What’s been on The Great Beyond this week and a few extras…
Wednesday January 02
Mars is going down! / World’s oldest orang dies / Lack of sleep linked to diabetes / I changed my mind…
Thursday January 03
IPCC co-founder dies at 82 / Monkeys pay for sex / Arctic amplification / Row over Taiwan’s genetic makeup
Friday January 04
New salamanders discovered in Costa Rica / Saturn’s strange structures / NASA to fly Google’s plane into meteor shower / Going power mad…
Other Nature blog posts you may have missed
Nature Medicine: why a 12 hour day in the lab is part of a weight loss, sex-appeal regimen
Nascent: ‘this post will change your life’
Climate Feedback: the road from Bali
Ones that got away
Women drink more than men at fancy dress parties, says the Daily Telegraph
Why academically competitive universities can’t play football, from Inside Higher Ed
Driving while on the phone isn’t just dangerous – it slows things down, says the NY Times