Nature News - Archive
Biology and other science news items from Nature News, the popular science syndication arm of the premier international science publisher, the Nature Publishing Group. Nature News is an authoritative and accessible online roundup of what's new in science research.
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July 30, 2018
Droughts, heatwaves and floods: How to tell when climate change is to blame
Weather forecasters will soon provide instant assessments of global warming’s influence on extreme events.
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July 23, 2018
Ecologists try to speed up evolution to save Australian marsupial from toxic toads
The strategy could also be used to bolster the defences of Tasmanian devils and corals on the Great Barrier Reef.
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July 23, 2018
'I speak for the trees': Could this monkey be Dr Seuss’s Lorax?
The patas monkey is native to Kenya, where the children’s author wrote much of his environmental fable The Lorax.
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July 19, 2018
3D image reveals hidden neurons in fruit-fly brain
Researchers hope the data will speed the understanding of how the brain affects behaviour.
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July 19, 2018
Humans are altering seasonal climate cycles worldwide
Nearly four decades of global temperature data collected by satellites reveal the atmospheric fingerprint of climate change.
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July 5, 2018
Contagious cancer could have wiped out America's first dogs
Ancient-genome study finds that indigenous dogs in North and South America split from other domestic canines around 15,000 years ago.
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June 11, 2018
Speedy Ebola tests help contain Africa’s latest outbreak
Health workers battling Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo can diagnose the virus in hours, instead of days.
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June 7, 2018
Sucking carbon dioxide from air is cheaper than scientists thought
Estimated cost of geoengineering technology to fight climate change has plunged since a 2011 analysis
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June 7, 2018
Fur seals can go weeks without REM sleep
Animals switch off need for restorative sleep phase while at sea without experiencing any apparent ill effects.
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June 7, 2018
Honeybees can count to zero
Insects join a limited list of animals that grasp the idea of nothing.
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