Nature News - Archive
Biology and other science news items from Nature News, the popular science syndication arm of the premier international science publisher, the Nature Publishing Group. Nature News is an authoritative and accessible online roundup of what's new in science research.
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November 23, 2016
The sparrow with four sexes
Elaina Tuttle spent her life trying to understand the bizarre chromosome evolution of a common bird — until tragedy struck.
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November 18, 2016
Geneticists hope to unlock secrets of bats’ complex sounds
Project to sequence the DNA of more than 1,000 species seeks to reveal how bats learn to communicate.
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November 10, 2016
Playful rats reveal brain region that drives ticklishness
Experiments also reveal that rats are ticklish in similar places to humans.
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November 9, 2016
Quest to map Africa’s soil microbiome begins
Sub-Saharan project could one day help ecosystems to resist climate change and improve agriculture.
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November 8, 2016
Political upheaval threatens Brazil’s environmental protections
Barrage of proposals would allow developers to sidestep environmental reviews.
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November 7, 2016
Illegal ivory mostly from recent elephant killings
Carbon-dating study suggests governments are not fuelling trade by selling off old tusks.
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October 27, 2016
Climate change could flip Mediterranean lands to desert
Warming beyond 2 ºC could send the region's forests moving north, and cause extensive drying.
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October 26, 2016
Rio fights Zika with biggest release yet of bacteria-infected mosquitoes
Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes will be widely deployed in two South American cities to combat viral infections.
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October 26, 2016
US mental-health chief: psychiatry must get serious about mathematics
Joshua Gordon says that his focus at the National Institute of Mental Health will be on quick wins, brain circuits and mathematical rigour.
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October 26, 2016
HIV’s Patient Zero exonerated
A study clarifies when HIV entered the United States and dispels the myth that one man instigated the AIDS epidemic in North America.
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