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Climate researchers 'should cut their carbon footprint'
Jet-setting scientists responsible for substantial greenhouse gas emissions.
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Brain implant allows mute man to speak
Patient with paralysis controls speech synthesizer with his mind.
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Australia's big hop into genomics
Map milestone for kangaroo genome project.
21 November 2008
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Special : Darwin 200
As a prelude to the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth on 12 February 1809, this Nature News special looks at how his work on natural selection is still provoking debate; finds out how previous Darwin anniversaries were celebrated; rounds up the events in the coming year that will celebrate the man's life and works; and much more. There's also a stunning gallery of eyes the organ so brilliantly 'designed' that Darwin feared it may block the acceptance of natural selection.
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