By Chris Clough on 30 Aug 2013
Welcome to the return of the Friday quiz! It has been, to say the least, an extended break since the last one so hopefully that means your quizzing brain is well rested and you’re raring to go. Read more
Posted in Featured |
By nature.com Communities Team on 16 Aug 2013
Camels may be the MERS virus host … Read more
Posted in Weekly round-up
By nature.com Communities Team on 15 Aug 2013
Sometimes, revolutions do happen in science. Historian Lara Marks thinks the story of monoclonal antibodies is one of them. These immune molecules form the basis of six out of ten of the world’s best-selling drugs, and they’re found in home-testing kits for pregnancy and menopause, and hospital tests for MRSA and HIV. They can be made to recognise specific molecules, tagging them for destruction by the body’s own immune system. Read more
Posted in Featured | Tagged Communities Happenings
By nature.com Communities Team on 12 Aug 2013
Thirteen budding young German science writers have recently been grilling the experts to find out in a three-day workshop on “The Intelligence of Animals” run by Spektrum der Wissenchaft. Read more
Posted in Featured
By nature.com Communities Team on 09 Aug 2013
Leaders from academia, public policy, and the private sector gathered to discuss the future of learning at the Scientific American and Macmillan Science and Education Executive STEM Summit: Learning in the Digital Age. The goal of the summit, held on August 7 at the Google offices in New York City, was to go beyond the usual conversations on the need to reinvent the ways we teach and learn, and instead focus on the emerging technologies, groundbreaking initiatives and leading programs that have the best chance of revolutionizing education. Read more
Posted in Events, Featured
By nature.com Communities Team on 09 Aug 2013
Why rabbits have white tails … Read more
Posted in Weekly round-up
By nature.com Communities Team on 08 Aug 2013
Scientific Reports is thrilled to announce the launch of their new game called Eye Sci – it’s an exciting, intriguing and at times frustrating online game, that will keep people coming back for more: … Read more
| Tagged Communities Happenings
By nature.com Communities Team on 08 Aug 2013
Charlotte Stoddart Head of Multimedia, Nature … Read more
Posted in Featured, Video and podcasts
By nature.com Communities Team on 01 Aug 2013
It’s not often we make such a claim at Nature Publishing Group, but we think that you will forgive us just this once. Scientific Reports (the open access journal) has just launched ‘Eye Sci’ and we’re positive you’ll be addicted to this exciting, intriguing and shamelessly frustrating challenge in no time at all. Read more
Posted in Featured
