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How rediscovered chemical tags on DNA and RNA are shaking up the field.

Editorial | 21 February 2017
Researchers should reach beyond the science bubble
Scientists in the United States and elsewhere ought to address the needs and employment prospects of taxpayers who have seen little benefit from scientific advances.
Comment | 22 February 2017
No publication without confirmation
A proposal for a new kind of paper that combines the flexibility of basic research with the rigour of clinical trials.

Current Issue | 23 February 2017

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News | 24 February 2017
Fake stars, panda suits and ants on treadmills
February’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.
News | 24 February 2017
A giant neuron found wrapped around entire mouse brain
3D reconstructions show a 'crown of thorns' shape stemming from a region linked to consciousness.
News | 23 February 2017
African countries mobilize to battle invasive caterpillar
Authorities and researchers ramp up their efforts to tackle the invasive fall armyworm.
News | 23 February 2017
Bees learn football from their buddies
The insects show sophisticated learning for non-bee related tasks, and can even improve on what they are taught.
News | 22 February 2017
These seven alien worlds could help explain how planets form
The Earth-sized astronomical bounty circles a dim star that flew under the radar of exoplanet researchers.
News | 22 February 2017
Why British universities are unlikely to accept invitation to set up campuses in France
Paris consortium hopes to lure UK institutions with promise of access to European research funds after Brexit.

Research Highlights | 24 February 2017
Epilepsy: Could autoantibodies explain epilepsy with unknown aetiology?
- Ian Fyfe
Nature Reviews Neurology
Research Highlights | 24 February 2017
Autoimmunity: Death-defying β cells
- David Holmes
Nature Reviews Endocrinology
Research Highlights | 24 February 2017
Motor neuron disease: CSF suppresses sonic hedgehog in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Heather Wood
Nature Reviews Neurology
Research Highlights | 24 February 2017
Adipose tissue: Exosomal microRNAs — novel adipokines
- Claire Greenhill
Nature Reviews Endocrinology
Research Highlights | 23 February 2017
Pain: A gatekeeper circuit
The dissection of a circuit for the descending modulation of pain processing in the spinal cord that is recruited by stress.
- Katherine Whalley
Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Research Highlights | 23 February 2017
Tumorigenesis: Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
Two papers demonstrate that centrosome amplification can cause cancer in mammals and that a PIDDosome–p53-dependent control mechanism acts to prevent cell proliferation in the presence of extra centrosomes.
- Anna Dart
Nature Reviews Cancer 17, 143

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Comments and Opinion | 22 February 2017
Employment: Male majority
Men outnumber women in most US science sectors.
Nature Jobs 542, 509
Comments and Opinion | 22 February 2017
Poland: Into the light
As it embraces competitive international science, Poland is becoming a force to be reckoned with.
- Quirin Schiermeier
Nature Jobs 542, 507–509
Comments and Opinion | 22 February 2017
Finance: Pan-European pension
Savings plan offers pension mobility for researchers in Europe.
Nature Jobs 542, 509