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April 18, 2008
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April 11, 2008
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March 14, 2008
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March 07, 2008
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February 22, 2008
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February 15, 2008
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February 08, 2008
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February 01, 2008
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January 25, 2008
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January 18, 2008
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January 11, 2008
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January 04, 2008
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December 14, 2007
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Monday December 10
Stripping for science / Nuclear lab hacking linked to China / Shuttle and Euro lab grounded / James Watson ‘16% black’ claim
Tuesday December 11
Science tattoo collection reaches 100 / Penguins and global warming / Wheel of Spirit hints at life on Mars / Is evolution speeding up?
Wednesday December 12
‘Giant spider eats space shuttle’ / Dino of the day – Student-o-saurs / Magnetic ropes power 40,000kmh aurora storm
Thursday December 13
How hot was 2007? / Arctic ice – never say die / Saturn’s rings are older than we thought
Friday December 14
Someone’s got it in for the ISS / Flowering bamboo brings out the rats / Coral reefs are on the ropes
Other Nature blog posts you may have missed
In the Field – seismologists detect ‘footquakes from celebrating football fans
The Sceptical Chymist – chemistry and cooking
Spoonful of Medicine – being inclusive for the sake of political correctness
Ones that got away
Fin whale feeding time, from the NY Times
The strange case of an engineering professor’s Wikipedia ban, from the Guardian
Poachers have decimated the European eel population, from The Times
December 07, 2007
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Weekly round up - December 07, 2007
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November 30, 2007
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Weekly round up - November 30, 2007
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Monday November 26
Dinosaur of the day: Buffalo-head-smash-o-saurs / Elephants hate hunters, don’t mind farmers / Antarctic ship sinking fears / Indonesia: WHO can whistle for bird flu samples / Give us $3 billion, say marine researchers
Tuesday November 27
Gorillas use “weapons” / Fossils will/may/won’t delay Australian water plant
Wednesday November 28
NASA’s new map of the big white / Climate change ‘will undermine poverty progress’ / Flying foxes can’t handle the heat
Thursday November 29
Turkey may roast Dawkins’ atheism book / Are 25% of all US bird species at risk?
Friday November 30
To boldly go ... to the voting booth / A Christmas card from Hubble / Female antelope won’t take no for an answer / Don’t mess with Texas education
Other Nature blog posts you may have missed
Climate Feedback: the climate podcast, episode 1
The Niche: Shenanigans at California’s stem-cell institute
In the Field: Brendan Maher blogging live from American Society for Cell Biology 2007
Ones that got away
The science of cheese, in the NY Times
The scientists inside Pakistan’s nuclear program, in the WSJ
Was Proust a neuroscientist? No, says Slate
Video of the week
Wasp voodoo rituals and cockroach zombies in the French Polynesian Islands, from Nature
November 23, 2007
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Weekly round up - November 23, 2007
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Monday November 19
Cyclone and early warning in Bangladesh / Noah’s flood brought farming to Europe / Cloning pioneer abandons human embryo work / It's all about me
Tuesday November 20
Son of a what? / This is your brain on a migraine
Wednessday November 21
Conflict-of-interest claims in California / The presidential space race
Thursday November 22
Termite guts spilled / Star with a carbon atmosphere / A vague sort of climate pact for Asia / The new urban scourge: turkeys
Friday November 23
Attack of the killer jellyfish! / The trillion tonne mudslide (almost) / Mirrors help phantom limb pain
Other Nature blog posts you may have missed
Action Potential: Infants inherently interpret intentions?
Nautilus: Changing the way scientists are trained
One that got away special
London’s Science Museum has a new game. No really – it’s fun...
November 16, 2007
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Weekly round up - November 16, 2007
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Monday November 12
Arizona biologist dies of plague / An inquisition for Galileo / UN: don’t clone people
Tuesday November 13
‘Chocolate beer’ is older than we thought / Invasive fish are Emperor’s fault / Getting hydrogen from microbes / Japan’s singing road
Wednesday November 14
Japan, India, China: We like the Moon too / No space walks after smoky suit / New great ape fossil
Thursday November 15
Why Zack is a failure and Andy succeeds / Far East kicks US in education fight
Friday November 16
Dinosaur of the Day: a ‘Flintstones lawnmower’ / Climate change round up / Why shouldn’t we eat whales?
Other Nature blog posts you may have missed
Climate Feedback: the BBC’s approach to climate sceptics
Nautilus: Tribulations of women in academic research
The Niche: when international collaborations depend on differences in local attitudes
Ones that got away
A baffling nuclear facility break-in, from the NY Times
The curious case of George Gipp’s DNA testing, from AP
Intelligent design’s “insidious new assaults on science”, in Salon
November 09, 2007
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November 02, 2007
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Monday October 29
Power problems for space station / A clam named Ming / Arthur Kornberg
Tuesday October 30
FEMA fake press conference scandal / 52m year old spider X-ray / Organic food ‘better for you’
Wednesday October 31
Leslie Orgel / Spooky science for Halloween / Tiger tales triple bill / More space station woes
Thursday November 01
Washoe the chimp dies / New planets’ hidden mystery
Friday November 02
Appetite for fish means reef destruction / Robot race shifts gear / The Lance Armstrong Mighty Mouse
Other Nature blog posts you may have missed
Peer to Peer - Blogging about peer-reviewed research
The Sceptical Chymist - The qualifying exam: Good luck, sucker!
Climate Feedback - White House advisor edits climate report
In the Field – The Nature editor goes to Spain
Ones that got away
In the hunt for shipwrecks “buccaneering ways of yesteryear” are back, says the Independent
Schools in the US are producing more science graduates than the market can support, says Business Week
‘The Most Beautiful Planetary Maps Ever’, on Wired
October 26, 2007
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Weekly round up - October 26, 2007
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Monday October 22
Cracks in Shuttle, and NASA unity / All the leaves are brown... / Solar powered race sets off / Cod ‘recovery’ claims
Tuesday October 23
California sues for cleaner air / ‘Evidence ignored’ in badger cull row / Save the dinosaur! / Vibrating mice get thinner
Wednesday October 24
California fires from space
Thursday October 25
Global warming = mass extinctions / Saturn’s moonlet belt / Wildlife photographer of the year / Kyoto’s failings / 'I have been much blessed' - Watson retires
Friday October 26
Primates in trouble, including us / “Lesbian nematodes”
Other Nature blog posts you may have missed
Peer to peer: Should regulation of research be left to peers?
Nascent: Kitchen science in a comic style
Nautilus: Research in Mainland China and Hong Kong
Ones that got away
Marine sanctuary menaced by a Texas-size garbage patch, from Ars Technica
‘Future fibres’ feature, from the BBC
Tokyo scientists build ‘womb on a chip’, from the Boston Globe
October 19, 2007
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Weekly round up - October 19, 2007
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Friday October 19
Inside the mind of 'Honest Jim' Watson / Sea change brings coast guard to Arctic / Watson apologises; suspended from Cold Spring Harbor
Thursday October 18
X-ray sat laid to rest / An early taste for seafood
Wednesday October 17
Ice surveyors will walk to pole / James Watson’s race row / A feast of fossil footprints
Tuesday October 16
Dinosaur of the day / Gossip beats facts any day / Chimps exposed as liars
Monday October 15
South China Tiger spotted / Florida stops burying tortoises alive (soon) / Fear gets seen faster / New crew aboard ISS
Ones that got away
The hotly anticipated Star Trek film chronicling the early days of James T. Kirk and fellow crew members during their training at the Starfleet Academy, seems to have been largely cast (BBC; imdb)
State and federal biologists, who are smarting from research showing that they may have been protecting the wrong fish the past 20 years, are regrouping in their efforts to restore the rare greenback cutthroat trout to Colorado waters (NY Times).
Amateur stargazers map a 'lopsided' universe (Telegraph)
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October 12, 2007
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Friday October 12
‘Evolutionary scandal’ of sexless bug solved / Al Gore and IPCC share peace prize
Thursday October 11
Nine slaps on the wrist for Al Gore / Allen array online / New Horizons visits Jupiter / Nature’s history online
Wednesday October 10
Chemistry Nobel announced / Aphids’ dangerous liaison / T. Rex reigned in Hell Valley
Tuesday October 09
Physics Nobel announced / Dinosaur of the day / Making elephants bee-hive / The only way to fly
Monday October 08
Medicine Nobel announced / ‘Space currency’ nonsense / International Cephalopod Awareness Day / Artificial life, again / Ig Nobels and science journalism
Other Nature blog posts you may have missed
Action Potential: our new neuroscience podcast
Nascent: science (and ex-Nature staff) in video games
The Sceptical Chymist: a tenuous link between nanotechnology and football
Ones that got away
DNA testing may clear up Christopher Columbus controversy, in the NY Times
End of the road for walrus satellite tag, from the BBC
Mongolia’s grasslands are turning to sand, from Reuters
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October 05, 2007
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Weekly round up - October 05, 2007
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Friday October 05
Cycads’ complicated love life / Europe and creationism - UPDATE / California geologists rock the party / ‘Saint Pete’ to step down
Thursday October 04
Tasmanian Devils face extinction / A duck-billed plant pulveriser / New space war threatened
Wednesday October 03
The new face of Nature News / Pretty pictures from Hubble / Lab lapses spark safety fears / Self tuning guitar hits bum note
Tuesday October 02
Arctic ice on the rocks / Centre fined over macaque death / CSI Llullaillaco’s grisly discovery
Monday October 01
Israel boycott ‘would be illegal’ / Bush’s climate change ‘charade’ / Next stop: the ocean
Other Nature blog posts you may have missed
Climate Feedback: the difficult life of a US state climatologist
Nascent: Second Nature Event - Bluetongue disease special
Spoonful of Medicine: lay off DDT?
Ones that got away
Why paintings can improve climate science, in The Guardian
People in the UK no longer need licences for their sloths, in the Times
How to make a jellyfish cocktail, in NPR
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