Nature News highlights: 03 November 2016

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03 November 2016       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                     Nature Outlook: Kidney Cancer Kidney cancer has long flown under the radar despite being one of the top-ten cancer killers worldwide. It remains hard to detect, difficult to treat and poorly understood. But that is starting to change as researchers dig into the mysteries surrounding the disease.  Access the Outlook free online for six months  Produced with support from: Eisai Inc.         • Latest News               Ant genomes rewrite history of Panama land bridge ▶ 02 November 2016     Genetic analysis suggests connection between the Americas emerged millions of years earlier than previously thought. Read More ▶             Axion alert! Exotic-particle detector may miss out on dark matter ▶ 02 November 2016     Supercomputer calculation suggests hypothesized particle may be heavier than thought. Read More ▶             Earthquakes in Italy, cholera vaccines and turmoil in Turkish universities ▶ 02 November 2016     The week in science: 28 October–3 November 2016 Read More ▶                 nature.com webcasts Springer Nature presents a custom webcast on: Autophagy in the hematopoietic system Date: Wednesday November 16, 2016 Time: 8AM PST, 11AM EST, 4PM GMT, 5PM CEST Register for FREE Sponsored by: Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. The life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as MilliporeSigma in the U.S. and Canada         • More Stories               Can wind and solar fuel Africa's future? ▶ 02 November 2016     With prices for renewables dropping, many countries in Africa might leap past dirty forms of energy towards a cleaner future. Read More ▶             Plant-genome hackers seek better ways to produce customized crops ▶ 02 November 2016     As gene editing opens doors, plant researchers are hamstrung by the need for better ways to slip their molecular tools into cells. Read More ▶             Young scientists ditch postdocs for biotech start-ups ▶ 01 November 2016     Many biologists are founding their own firms as venture capitalists show increased interest in science. Read More ▶             Geneticists should offer data to participants ▶ 01 November 2016     Sarah Nelson was refused access to her own genome data. How long before volunteers who face this attitude turn away from science? Read More ▶             Publisher pulls 58 articles by Iranian scientists over authorship manipulation ▶ 01 November 2016     Cull of papers follows similar discoveries in 2015. Read More ▶             Beyond Trump vs Clinton: A scientist's guide to the US election ▶ 01 November 2016     The congressional races and state ballot measures that could shape US science. Read More ▶             Embattled mega-telescope gets back-up site in Canary Islands ▶ 31 October 2016     Continued opposition at Hawaii construction site drives the Thirty Meter Telescope's backers to consider a plan B. Read More ▶             Wildlife in decline: Earth's vertebrates fall 58% in past four decades ▶ 28 October 2016     Living Planet Report predicts that by 2020, populations will have declined by two-thirds from 1970. Read More ▶             Martian clouds form, a frozen ship heads home and an orangutan goes climbing ▶ 28 October 2016     October's sharpest science shots, selected by Nature's photo team. Read More ▶             Cosmic rays may threaten space-weather satellite ▶ 28 October 2016     DSCOVR's computer may be suffering from radiation-induced glitches, months after it became the primary sentinel for incoming solar storms. Read More ▶             World's largest marine reserve hailed as diplomatic breakthrough ▶ 28 October 2016     Antarctic agreement follows years of failed discussions and represents the first major conservation effort in the high seas. Read More ▶             Climate change could flip Mediterranean lands to desert ▶ 27 October 2016     Warming beyond 2 ºC could send the region's forests moving north, and cause extensive drying. 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