http://www.nature.com/news/ Nature Publishing Group en Nature Publishing Group News at Nature Nature Publishing Group permissions@nature.com 1744-7933 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080902/full/news.2008.1073.html?s=news_rss Telescope pioneer foiled by optical effect while measuring distance to the stars. Galileo duped by diffraction 10.1038/news.2008.1073 History Tue Sep 02 15:41:52 EDT 2008 News at Nature Tue Sep 02 15:41:52 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080820/full/454934a.html?s=news_rss When jumbo Humboldt squid disappeared from Chilean waters, it led to the demise of a world-class electrophysiology laboratory. Now the creatures are back, finds Tony Scully, and so are the scientists. 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Complex clock combines calendars 10.1038/454561a History Wed Jul 30 00:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Jul 30 00:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080702/full/454014c.html?s=news_rss Linnean Society celebrates seminal evolution papers 10.1038/454014c History Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080625/full/4531155a.html?s=news_rss South African tribe objects to multimedia images of remains. Online anthropology draws protest from aboriginal group 10.1038/4531155a History Wed Jun 25 00:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Jun 25 00:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080611/full/453840a.html?s=news_rss A chasm has opened up between biomedical researchers and the patients who need their discoveries. Declan Butler asks how the ground shifted and whether the US National Institutes of Health can bridge the gap. Translational research: Crossing the valley of death 10.1038/453840a History Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080611/full/453837b.html?s=news_rss Physicist's involvement in historical race row disputed 10.1038/453837b History Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080605/full/news.2008.870.html?s=news_rss Fresh light shed on Jewish chemist's wartime struggle for acceptance. New account of Primo Levi racism row 10.1038/news.2008.870 History Thu Jun 05 17:20:29 EDT 2008 News at Nature Thu Jun 05 17:20:29 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080529/full/news.2008.866.html?s=news_rss The tendency of 'uneducated' people to compress the number scale for big numbers is actually an admirable way of measuring the world, says Philip Ball. Why we should love logarithms 10.1038/news.2008.866 History Thu May 29 18:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Thu May 29 18:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080528/full/453569a.html?s=news_rss Glitch in the twentieth-century climate record is explained. Climate anomaly is an artefact 10.1038/453569a History Wed May 28 16:59:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed May 28 16:59:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080521/full/453433a.html?s=news_rss Humpback population shows signs of recovery. Whales are on the rise 10.1038/453433a History Wed May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080521/full/453446a.html?s=news_rss Some researchers think that the evolution of languages can be understood by treating them like genomes #20; but many linguists don't want to hear about it. Emma Marris reports. Language: The language barrier 10.1038/453446a History Wed May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080519/full/news.2008.839.html?s=news_rss Researchers give a French province the 'Facebook' treatment. Social networking gets medieval 10.1038/news.2008.839 History Mon May 19 17:08:39 EDT 2008 News at Nature Mon May 19 17:08:39 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080508/full/news.2008.808.html?s=news_rss Settlers travelled to the coast to get their seaweed. Early Americans had a coastal diet 10.1038/news.2008.808 History Thu May 08 17:02:05 EDT 2008 News at Nature Thu May 08 17:02:05 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080416/full/452786a.html?s=news_rss Veterans department accused of foot-dragging over research into health effects of the herbicide. Further delays to full Agent Orange study 10.1038/452786a History Wed Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080402/full/news.2008.730.html?s=news_rss UK museum seeks cash to keep a rare astrolabe in public hands. Medieval calculator up for grabs 10.1038/news.2008.730 History Wed Apr 02 17:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Apr 02 17:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080402/full/452520a.html?s=news_rss Low- and zero-energy buildings could have a huge impact on energy use and carbon emissions. We have the technologies, but if they are to mitigate climate change, green-building design must hit the mass market, says Declan Butler. Architecture: Architects of a low-energy future 10.1038/452520a History Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080317/full/452265a.html?s=news_rss Exotic animals as you've never seen them before. 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