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Yaniv Erlich shows how research participants can be identified from 'anonymous' DNA.

Nature 497 172 doi: 10.1038/497172a

Prosthetic arms are getting ever more sophisticated. Now they just need a sense of touch.

Nature 497 176 doi: 10.1038/497176a

Insect can sense higher pitches than any other known species.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12941

The strange shape of radium 224 could lead to test alternatives to standard model.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12952

Mercury pollution in marine animals may be behind a population crash.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12953

Obama boosts ‘stockpile stewardship’ funds at energy labs.

Nature 497 165 doi: 10.1038/497165a

Three projects seek to track changes in Atlantic overturning circulation currents.

Nature 497 167 doi: 10.1038/497167a

Genetic sequences link far-flung populations and bear marks of historical events.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12950

Process that generated magnetism lasted 160 million years longer than previously thought.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12929

Russia and Qatar prepare to dominate market as gas price inflation puts researchers under pressure.

Nature 497 168 doi: 10.1038/497168a

University finds evidence of fakery in Jamaican dance data.

Nature 497 170 doi: 10.1038/497170a

Researchers suspect a new species is rich in omega-3 fatty acids.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12915

H5N1 virus with genes from H1N1 can spread through the air between mammals.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12925

Engineers create first device able to mimic full range of insect flight.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12926

The week in science: Bee-harming pesticides banned in Europe, North Korea atomic bomb detected, and chemist goes to trial over lab accident.

Nature 497 10 doi: 10.1038/497010a

The Australian Academy of Science must take urgent steps to address the lack of gender equality among its elected fellows, warns Douglas Hilton.

Nature 497 7 doi: 10.1038/497007a

But experts debate US screening recommendations.

Nature 497 18 doi: 10.1038/497018a

Slow US regulatory process highlights hurdles of getting engineered food animals to dinner tables.

Nature 497 17 doi: 10.1038/497017a

Rush to publish on H7N9 avian flu upsets Chinese scientists.

Nature 497 14 doi: 10.1038/497014a

Genetically modified crops generate hype and hatred. A special section of Nature cuts through the drama.

Nature 497 21 doi: 10.1038/497021a