Nature News highlights: 20 January 2015

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20 January 2015       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               • Featured               Ebola outbreak ▶       Ebola is ravaging West Africa in the most severe outbreak since the virus was discovered in 1976. As researchers and health workers battle to contain the epidemic and treat those exposed, Nature brings you ongoing coverage of the crisis and the latest research on Ebola. Read More ▶                   • Latest News               Tuberculosis genomes track human history ▶ 19 January 2015     A pernicious family of TB strains emerged in Asia more than 6,000 years ago. Read More ▶             First atomic blast proposed as start of Anthropocene ▶ 16 January 2015     Other researchers see earlier beginning to the human-dominated age. Read More ▶             Three 'super-Earth' exoplanets seen orbiting nearby star ▶ 16 January 2015     Revived Kepler telescope spies system with one planet in habitable zone. Read More ▶                 • More Stories               British Mars lander find is bittersweet victory ▶ 16 January 2015     Beagle 2 touched down softly in 2003 but failed to deploy and to contact home. Read More ▶             Looking for the roots of terrorism ▶ 15 January 2015     Anthropologist Scott Atran has done extensive field interviews with would-be and convicted terrorists. Read More ▶             Hidden hurdle for women in science ▶ 15 January 2015     Women shy away from fields in which talent, not hard work, is thought to be key, survey suggests. Read More ▶             Nature owner merges with publishing giant ▶ 15 January 2015     Macmillan Science and Education looks set to gain from Springer's scale. Read More ▶             Ocean 'calamities' oversold, say researchers ▶ 14 January 2015     Team calls for more scepticism in marine research. Read More ▶             Al Gore's dream spacecraft gears up for launch ▶ 14 January 2015     Delayed DSCOVR probe will monitor conditions on Earth and solar storms in space. Read More ▶             Seven days: 9–15 January 2015 ▶ 14 January 2015     The week in science: Trove of extinct animal bones found in underwater cave; influential leader of German science policy dies; and Japan approves massive stimulus package. Read More ▶             Agriculture: State-of-the-art soil ▶ 14 January 2015     A charcoal-rich product called biochar could boost agricultural yields and control pollution. Scientists are putting the trendy substance to the test. Read More ▶             Microbiology: Here's looking at you, squid ▶ 14 January 2015     Margaret McFall-Ngai has dissected the relationship between a beautiful squid and its live-in bacteria — and found lessons for microbiome research on the way. Read More ▶             Tropical paradise inspires virtual ecology lab ▶ 14 January 2015     Digital version of Moorea will provide a way to experiment with an entire ecosystem. Read More ▶             'I can haz genomes': cats claw their way into genetics ▶ 14 January 2015     Canine dominance bows to tabby chic as cat sequencing takes off. Read More ▶             The woman who sees like a bat ▶ 13 January 2015     The first episode in a new series of audio documentaries on Nature's podcast asks what it is like to be a bat, and meets the woman who knows better than anyone. Read More ▶               • Newsblog               Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy. Contamination created controversial 'acid-induced' stem cells US to lift ban on blood donations from gay men 'Tis the season… Gates Foundation announces world's strongest policy on open access research Energy outlook sees continuing dominance of fossil fuels Private rocket explodes on launch to space station WHO plans for millions of doses of Ebola vaccine by 2015 US research ethics agency upholds decision on informed consent Western Australia abandons shark cull Fundamental overhaul of China's competitive funding more...                   FOCUS on: Immunology of the lung A series of Reviews and an animation specially commissioned by Nature Immunology explore the immunology of the lungs.  Access is available free online for six months Produced with support from Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson           Nature Plants - Now launched The first issue of Nature Plants has now published. 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