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Researchers get to grips with effects of heat, drought and storms on carbon release.

Nature 496 147 doi: 10.1038/496147a

A mutation that gives people rock-bottom cholesterol levels has led geneticists to what could be the next blockbuster heart drug.

Nature 496 152 doi: 10.1038/496152a

Testimonies suggest bottom trawling was depleting whitefish in the nineteenth century.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12775

Transgenic technique developed for mosquito control could improve quality of industrial silk.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12747

Insects migrate thousands of kilometres guided by orientation alone.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12756

Study reveals diminishing returns in attractiveness of larger-than-average genitalia.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12770

Microbes turn nutrient in beef into an artery-clogging menace.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12746

'Quantum illumination' proof lights the way to improving quantum encryption and radar.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12744

Three-dimensional printer uses water and oil to create lipid networks that mimic biological feats.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12743

Researchers and funding agencies need to put a premium on ensuring that results are reproducible, argues Jonathan F. Russell.

Nature 496 7 doi: 10.1038/496007a

The week in science: Canada leaves UN desertification treaty, China reports first human deaths from H7N9 bird flu, and UK open-access policies take effect.

Nature 496 10 doi: 10.1038/496010a

Rise of immunotherapies spurs search for markers of response.

Nature 496 14 doi: 10.1038/496014a

Will an astronaut who falls into a black hole be crushed or burned to a crisp?

Nature 496 20 doi: 10.1038/496020a

First results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer fall short of evidence for dark matter.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12718

Study could aid development of more effective vaccines. 

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12720

Seismic images suggest a different origin for North America's great mountain ranges.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12724

Geoneutrinos paint picture of deep-mantle processes.

Nature 496 17 doi: 10.1038/496017a

Pending auction raises eyebrows but few objections.

Nature 496 13 doi: 10.1038/496013a

Scientists say lake muds unlikely to have created mountain at the heart of Curiosity's mission.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12721

Scientists worldwide are racing to assess the pandemic potential of an H7N9 flu virus that has killed at least two people in China.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12722