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Seven days: 19–25 April 2013

Wed, 05/01/2013 - 5:21am

This week in science: Ricin-laced letters sent to politicians; Antares rocket completes its maiden test flight; and Nobel laureate François Jacob dies.

Nature 496 402 doi: 10.1038/496402a

Europe debates risk to bees

Tue, 04/30/2013 - 1:21pm

Proposed pesticide ban gathers scientific support as some experts call for more field studies.

Nature 496 408 doi: 10.1038/496408a

Ancient crust rises from the deep

Tue, 04/30/2013 - 12:21pm

Remnants of surface rocks take long tour of planet’s interior.

Nature 496 410 doi: 10.1038/496410a

Guidance issued for US Internet research

Tue, 04/30/2013 - 11:21am

Institutional review boards may need to take a closer look at some types of online research.

Nature 496 411 doi: 10.1038/496411a

Firearms research: The gun fighter

Mon, 04/29/2013 - 5:21am

There are almost as many firearms in the United States as there are citizens. Garen Wintemute is one of few people studying the consequences.

Nature 496 412 doi: 10.1038/496412a

Mental health: On the spectrum

Sun, 04/28/2013 - 2:21pm

Research suggests that mental illnesses lie along a spectrum — but the field's latest diagnostic manual still splits them apart.

Nature 496 416 doi: 10.1038/496416a

Mapping the H7N9 avian flu outbreaks

Fri, 04/26/2013 - 6:21pm

Where are the 104 human cases confirmed so far, and where might the virus go next?

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12863

First Australians may have been migrants rather than drifters

Fri, 04/26/2013 - 1:21pm

Indirect estimates based on carbon dating point to intentional settlement by a large population.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12865

Diamond shows promise for a quantum Internet

Fri, 04/26/2013 - 9:21am

Crystal could be used to connect distant quantum networks.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12870

England’s libel laws reformed in a victory for science campaigners

Fri, 04/26/2013 - 8:21am

Concerns remain over 'chilling effect' of potential legal costs on defendants.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12874

Experiment aims to steep rainforest in carbon dioxide

Thu, 04/25/2013 - 3:21pm

Sensor-studded plots in the Amazon forest will measure the fertilizing effect of the gas.

Nature 496 405 doi: 10.1038/496405a

Moon and planet names spark battle

Thu, 04/25/2013 - 2:21pm

Company clashes with International Astronomical Union over popular labels for exoplanets.

Nature 496 407 doi: 10.1038/496407a

Japanese test coaxes fire from ice

Thu, 04/25/2013 - 12:21pm

First attempt to extract methane from frozen hydrates far beneath the ocean shows promise.

Nature 496 409 doi: 10.1038/496409a

Climate zones will shift faster as world warms

Wed, 04/24/2013 - 3:21pm

Accelerating ecosystem change may raise extinction risk.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12838

Radioactive bacteria attack cancer

Wed, 04/24/2013 - 2:21pm

Approach turns tumours' immune suppression from strength to weakness.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12841

Animal-rights activists wreak havoc in Milan laboratory

Wed, 04/24/2013 - 1:21pm

University says loss of animals and lab records may ruin years of work on psychiatric diseases.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12847

Those resistant to 'love hormone' may also be easier to hypnotize

Wed, 04/24/2013 - 1:21pm

Gene variants linked to social detachment may increase suggestibility.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12836

Inbred royals show traces of natural selection

Wed, 04/24/2013 - 11:21am

Study suggests the Spanish Habsburgs evolved to mute the effects of inbreeding, but other geneticists are unconvinced.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12837

Hurricane may have triggered earthquake aftershocks

Wed, 04/24/2013 - 10:21am

Ground disturbances from large storms may be strong enough to prompt tremors.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12839

Kepler spies water worlds

Wed, 04/24/2013 - 7:21am

Pair of exoplanets sit in habitable zone of star far beyond the Solar System.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12825