Science
on the solstice
In this special feature news@nature.com
brings you a composite picture of the summer solstice. 28 June 2006
The
trouble with replication
The idea that readers should be able to replicate
published scientific results is seen as the bedrock of modern science.
But what if replication proves difficult or impossible? Jim Giles
tracks the fate of one group of papers. 26
July 2006
Environmental activism: In the name of nature
What drives environmental
activists to fire-bomb laboratories? Emma Marris investigates a
radical fringe of the US green movement. 4 October 2006
Climate
change: A sea change A collapse in ocean
currents triggered by global warming could be catastrophic, but
only now is the Atlantic circulation being properly monitored. Quirin
Schiermeier investigates. 18 January 2006
Nuclear weapons: The next nuke US nuclear weapons
scientists are designing a warhead that is meant to be 'reliable'
without ever having been tested. Geoff Brumfiel asks whether it
could renew the United States' ageing stockpile. 5 July 2006
Ornithology:
Digging for dodo No one has seen a dodo
in three and a half centuries, but that hasn't stopped the bizarre
speculation about this extinct bird. Henry Nicholls investigates
whether recent excavations in Mauritius could reveal the real creature. 13 September 2006
Fractals and art: In the hands of a master
Fractal analysis has
been used to assess the authenticity of paintings purporting to
be the work of Jackson Pollock. Alison Abbott reports. 8 February 2006
Bioethics:
An easy way out? Scientists say they
gas mice and rats with carbon dioxide because it is humane. It's
also simple, cheap and keeps their hands clean. Emma Marris analyses
the final seconds of the lab rodents' life. 31 May 2006
Depression: Comfortably numb It started life as an anaesthetic, then became a psychedelic club drug. Now researchers think ketamine could hold the key to understanding and treating depression, says Erika Check. 11 October 2006
