Nature News
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Star buzzed Solar System during human prehistory
Faint star with even fainter companion came close enough to perturb comets in the distant Oort cloud some 70,000 years ago.
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Jupiter glimpsed as aliens would see it
Astronomers have observed Jupiter for centuries. But a study that looks at the gas giant as if it were an exoplanet could help to make more reliable interpretations of the […]
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European languages linked to migration from the east
Large ancient-DNA study uncovers population that moved westwards 4,500 years ago.
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Tapeworms battle it out to control shared host
When two parasites want different things, only one can triumph.
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Blended structure makes steel light yet sturdy
Material bests titanium alloy for strength and ductility.
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Gravitational waves discovery now officially dead
A team of astronomers that last year reported evidence for gravitational waves from the early Universe has now withdrawn the claim. A joint analysis of data recorded by the team’s […]
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Mystery childhood paralysis stumps researchers
Pathogen related to polio and common cold could be the cause — but little is known for sure.
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Genghis Khan’s genetic legacy has competition
Millions of men bear the genetic legacy of Genghis Khan, the famously fertile Mongolian ruler who died in 1227. Researchers have now recognized ten other men whose fecundity has left a […]
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GM microbes created that can’t escape the lab
Critics of genetic engineering have long worried about the risk of modified organisms escaping into the environment. A biological-containment strategy described this week in Nature has the potential to put some […]