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Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     29 June 2017       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               Call for nominations: 2017 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science. Recognising the work of individuals who promote science in the face of hostility. Winners will be announced at a reception in London, as well as in Nature, and will receive £2,000. Closing date for nominations is 31st July 2017. Click to learn more            An online-only, open access, multidisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing high-quality original research articles, reviews, editorials, commentaries, and hypothesis generating observations on all areas of breast cancer research. Part of the Nature Partner Journals series, published in partnership with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.  Now open for submissions >>          • Latest News               US postdocs face steep challenges when starting families ▶ 29 June 2017     Researchers from ethnic minorities are more likely to be discouraged from taking parental leave. Read More ▶             US lawmakers' science spending plans ignore Trump cuts ▶ 28 June 2017     NASA sees a slight increase under the proposed budget while funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is cut by 13%. Read More ▶             Survey reveals basic research in Canada is falling by the wayside ▶ 28 June 2017     The number of researchers who work on basic science questions has dropped precipitously. Read More ▶                     • More Stories               A billion-year arms race against viruses shaped our evolution ▶ 28 June 2017     Proteins involved in gene regulation once fought viruses. Read More ▶             Vaccine ruling from Europe's highest court isn't as crazy as scientists think ▶ 28 June 2017     Media and scientific uproar over admissible evidence 'exaggerated', say legal scholars. Read More ▶             Pirate sites, grizzly bears and a cholera outbreak ▶ 28 June 2017     The week in science: 23–29 June 2017. Read More ▶             Overlooked water loss in plants could throw off climate models ▶ 28 June 2017     Errors could cause researchers to overestimate the rate of photosynthesis when water is scarce. Read More ▶             How quantum trickery can scramble cause and effect ▶ 28 June 2017     Logic-defying experiments in quantum causality can twist the notion of time itself. Read More ▶             Has Harry Potter mania cursed Indonesia's owls? ▶ 28 June 2017     Conservationists fear trend of selling wild-caught birds will hurt populations. Read More ▶             Let science be a springboard for politics ▶ 27 June 2017     Governing well demands the same mindset as doing good research, says James Martin Read More ▶             Success of gravity-wave satellite paves way for three-craft mission ▶ 27 June 2017     Technology far exceeded expectations in LISA Pathfinder test. Read More ▶             Scientists in limbo as US Supreme Court allows modified travel ban ▶ 26 June 2017     Justices overturn lower-court rulings on policy targeting people from six majority-Muslim countries. Read More ▶             US court grants Elsevier millions in damages from Sci-Hub ▶ 22 June 2017     Some doubt that the publishing giant will see any money from the pirate site. Read More ▶             Solar System survey casts doubt on mysterious 'Planet Nine' ▶ 22 June 2017     Orbits of four newfound objects show no signs of gravitational pull from proposed giant planet. Read More ▶             Air guns used in offshore oil exploration can kill tiny marine life ▶ 22 June 2017     Lethal effects from pulses of sound used to probe the sea floor can travel over a kilometre. Read More ▶                 Nature Insight Biodiversity Rotation 1: Highlighting the origins of Earth's biodiversity and how rapid increases in the human population are putting it to the test. 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