neuroscientists are probing the idea that intestinal microbiota might influence brain development and behaviour. Read More ▶             Commercial boost for firms that suck carbon from air ▶ 14 October 2015     Two companies expand their extraction plants and line up customers. Read More ▶             Kilogram conflict resolved at last ▶ 14 October 2015     After a fraught few years, experiments to redefine the unit have reached agreement. Read More ▶             Consider all the evidence on alternative therapies ▶ 14 October 2015     Investigate and incorporate the mechanisms of complementary medicine instead of rejecting it outright, says Jo Marchant. Read More ▶             Berkeley sexual harassment case sparks outrage ▶ 13 October 2015     Astronomy community reacts to university investigation that finds exoplanet hunter Geoffrey Marcy violated sexual-harassment policy. Read More ▶             Zero-gravity genomics passes first test ▶ 13 October 2015     Two experiments demonstrate sample transfer and sequencing in a low-gravity environment. Read More ▶             Climate-panel chief Hoesung Lee wants focus on solutions ▶ 13 October 2015     The newly elected chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change outlines his philosophy. Read More ▶             Poorly designed animal experiments in the spotlight ▶ 13 October 2015     High-status journals or institutions no guarantees of carefully-reported trials. Read More ▶             Where in the world could the first CRISPR baby be born? ▶ 13 October 2015     A look at the legal landscape suggests where human genome editing might be used in research or reproduction. Read More ▶             Ancient DNA from hot climes yields its secrets ▶ 13 October 2015     After years of frustration, researchers are getting genetic material from old bones in warm places. Read More ▶             Biomedical researchers lax in checking for imposter cell lines ▶ 12 October 2015     Many scientists still not bothering to address an issue that undermines the reproducibility of research findings. Read More ▶               • Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Assistant Professor of Plant Sciences     University of California - Davis            Research Manager     Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute            Chair of Biochemistry     University of Mississippi            Senior Clinical Lecturer in Cancer & Inflammation     Queen Mary University of London            Research Fellow     University of Sussex          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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