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Physicists are stretching, stripping and contorting atoms to new and bizarre limits.

Nature 498 22 doi: 10.1038/498022a

International organization aims to promote exchange and linking of DNA sequences and clinical information.

Nature 498 16 doi: 10.1038/498017a

Decrease in deforestation drives the trend, but emissions from energy and agriculture grow.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13121

Urban songbirds also stay active longer, owing to an altered biological clock.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13137

Technology to pilot aircraft with brainwaves offers promise for prosthetics.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13139

Raman spectroscopy souped up with scanning tunnelling microscopy hones in on individual atoms and bonds.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13140

Technique that hides rapid data streams could provide ultra-secure communications.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13141

Near-complete remains of tiny creature support early origin for lineage that led to humans.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13142

Scientists want to exempt computer-based text crawling from Europe’s copyright law.

Nature 498 14 doi: 10.1038/498014a

Critics irked over planned release of engineered organism.

Nature 498 15 doi: 10.1038/498015a

Reforms increase flexibility and shift spending towards non-communicable disorders.

Nature 498 18 doi: 10.1038/498018a

The rediscovered Hula painted frog is alive and well in Israel.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13135

California centre rethinks rules in wake of discovery.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13114

Ancient jars hold residue of 2,500-year-old vintage.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13119

Demonstrators call for public awareness of the rationales for using animals in the lab.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13116

Those who first find each other through the Internet are more likely to stay hitched.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13120

Epigenetic changes affect neurotransmitters that lead to pair-bond formation.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13112

With government funds scarce, economist aims to support firearm study through private donations.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13069

Microbiologist Laura Piddock talks about her efforts to raise the profile of antibiotics research.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13086

Improved shielding technology could keep exposure within acceptable levels.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.13099