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The editors and publishers of Nature seek the opinion of scientists at a series of focus groups this October. The focus groups will be held in San Francisco, Washington DC, Glasgow, Manchester, Oxford, Geneva and Munich. Nature is seeking 20 people in each city. You need not be a regular reader of the journal, or to have published in it. Read more
A happy Christmas, new year and holiday season to all readers. This blog will resume posting on Friday 2 January 2009. Read more
Seymour Benzer, one of the giants of twentieth-century biology, died on 30 November 2007. Benzer, who maintained an active laboratory until the time of his death, was a unique figure who made seminal contributions to physics, molecular biology and behavioural genetics. See: Obituary: Seymour Benzer (1921-2007) by David Anderson with Sydney Brenner (Nature 451, 139; 2008). Read more
Will you be working on Christmas Day? Richard J. Ladle et al. in Nature‘s Correspondence page this week (450, 1156; 2007) report evidence that increasing numbers of scientists are swapping party hats for mouse mats during the festive season. Take a look at their suitably decorative evidence, and I urge you to take their advice. Read more
“Let’s see: plane ticket, sun block, toothbrush, mp3 player – you are all set for a summer break. Wait, some reading? Well, here comes the dilemma between the latest page-turner and the pile of research article PDFs on your desk. Why not compromise and pack a good popular science book?” So starts the July editorial in Nature Methods (4, 535; 2007), aptly entitled “summer reading”. What follows is an eclectic sample of the editors’ reading lists. If you have some favourites to add, please do so at Methagora, the Nature Methods blog, which also carries an extended list of “staff picks”. Read more
The Washington, DC, office of Nature will be closed the week of 18 June for renovations. We expect to re-open on Monday 25 June and be back to full operations on Tuesday 26 June. Read more
Welcome to Nautilus, Nature Publishing Group’s discussion forum for all our authors – past, present and future. On this blog we will be providing advice about getting your work published in our journals, and providing information about our author services. Read more