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Clam fossils from the middle Devonian era now yield a better paleontological picture of the capacity of ecosystems to remain stable in the face of environmental change, according to new research.

The University of Chicago launched the first secure cloud-based computing system that enables researchers to access and analyze human genomic cancer information without the costly and cumbersome infrastructure normally needed to download and store massive amounts of data.

The Bionimbus Protected Data Cloud, as it is called, enables researchers who are authorized by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to access and analyze data in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) ...
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A recent study into the incubation behavior of modern birds is shedding new light on the type of parental care carried out by their long-extinct ancestors.

Mathematician claims breakthrough towards solving centuries-old problem.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12989

Deforestation in Amazon reduces electricity from hydropower dams by up to 40%

Key evolutionary event eventually gave rise to human beings

Loss of genetic diversity may doom some of the cats and birds

DNA casts doubt on Egyptian origin for ancient Cretans.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12990

Two fossil discoveries from the East African Rift reveal new information about the evolution of primates, according to a paper published this week in the journal Nature.

Findings by scientists at Ohio University's (OU) Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and colleagues document the oldest fossils of two major groups of primates: the group that today includes apes and humans (hominoids) and the group that includes Old World monkeys such as baboons and ...
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Biologist Deborah M. Gordon's decades-long study of collective behavior in harvester ant colonies has provided a rare real-time look at natural selection at work.

Fossils of the earliest ape and Old World monkey ever unearthed were found in the tectonically active East African Rift. Did the rift boost their evolution?    

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Melting ice in Greenland may have helped to shift the location of the North Pole.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12994

Initiative will use crowdsourced data to inform global carbon modelling.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12969

According to NOAA scientists, the average temperature for the contiguous United States during April was 49.7°F, 1.4°F below the 20th-century average. It was the 23rd coolest April on record. Below-average temperatures dominated the central United States.

Bacterium helps to regulate metabolism in mice.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12975

Comparison between hominins suggests modern middle-ear bones evolved early.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12976

Controlled explosions could aid monitoring of active eruptions.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12970

Talk to experts in a Google Hangout about what's being done to save these important insects

Funding goal for 2020 revised from 3% of GDP to 2%, and state share will be cut.

Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12964