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-Special: RIO+20
Twenty years after global leaders pledged to protect Earth's climate
and biodiversity at the Rio Earth Summit, they are back for another
try at Rio 2.0. In this special report, Nature shows that while the
leaders have made little headway, scientists' understanding of the
environmental crisis continues to deepen.
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-GENOME TEST SLAMMED FOR ASSESSING 'RACIAL PURITY'
12 June 2012
Hungarian far-right politician certified as 'free of Jewish and Roma'
genes.
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-HOW GEOGRAPHY SHAPES CULTURAL DIVERSITY
11 June 2012
Study offers evidence that long countries give better protection to
languages than those that are wide.
http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=47&ms=MzkzMjU2NTUS1&r=NDU1MzI2NDEwMwS2&b=2&j=MTQ2NTU3NDkwS0&mt=1&rt=0

-NASA SCIENTISTS FIGHT BUDGET CUTS WITH CUPCAKES
11 June 2012
Planetary researchers bake cakes and shine shoes to raise awareness of
declining budget.
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-A SLIM CHANCE FOR SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH
11 June 2012
Incoming president of the nation's Medical Research Council, Salim
Abdool Karim, talks about the challenges he faces.
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-CHOLERA VACCINE DEPLOYED TO CONTROL AFRICAN OUTBREAK
11 June 2012
Patients in Guinea are first in Africa to be given oral vaccination
during an epidemic.
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-SCIENTISTS PROTEST AGAINST PRISON SENTENCE FOR IRANIAN STUDENT
11 June 2012
Scientific societies and human-rights organizations ask for fair
treatment for Omid Kokabee.
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-TABLETOP X-RAYS LIGHT UP
08 June 2012
Compact device promises to open window on chemical reactions in the
lab.
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-GIANT REEF FISH HEADBUTT RIVALS TO SCORE WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX
08 June 2012
First sighting of ramming behaviour in bumphead parrotfish during
competition for females.
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-FETAL GENOME DEDUCED FROM PARENTAL DNA
06 June 2012
Method could make non-invasive screening commonplace — and
problematic.
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-RETURN TO RIO: SECOND CHANCE FOR THE PLANET
06 June 2012
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-EARTH SUMMIT: RIO REPORT CARD
06 June 2012
The world has failed to deliver on many of the promises it made 20
years ago at the Earth summit in Brazil.
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-FISHERIES SCIENCE FALLS FOUL OF PRIVACY RULES
06 June 2012
European restrictions on personal data endanger marine research and
sustainability, scientists warn.
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-SEVEN DAYS: 1–7 JUNE 2012
06 June 2012
The week in science: Tension over Europe's next research funding
programme; Venus transits the Sun; and the Shaw and Kavli prizes are
awarded.
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-MAPPING IDENTIFIES BEST TARGETS FOR MALARIA PREVENTION
06 June 2012
Seasonal treatment would save lives, but leave many behind.
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-ANTIBODY ALARM CALL ROUSES IMMUNE RESPONSE TO CANCER
06 June 2012
Trial drug outperforms earlier efforts to marshall the body's defences
to combat tumours.
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--Read up to the minute coverage of research and science policy
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Bioethics board backs embryo alteration for mitochondrial disease
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Brains thaw at Harvard repository
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US officials investigate E. coli outbreak
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More Turkish scientists resign from state Academy
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Vitamin D fails diabetes test
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Apology accepted, climate scientist reinstated at Pacific Institute
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A sign of cancer immortality in mitochondria?
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Huge phytoplankton bloom found under Arctic ice
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Texas cancer institute adds scientific review of controversial
grant
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NASA cancels small X-ray mission
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