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- Under a fermium sky http://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2017/06/under-a-fermium-sky.html 21 comments
- Russia, Japan aim to establish permanent bases on the Moon http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/05/russia-japan-aim-for-the-moon.html 3 comments
- The science behind India’s heatwaves http://blogs.nature.com/indigenus/2016/04/the-science-behind-indias-heatwaves.html 4 comments india
- [Scienza] La lista dei prodottic "chemical-free" stilata dalla rivista scientifica Nature http://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/files/2014/06/nchem_-chemical-free.pdf 16 comments italy
- Global scientific output doubles every nine years http://blogs.nature.com/news/2014/05/global-scientific-output-doubles-every-nine-years.html 4 comments science
- How to make graphene in a kitchen blender " ... buried in the supplementary information of a research paper published today is a domestic recipe for producing large quantities of clean flakes of graphene." http://blogs.nature.com/news/2014/04/how-to-make-graphene-in-a-kitchen-blender.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+news%2Frss%2Fnewsblog+%28news+blog+-+blog+posts%29 67 comments science
- New study finds an experimental diabetes drug that can reverse smoking-induced lung damage in mice http://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2014/02/experimental-diabetes-drug-reverses-emphysema-in-mice.html 5 comments science
- Iranian physics student awarded human-rights prize while in prison http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/09/iranian-student-awarded-human-rights-prize-while-in-prison.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+news%2Frss%2Fnewsblog+%28news+blog+-+blog+posts%29&wt.ec_id=news-20130924 14 comments science
- Quake off eastern Russia may be biggest-ever deep temblor http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/05/quake-off-eastern-russia-may-be-deepest-ever.html 7 comments science
- The Obama Administration announced this week that it is committing US$200-million to create three new advanced-manufacturing innovation institutes, focusing on digital manufacturing, lightweight composites and next generation power sources http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/05/obama-administration-announces-manufacturing-institutes.html 43 comments politics
- Stephen Hawking’s ‘boycott’ of Israeli conference NOT due to health reasons http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/05/stephen-hawkings-boycott-of-israeli-conference-may-be-for-health-reasons.html 12 comments worldnews
- The Canadian government has barred scientists from entering the Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario. As funding for the freshwater research station dried up this week, scientists with on-going projects at the facility were left wondering about the future of their research. http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/04/canada-shutters-research-lakes-facilities.html 166 comments worldnews
- Whole brain cellular-level activity mapping in a second http://blogs.nature.com/methagora/2013/03/whole-brain-cellular-level-activity-mapping-in-a-second.html/ 9 comments technology
- Antarctic researchers discover for first time life in subglacial lake: missing link to life in outer space? ( Nature News Blog) http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/02/antarctic-researchers-find-life-in-subglacial-lake.html 5 comments science
- Can the name of a disease can affect scientific research? http://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/01/proposal-to-overhaul-diseases-name-could-boost-awareness-and-funding.html 3 comments science
- The suicide of Aaron Swartz has resonated deeply in the world of science. Researchers are called to submit their papers online for free, in protest of the irrationality of the justice system. http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/01/us-justice-system-overreach-blamed-in-suicide-of-internet-freedom-activist.html 273 comments science
- Japan's new budget reverses austerity cuts, giving ¥570 billion to science and education including ¥20 billion for stem cell research http://blogs.nature.com/news/2013/01/japans-new-old-leadership-to-boost-science.html 31 comments worldnews
- Voluntary slavery? Ancient Egyptians paid a monthly fee to become temple slaves http://blogs.nature.com/houseofwisdom/2013/01/voluntary-slavery-ancient-egyptians-paid-a-monthly-fee-to-become-temple-slaves.html/ 6 comments history
- James Cameron releases first scientific results from his deep dive: The findings have implications for the origins of life on Earth and other planets, he says. http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/12/james-cameron-releases-results-from-his-deep-dive.html 114 comments science
- James Cameron releases results from his deep dive http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/12/james-cameron-releases-results-from-his-deep-dive.html/ 21 comments worldnews
- Denmark abandons sugar and fat taxes: '.. the country’s tax on unhealthy, high-fat products had driven up prices and put jobs at risk.' http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/11/denmark-abandons-sugar-and-fat-taxes.html 7 comments worldnews
- Dolphins are unwitting participants in their own demise. They have been caught on camera raiding fishing nets to plunder the catch. http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/10/dolphins-fishing-net-raids-caught-on-camera.html 15 comments science
- Buddhist ‘Iron Man’ found by Nazis is from Space http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/09/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space.html 812 comments science
- Whoa, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped this picture of Curiosity as it was landing on Mars. http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/08/mars-orbiter-catches-curiosity-by-the-tail.html 56 comments space
- Neurosurgeons barred from human research after experimental infections http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/07/neurosurgeons-barred-from-human-research-after-experimental-infections.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=feed%3A+news%2Frss%2Fnewsblog+%28news+blog+-+blog+posts%29 307 comments science
- Scientists march on Canadian parliament--The protesters accuse the Harper government of shutting down Canadian scientific agencies because they threaten to expose the environmental impact of fossil fuel extraction. http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/07/scientists-march-on-canadian-parliament.html 9 comments worldnews
- Korean scientists hit back at creationist textbook campaign: A group of 30 South Korean evolutionary scientists and paleontologists have released a statement condemning a successful campaign by creationists to remove some examples of evolution from high-school biology textbooks http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/06/korean-scientists-hit-back-at-creationist-textbook-campaign.html 33 comments science
- Could there be life on Mars? http://blogs.nature.com/soapboxscience/2012/05/16/comparing-planets-in-the-solar-system-could-there-be-life-on-mars 3 comments space
- Neutrinos can transmit message through solid rock: what implications and applications can follow? http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/03/neutrinos-transmit-message-through-solid-rock.html 7 comments science
- BASF abandons GM crop market in Europe http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/01/basf-abandons-gm-crop-market-in-europe.html 3 comments worldnews
- Two adult stem cell scientists, who are attempting to put a halt to US govt funding of human embryonic stem cell research, filed briefs today in a high-ranking US court (Court of Appeals for Wash DC, one step below the Supreme Court); the case will be heard by 3 Republican-appointed judges in April http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/01/plaintiffs-in-us-stem-cell-case-try-again.html 5 comments science
- You have got to be kidding me. Another 'leak' of climate emails from the Climate Research Unit at UEA (this time, just before the Durban summit). http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/11/yet_another_climategate.html 36 comments science
- Cannabis sativa genome has been sequenced http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/08/weed_sequenced_no_really_weed.html?wt.mc_id=twt_naturenews 87 comments science
- Twenty-five 8 to 10-year old kids devise experiment on bee vision, and publish in peer-reviewed journal. Insert publish or perish joke here. http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2010/12/science_really_is_childs_play.html 6 comments science
- Taking amphetamines during adolescence reduces neurofrontal cortex function and causes impaired memory http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2010/11/drugs_hit_teens_harder_1.html 22 comments science
- A group of chemists has designed what must be the world’s smallest bottle: a carbon cage that can hold just a single water molecule. http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2010/11/the_worlds_smallest_water_bott_1.html 21 comments science
- Big pharma acknowledges neglected tropical diseases http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2010/10/big_pharma_acknowledges_neglec.html 9 comments science
- A box of pills discovered in a shipwreck off the Tuscan coast of Italy 20 yrs ago have been analyzed ____ “For the first time, we have physical evidence of what we have in writing from the ancient Greek physicians Dioscorides & Galen.” http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2010/09/roman_pills.html 9 comments history
- Brain training – maybe a little effective? http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2010/07/brain_training_maybe_a_little.html 5 comments cogsci
- Water Found on Moon http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2008/07/water_found_on_moon.html 3 comments space