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Dear highly-esteemed expert: how to cope with academic spam ▶

14 December 2016
 
 

Researchers who tested intervention to reduce spam say 'Get familiar with the delete button.' Read More ▶

 
 
 
 
 
 

Incredibly thin Arctic sea ice shocks researchers ▶

14 December 2016
 
 

Rare winter expedition near northern Norway finds weak ice that is increasingly vulnerable to storms. Read More ▶

 
 
 
 
 
 

Three minutes with Hans Rosling will change your mind about the world ▶

14 December 2016
 
 

He has influenced leaders from Melinda Gates to Fidel Castro. Now, he is on a mission to save people from their preconceived ideas. Read More ▶

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Multiple Sclerosis induces the immune system to damage the central nervous system. Research on
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Trump nominations, Brexit impact and space icon dies ▶

14 December 2016
 
 

The week in science: 9–15 December 2016. Read More ▶

 
 
 
 
 
 

Tech giants open virtual worlds to bevy of AI programs ▶

14 December 2016
 
 

Artificial-intelligence algorithms can learn a lot from playing immersive 3D video games. Read More ▶

 
 
 
 
 
 

Meet Chewie, the biggest Australopithecus on record ▶

14 December 2016
 
 

Tallest specimen deduced from 3.7-million-year-old footprints in Tanzania. Read More ▶

 
 
 
 
 
 

Is Donald Trump pushing more scientists towards political activism? ▶

13 December 2016
 
 

Researchers are reaching out to the US president-elect with science advice — and criticism. Read More ▶

 
 
 
 
 
 

Trump's pick for energy secretary once sought to eliminate DOE ▶

13 December 2016
 
 

Former Texas governor Rick Perry lacks the technical background of the agency's recent leaders. Read More ▶

 
 
 
 
 
 

LHC scientists bring conference to deported physicist ▶

13 December 2016
 
 

Colleagues travel to visit Adlène Hicheur, who by renouncing French citizenship will soon have his house arrest lifted. Read More ▶

 
 
 
 
 
 

What Trump's pick for secretary of state could mean for climate policy ▶

13 December 2016
 
 

ExxonMobil chief Rex Tillerson draws scepticism and scorn — but looks progressive compared with other Trump selections. Read More ▶

 
 
 
 
 
 

Algorithms compete to predict recipe for cancer vaccine ▶

13 December 2016
 
 

How to rouse the immune system against tumours has proved elusive. Read More ▶

 
 
 
 
 
 

Brexit by the numbers: the fear of brain drain ▶

12 December 2016
 
 

Evidence to parliamentary inquiry puts some figures on the uncertainty hanging over EU university staff. Read More ▶

 
 
 
 
 
 

Simply studying populism is no longer enough ▶

12 December 2016
 
 

Sociologist Matthijs Rooduijn explains why the darkening political mood must force academics to step up and choose sides. Read More ▶

 
 
 
 
 
 

LIGO black hole echoes hint at general-relativity breakdown ▶

09 December 2016
 
 

Gravitational-wave data show tentative signs of firewalls or other exotic physics. Read More ▶

 
 
 
 
 
 

Italian scientists won't miss departing Prime Minister Matteo Renzi ▶

09 December 2016
 
 

Italy's youngest leader failed to walk the talk when it came to boosting research, academics say. Read More ▶

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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