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William H. Schneider reflects on the centenary of the Rockefeller Foundation, which began the postdoc and the grant, and led to the World Health Organization.

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Neuroscience: Losing the past

Nature - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 00:00

Neuroscience: Losing the past

Nature 497, 7449 (2013). doi:10.1038/497313a

Author: Douwe Draaisma

Douwe Draaisma visits the unusual mind of Henry Molaison, the most famous patient in brain science.

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Space exploration: Life on Mars

Nature - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 00:00

Space exploration: Life on Mars

Nature 497, 7449 (2013). doi:10.1038/497314a

Author: Jim Bell

Jim Bell welcomes a detailed blueprint for colonizing the red planet from Apollo 11 veteran Buzz Aldrin.

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Books in brief

Nature - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 00:00

Books in brief

Nature 497, 7449 (2013). doi:10.1038/497315a

Author: Barbara Kiser

Nanotechnology pioneer Eric Drexler bids us to leap in at the technological deep end. We can transform the way we make everything from bridges to circuit boards, he argues, by harnessing molecular machines that operate on digital principles. The result? Desktop or garage facilities that

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Q&A: Elephant man

Nature - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 00:00

Q&A: Elephant man

Nature 497, 7449 (2013). doi:10.1038/497316a

Author: Laura Spinney

Architect Rahul Mehrotra builds with social advocacy in mind. His latest project at Hathi Gaon, a village in Rajasthan, India, provides housing for 100 elephants and their mahouts. A professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he talks about urban evolution and 'impatient capital'.

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Policy: Social responsibility for new technologies

Nature - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 00:00

Policy: Social responsibility for new technologies

Nature 497, 7449 (2013). doi:10.1038/497317a

Authors: Jacqueline McGlade, David Quist & David Gee

A 2013 report by the European Environment Agency analyses a range of chemical and technological innovations and the long-term effectiveness of policies designed to minimize risks to health and the environment resulting from their use (see go.nature.com/ajxkkt). As contributors to the report, we call

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Archives: Preserve our digital heritage

Nature - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 00:00

Archives: Preserve our digital heritage

Nature 497, 7449 (2013). doi:10.1038/497317b

Author: Ian Milligan

Last month saw the sudden end of Yahoo! Messages, a valuable 15-year-old treasure trove of early Internet discussions. Luckily, Archive Team, a group dedicated to saving our digital heritage, was able to preserve the data. But we need to be more vigilant over the erosion

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Pollution: An innovation prize for clean cookstoves

Nature - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 00:00

Pollution: An innovation prize for clean cookstoves

Nature 497, 7449 (2013). doi:10.1038/497317c

Authors: Ambuj D. Sagar & Kirk R. Smith

A radical shift in engine technology in the 1970s (Honda's CVCC) drastically cut motor-vehicle emissions. A comparable game-changer could solve an even bigger pollution problem today.Household air pollution from the traditional biomass-burning stoves used in many developing countries is the world's largest environmental-health threat,

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Whales: No mass strandings since sonar ban

Nature - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 00:00

Whales: No mass strandings since sonar ban

Nature 497, 7449 (2013). doi:10.1038/497317d

Authors: Antonio Fernández, Manuel Arbelo & Vidal Martín

Prompt political action may have resulted in a remarkable conservation success for whales and dolphins. The Canary Islands used to be a hotspot for mass strandings, but there have been no mass beachings since the Spanish government imposed a moratorium on naval exercises in these

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Astronomy: Japan's work on ALMA telescope

Nature - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 00:00

Astronomy: Japan's work on ALMA telescope

Nature 497, 7449 (2013). doi:10.1038/497317e

Authors: Masahiko Hayashi & Satoru Iguchi

Your report on the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the world's highest-altitude radio telescope, omits mention of Japan's contribution (Nature495, 156–159; 201310.1038/495156a).The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) is one of three executive partners of ALMA

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Robert Edwards (1925–2013)

Nature - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 00:00

Robert Edwards (1925–2013)

Nature 497, 7449 (2013). doi:10.1038/497318a

Author: Roger Gosden

Pioneer of in vitro fertilization.

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Working in Asia: The siren song of Singapore

Nature - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 00:00

Working in Asia: The siren song of Singapore

Nature 497, 7449 (2013). doi:10.1038/nj7449-397a

Author: Quirin Schiermeier

The city state offers opportunities for intrepid scientists, but working there has drawbacks.

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Turning point: Laura Deming

Nature - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 00:00

Turning point: Laura Deming

Nature 497, 7449 (2013). doi:10.1038/nj7449-399a

Author: Karen Kaplan

Fearless teen scientist dives into venture capital.

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The plague

Nature - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 00:00

The plague

Nature 497, 7449 (2013). doi:10.1038/497402a

Author: Ken Liu

Lessons on life.

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Correction

Nature - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 00:00

Correction

Nature 497, 7449 (2013). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/497301a

The News story ‘Targeted drugs to tackle hepatitis C’ (Nature497, 18–19; 2013) wrongly implied that the US Preventive Services Task Force considers financial costs when evaluating the risks and benefits of screening. It does not.

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Fisheries: Climate change at the dinner table

Nature - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 00:00

Fisheries: Climate change at the dinner table

Nature 497, 7449 (2013). doi:10.1038/497320a

Authors: Mark R. Payne

An innovative use of catch statistics shows that climate change has already influenced the composition of species in fisheries around the world, and thereby the fish that we eat. See Letter p.365

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