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Excessive catches by Chinese vessels threaten livelihoods and ecosystems in West Africa.

Nature 496 18 doi: 10.1038/496018a

Outspoken climate scientist gives up NASA post for advocacy role.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12725

Scientists are racing to assess the pandemic potential of H7N9 flu virus.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12728

Denied claim to cancer drug Gleevec upholds access to cheaper generic medicines.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12717

In a polar paradox, melting land ice helps sea ice to grow. 

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12709

Michael Rawlins, outgoing chair of the UK National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, reflects on value-based pricing of medicines.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12701

Symbiotic organisms that envelope tree roots may play a bigger role in carbon cycle than decomposing leaves.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12698

Tiny molecular sponges can hold small molecules in position for imaging.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12699

Technique could be extended to human viruses and help with eradication of polio.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12700

Governments, funders and regulatory authorities must urgently address the risks posed by gain-of-function research, says Simon Wain-Hobson.

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The week in science: US science agencies get funding boost; UK edges towards approving IVF techniques to avoid some genetic diseases; and Australia gets fourth science minister in less than 16 months.

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European agency will publish firms’ clinical-trial results.

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Falkor plots a fresh course for ocean studies with Google cash.

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Con artists are stealing the identities of real journals to cheat scientists out of publishing fees.

Nature 495 421 doi: 10.1038/495421a

A special issue of Nature looks at the transformation taking place in scientific publishing.

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Cheap open-access journals raise questions about the value publishers add for their money.

Nature 495 426 doi: 10.1038/495426a

As scientific publishing moves to embrace open data, libraries and researchersare trying to keep up.

Nature 495 430 doi: 10.1038/495430a

The explosion in open-access publishing has fuelled the rise of questionable operators.

Nature 495 433 doi: 10.1038/495433a

Discovery that fossilization distorts pigment structures casts doubt on reconstructed plumages.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12674

But genetic tests of 200,000 people reveal no clear cause-and-effect.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12675