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Molecule associated with learning and memory could be key to treating alcoholism.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13252

October 2012 tremor shifted the sea floor in unexpected ways.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13234

Study of 35 million users of brain-training software finds alcohol and sleep linked to cognitive performance.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13247

Facility focused on coastal sustainability comes with hefty US$500-million price tag.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13250

Planned ground-based telescope array could shed light on dark matter and the origin of cosmic rays.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13230

Multi-country analyses spotlight a dark problem.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13244

Ten-year 'BigBrain' effort yields 1-trillion-byte atlas of fine-scale cerebral anatomy.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13245

Miniature lithium-ion device could power medical devices or miniature robots.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13246

The week in science: Opposition to Japanese ‘NIH’, funding for ExoMars, and endangered status for captive chimps.

Nature 498 276 doi: 10.1038/498276a

IRIS mission aims to scrutinize the layer between the star’s surface and its flickering corona.

Nature 498 279 doi: 10.1038/498279a

Revised data show Soviet Union’s 1970s lunar vehicle outdistanced NASA’s Opportunity — for now.

Nature 498 284 doi: 10.1038/498284a

D-Wave is pioneering a novel way of making quantum computers — but it is also courting controversy.

Nature 498 286 doi: 10.1038/498286a

With earthquake death tolls rising, Ross Stein is building a global risk model to mitigate future disasters.

Nature 498 290 doi: 10.1038/498290a

Membrane that protects eggs from drying out freed critters from need to stay close to water.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13217

Ancient antimicrobial treatment could help to solve modern bacterial resistance.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13232

Sugar matrix surrounding cells traps would-be tumours in long-lived mammal.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13236

The US Supreme Court ruling on gene patents is a welcome boost to efforts to increase the free exchange of scientific information, says Colin Macilwain.

Nature 498 273 doi: 10.1038/498273a

First particle containing four quarks is confirmed.

Nature 498 280 doi: 10.1038/498280a

Change to gene patents leaves US biotech in a lather.

Nature 498 281 doi: 10.1038/498281a

Researchers disagree over canine domestication.

Nature 498 282 doi: 10.1038/498282a