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Loss of net neutrality could harm research
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
Loss of net neutrality could harm research
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-07842-0
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Moves to create a multi-speed Internet could push science into the slow lane.
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Bureaucratic drag dents Japan’s nuclear science
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
Bureaucratic drag dents Japan’s nuclear science
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-08464-2
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Japan needs a better way to assess whether research reactors are safe to re-open.
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How to avoid glib interdisciplinarity
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
How to avoid glib interdisciplinarity
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-08465-1
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To make progress on the grand challenges, authors, reviewers and editors must take the time to respect each others’ expertise and blind spots.
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Zimbabwe’s new government must commit to science
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
Zimbabwe’s new government must commit to science
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-017-08268-4
Author: Dexter Tagwireyi
As a new president takes office, scientists in the country and beyond should urge the administration to make science a priority, says Dexter Tagwireyi.
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Dodgy citations, fusion milestone and a skeleton called Little Foot
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
Dodgy citations, fusion milestone and a skeleton called Little Foot
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-017-08462-4
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The week in science: 8–14 December 2017.
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Nine researchers sue University of Rochester over sexual-harassment allegations
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
Nine researchers sue University of Rochester over sexual-harassment allegations
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-017-08235-z
Author: Alexandra Witze
Lawsuit alleges that the institution mishandled complaints about cognitive scientist Florian Jaeger.
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Tasmanian tiger genome offers clues to its extinction
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
Tasmanian tiger genome offers clues to its extinction
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-017-08368-1
Author: Ewen Callaway
Geneticists analyse DNA from preserved pup, more than 80 years after the last of its kind died.
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Acupuncture in cancer study reignites debate about controversial technique
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
Acupuncture in cancer study reignites debate about controversial technique
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-017-08309-y
Author: Jo Marchant
Large study suggests acupuncture could help women stick with unpleasant cancer treatments.
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US graduate students in uproar over proposed tax hike
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
US graduate students in uproar over proposed tax hike
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-017-07879-1
Author: Helen Shen
Worries over the cost of an education spill over into protests.
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Argentinian geoscientist faces criminal charges over glacier survey
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
Argentinian geoscientist faces criminal charges over glacier survey
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-017-08236-y
Authors: Jeff Tollefson & Emiliano Rodríguez Mega
Government researcher Ricardo Villalba stands accused of shaping a study to benefit mining interests.
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The science that’s never been cited
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
The science that’s never been cited
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/d41586-017-08404-0
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Nature investigates how many papers really end up without a single citation.
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Deploy vaccines to fight superbugs
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
Deploy vaccines to fight superbugs
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-08323-0
Authors: Rino Rappuoli , David E. Bloom & Steve Black
Immunizations combined with antibiotics could be our best shot at combating drug-resistant microbes, argue Rino Rappuoli, David E. Bloom and Steve Black.
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Five priorities for weather and climate research
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
Five priorities for weather and climate research
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-08463-3
Authors: Øystein Hov , Deon Terblanche , Sarah Jones , Paolo M. Ruti & Oksana Tarasova
Adapt to how data are made and used, urge Øystein Hov and colleagues.
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Planetariums and the rise of spectacular science
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
Planetariums and the rise of spectacular science
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-08441-9
Author: Marek Kukula
Marek Kukula enjoys a cultural history of the theatres that give us a taste of space.
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A manifesto for slow science, the biology of personal space, and an intimate look at the neuroscience of food: Books in brief
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
A manifesto for slow science, the biology of personal space, and an intimate look at the neuroscience of food: Books in brief
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-08444-6
Author: Barbara Kiser
Barbara Kiser reviews five of the week’s best science picks.
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Lyme disease laid bare
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
Lyme disease laid bare
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-08442-8
Author: James G. Logan
James G. Logan hails a study of the controversial tick-borne condition.
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Snow leopard conservation status is spot on
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
Snow leopard conservation status is spot on
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-08378-z
Author: Tom McCarthy
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Pricing not enough for deep carbon cuts
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
Pricing not enough for deep carbon cuts
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-08578-7
Authors: Michael Mehling & Endre Tvinnereim
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How to spare half a planet
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
How to spare half a planet
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-08579-6
Authors: Andrew Balmford & Rhys Green
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Medical legacy of sanctions in Iran
Nature - Sat, 12/16/2017 - 18:00
Medical legacy of sanctions in Iran
Nature 552, 7684 (2017). doi:10.1038/d41586-017-08580-z
Authors: Reza Heidari , Mostafa Akbariqomi & Gholamreza Tavoosidana
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