 16th June 2015 | ||
| Our pick of today's science stories Dino territory. Dinosaurs were confined to the planet's poles for millions of years thanks to an unstable climate at lower latitudes. (Nature news story; PNAS paper) Research restructure. The University of Minnesota has announced a major overhaul to how it will oversee trials and protect vulnerable research subjects (Science). The report follows damning reviews of the institution's ethics practices after an investigation into the suicide of a clinical trial participant in 2004 (Nature news story). Climate warning. Pope Francis will this week warn of "grave consequences for all of us" if global warning is left unchecked, according to leaked copies of an eagerly awaited encyclical. (Nature news story) Clean energy cash. The White House is touting $4 billion in commitments from the private sector to invest in clean energy technologies. (USA Today) Turkish delight. Scientists in Turkey are euphoric after a 7 June election stripped the increasingly repressive Justice and Development Party of its absolute parliamentary majority. They hope that the country's next parliament will reverse restrictions on academic freedom and declining scientific standards. (Nature news story) Saturnian storms. Thunderstorms in Saturn's atmosphere could be driving the gas giant's vast polar cyclones. (CNET; Nature Geoscience paper) Cometary come-back. Not only has the Philae comet lander woken up, its prognosis is better than anyone had hoped. Mission scientists are now itching to begin experiments. (Nature news story) Sexism in science. Equality in science is still a battle far from won. (Nature editorial) Today's good read In 1850, a mathematical puzzle tantalised readers of the Lady's and Gentleman's Diary, and in the years following its publication it went viral, in a slow, modestly Victorian sort of way. On the surface the puzzle may seem like an amusing game, but its publication helped launch a field of mathematics called combinatorial design theory that now fills gigantic handbooks. Read more: A design dilemma solved, minus designs in Quanta Magazine. For more daily science news, check in at www.nature.com/news; @NatureNews on Twitter; or on our Facebook page. This newsletter is new and evolving — tell us what you think! Please send feedback to daily@nature.com. | ||
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