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Sniffing out malaria

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Sniffing out malaria

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The African Sahel's dry season lasts for most of the year. When the rain finally begins in spring, thousands of

A vote for stem cells

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A vote for stem cells

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The $3 billion California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the world's largest stem cell research agency, is funded by the state

Targeting tumours: Challenges of antibody-drug conjugates

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Targeting tumours: Challenges of antibody-drug conjugates

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Treating cancer requires aggressive but targeted therapy. Some cancer drugs are too toxic because they damage healthy cells as well

Handing on a sustainable future

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Handing on a sustainable future

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How can we maintain resources for future generations?Economists have studied how people cooperate in groups, but they haven't

Living Symphonies

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Living Symphonies

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Living Symphonies is a sound installation which aims to portray a forest ecosystem in an ever changing soundscape - reflecting,

Cooking that kills

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Cooking that kills

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Smoke from traditional cookstoves kills around 4 million people each year. In this video we meet several families in India

Supersize sperm from the past

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Supersize sperm from the past

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Scientists have found the oldest sperm ever discovered, and they are whoppers. They belong to a type of tiny crustacean

A virtual Universe

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A virtual Universe

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Scientists at MIT have traced 13 billion years of galaxy evolution, from shortly after the Big Bang to the present

Lost in migration

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Lost in migration

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Electromagnetic noise is emitted everywhere humans use devices. For decades, people have wondered whether this noise is affecting birds' ability

Schizophrenia: Designing the cover

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Schizophrenia: Designing the cover

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We asked artist Sue Morgan to design the cover for Nature's special collection of articles about schizophrenia. Sue was

Schizophrenia: What’s in my head?

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Schizophrenia: What’s in my head?

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When she's experiencing hallucinations, artist Sue Morgan feels compelled to draw; to 'get it out of her head'. Sue

Gentle giants of the Cambrian

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Gentle giants of the Cambrian

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More than 500 million years ago in the Cambrian period there was an explosion of animal life. The top predators

#NPGjclub

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#NPGjclub

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The rate at which the Earth's atmosphere is warming has slowed in recent years. The reasons presented for this so-called

The beginning of everything

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The beginning of everything

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Scientists from the Centre for Astrophysics have found evidence of gravitational waves created mere moments after the dawn of the

Marketing – Nature Journals app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch

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Marketing – Nature Journals app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch

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Update/Download the NatureJournals app and subscribe to any title in the app annually for just $35.99, monthly for $4.99 —

Vaccine delivery: The last mile

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Vaccine delivery: The last mile

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You've walked for several hours to get your baby vaccinated. But the clinic has run out of vaccines -- or

Science is Beautiful

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Science is Beautiful

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In a new exhibition, the British Library pays homage to the important role data visualisation plays in the scientific process.

Immunology in the skin

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Immunology in the skin

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The skin is the body's main barrier against physical insults and microbial pathogens. Diverse and functionally specialized subsets of immune

Come fly with me

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Come fly with me

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Look up to the sky and you might see birds flying in a 'V' shape. This pattern is thought to

Stronger, not sicker

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Stronger, not sicker

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Carley Rutledge is studying biology at university in Colorado. She loves hiking and hanging out with friends. Many of us

South Africa: Science after apartheid

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South Africa: Science after apartheid

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As the world commemorates the life of Nelson Mandela, Nature Video takes a look at how science has fared in

Creating Gollum

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Creating Gollum

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This month sees the release of the second film in The Hobbit trilogy: The Desolation of Smaug. Perhaps the

Stay dry with a bounce

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Stay dry with a bounce

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In a quest to keep materials dry, scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been filming water droplets in slow

Malaria: Better to prevent than to treat

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Malaria: Better to prevent than to treat

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Nature reporter Amy Maxmen travelled to Mali and Senegal to learn about a new strategy for protecting children against malaria

The fireball on film

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The fireball on film

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In February 2013, an asteroid smashed into Earth near the town of Chelyabinsk in Russia. The event was captured on

David Nutt: John Maddox Prize winner 2013

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David Nutt: John Maddox Prize winner 2013

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The John Maddox Prize recognises the work of individuals who promote sound science and evidence on a matter of public

Reading minds

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Reading minds

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Neuroscientists are starting to decipher what a person is seeing, remembering and even dreaming just by looking at their brain

New drugs for old bugs

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New drugs for old bugs

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We should all be worried by the growing number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and we urgently need to develop new drugs,

Industry’s rare resources

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Industry’s rare resources

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Almost all industrial processes rely on catalysts, which increase the rate of chemical reactions. Many catalysts are made from rare

Supervolcanoes on Mars

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Supervolcanoes on Mars

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Scientists have found evidence of supervolcanoes on Mars. Several craters, thought to be created by impacts from space, may have

Science in the developing world

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Science in the developing world

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What role can science play in the developing world? In this film, Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos-Horta and Israeli

Fuelling controversy

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Fuelling controversy

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We are facing a global energy crisis, and scientists are charged with finding alternatives to fossil fuels. In this film,

Trailer: Better living through chemistry

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Trailer: Better living through chemistry

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At this summer's Lindau Meeting we focused on pressing world problems and how chemistry can help us to solve them.

25 years of the IPCC – Nature Video

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25 years of the IPCC – Nature Video

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was founded 25 years ago to provide authoritative assessments on the emerging problem

Revving up brain skills

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Revving up brain skills

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Brain training games claim to boost your mental skills. But while practicing a game might make you better at it,

Singing stars

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Singing stars

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Scientists have turned light signals from distant stars into sound. By analysing the amount of hiss in the sound,

How brains see

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How brains see

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At the micro-scale the brain is a mess; a thick tangle of nerve cells connected at synapses. Mapping just

Scientific Data

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Scientific Data

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Helping you publish, discover and research data. A new open-access, online-only publication for descriptions of scientifically valuable datasets. It introduces

The heart makers

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The heart makers

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How do you make a working human heart? Scientists can turn stem cells into beating heart cells, but getting them

Why chimps don’t play baseball

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Why chimps don’t play baseball

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Humans are much better at throwing than any other animal. Even our closest living relatives, chimpanzees, can't match our