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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February 9, 2016
Flies reared in the dark for 60 years give up their genetic secrets
Dark-fly project looks for changes that helped fruit flies to thrive without light.
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February 2, 2016
The mystery of the expanding tropics
As Earth's dry zones shift rapidly polewards, researchers are scrambling to figure out the cause — and consequences.
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January 20, 2016
Monster El Niño probed by meteorologists
Unprecedented Pacific Ocean campaign aims to improve forecasts for strong storms.
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January 20, 2016
2015 declared the hottest year on record
Warming in the Pacific helps shatter past marks, and could bring even faster temperature rises.
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January 20, 2016
When chickens go wild
The feral chickens of Kauai provide a unique opportunity to study what happens when domesticated animals escape and evolve.
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January 19, 2016
Independent study tallies 'true catch' of global fishing
Huge collaboration raises questions about official reporting.
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January 14, 2016
Spread of Ebola ends: 7 lessons from a devastating epidemic
Transmission of the virus has been stopped in West Africa – but what has the world learned?
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January 8, 2016
Scientists bust myth that our bodies have more bacteria than human cells
Decades-old assumption about microbiota revisited.
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January 7, 2016
Famous ancient iceman had familiar stomach infection
Ötzi ice mummy yields oldest complete pathogen genome.
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January 4, 2016
Four chemical elements added to periodic table
Elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 to be named by scientists from Russia, the United States and Japan.
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