Nature News highlights: 10 December 2015

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10 December 2015       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.             • Latest News               Social scientists give climate talks a human touch ▶ 10 December 2015     Research into human displacement drives debate about migration and human rights. Read More ▶             Brain-manipulation studies may produce spurious links to behaviour ▶ 09 December 2015     Study shows that controlling neurons with light or drugs may affect the brain in more ways than expected. Read More ▶             Paradox at the heart of mathematics makes physics problem unanswerable ▶ 09 December 2015     Gödel’s incompleteness theorems are connected to unsolvable calculations in quantum physics. Read More ▶               • More Stories               Mysterious bright spots on Ceres are probably salt ▶ 09 December 2015     Ice also transforms to water vapour in the dwarf planet’s craters, creating an enigmatic haze. Read More ▶             Paris climate pact takes shape in new draft ▶ 09 December 2015     Prospects for a new global agreement rise, but environmentalists fear it will sidestep ongoing disputes. Read More ▶             The week in science: 4–10 December 2015 ▶ 09 December 2015     Draft climate deal brokered; China smog alert; hope for giant tortoises. Read More ▶             Paris climate talks, day 10: What we’re reading ▶ 09 December 2015     Christiana Figueres on what’s next after Paris, a backstage look at Bill Gates’ climate initiative, and the blame game revs up as negotiations reach the final stage. Read More ▶             Cachexia: The last illness ▶ 09 December 2015     Researchers are gaining insight into the causes of a devastating form of muscle wasting that is often the final stage of cancer and other diseases. Read More ▶             UN climate chief on her plans to save the world ▶ 09 December 2015     Christiana Figueres sits down with Nature as the Paris talks enter their final days. Read More ▶             Ocean-diving robot Nereus will not be replaced ▶ 09 December 2015     Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will spend insurance money for destroyed vehicle on lower-risk projects. Read More ▶             US government approves transgenic chicken ▶ 08 December 2015     The eggs of the genetically engineered animal contain an enzyme that can treat a rare disease. Read More ▶             Global summit reveals divergent views on human gene editing ▶ 08 December 2015     Representatives discuss ethical, social and legal issues that unite and divide them. Read More ▶             Paris climate talks, day 9: What we’re reading ▶ 08 December 2015     The United States cancels plans to auction off land for oil and gas exploration, Beijing’s air is thick with smog, and activists in Paris protest against climate sceptics. Read More ▶             Business needs to embrace sustainability targets ▶ 08 December 2015     Companies that do not align their management strategies with sustainable development goals will lose out, warns Klaus Leisinger. Read More ▶             Lab staple agar hit by seaweed shortage ▶ 08 December 2015     Dwindling algae harvest imperils reagent essential for culturing microbes. 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