Daily briefing: Why potentially useful human genes are being ignored by science
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-06775-6
Abstract: Why genetics research still focuses on the same old genes, a whole new level of quantum weirdness and lessons from a huge science scandal. Why genetics research still focuses on the same old genes, a… read more here.
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Daily briefing: China dominates ranking of research rising stars
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-06789-0
Abstract: The rise of Chinese institutions in the Nature Index, the visa woes hampering African and Asian researchers, and the most beautiful slugs in the world. The rise of Chinese institutions in the Nature Index, the… read more here.
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Daily briefing: “I'm not denying climate change,” says Trump
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-07065-x
Abstract: “But I don't know that it's man made,” says the US President. Plus, delve into Stephen Hawking’s final paper and consider a call for a mass retraction of cardiac-stem cell studies. “But I don't know… read more here.
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Daily briefing: Insect populations are crashing even in lush, protected tropical rainforests
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-07082-w
Abstract: Alarming losses at the base of the food web, the imminent launch of a mission to Mercury and the man who smells things for NASA. Alarming losses at the base of the food web, the… read more here.
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Daily Briefing: Farewell to a planet hunter as Kepler runs out of fuel
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-07265-5
Abstract: “The little spacecraft that could”, Lemaitre gets a look-in and everything you need to know about Jupyter notebooks. “The little spacecraft that could”, Lemaitre gets a look-in and everything you need to know about Jupyter… read more here.
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Daily briefing: How the placebo effect actually works
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-07398-7
Abstract: The ‘biological response to caring’, an editor’s tips for kinder peer review and a lake that came back from the dead. The ‘biological response to caring’, an editor’s tips for kinder peer review and a… read more here.
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Daily briefing: Dive into the ocean’s twilight zone
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-07510-x
Abstract: It’s packed with life, but we know hardly anything about it. Plus: how Alzheimer’s researchers are trying to build a better mouse and the first flight of an ‘ion drive’ plane with no moving parts.… read more here.
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Daily briefing: The paralyzed pioneers of brain–computer interfaces
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-07578-5
Abstract: From simply holding hands to flying a drone swarm. Plus: nations must triple their efforts to curb greenhouse gas and how to stomp out the shoddy statistics in personalized medicine. From simply holding hands to… read more here.
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Daily briefing: Jurassic blubber
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-07681-7
Abstract: Unprecedented analysis of fossil soft tissues reveals ichthyosaurs had blubber and patterned skin. Plus: China backs Plan S and how to harness DNA ‘super-enhancers’ Unprecedented analysis of fossil soft tissues reveals ichthyosaurs had blubber and… read more here.
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Daily briefing: The five unmissable science books of 2018
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-07703-4
Abstract: Five reads to make you smarter. Plus: why a postdoc might not be the right career move and the hunt for a mysterious polio-like disease in the US. Five reads to make you smarter. Plus:… read more here.
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Daily briefing: The big questions about genetically modified babies
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-07876-y
Abstract: Go deep into human germline modification, discover a near-room-temperature superconductor and visit the farthest world ever explored Go deep into human germline modification, discover a near-room-temperature superconductor and visit the farthest world ever explored read more here.
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