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Oldest dinosaur embryo fossils discovered in China
Nesting site yields earliest known organic remains of a terrestrial vertebrate.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12779
Can forensics establish whether Pablo Neruda was poisoned?
Exhumation of Chilean poet's remains might raise as many questions as it answers.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12780
Urgent search for flu source
Researchers suspect H7N9 virus is in bird markets as human cases rise rapidly.
Nature 496 145 doi: 10.1038/496145a
Wild weather can send greenhouse gases spiralling
Researchers get to grips with effects of heat, drought and storms on carbon release.
Nature 496 147 doi: 10.1038/496147a
Genetics: A gene of rare effect
A mutation that gives people rock-bottom cholesterol levels has led geneticists to what could be the next blockbuster heart drug.
Nature 496 152 doi: 10.1038/496152a
Fishermen report on stocks from beyond the grave
Testimonies suggest bottom trawling was depleting whitefish in the nineteenth century.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12775
Genetic 'kill switch' eradicates female silkworms for a better crop
Transgenic technique developed for mosquito control could improve quality of industrial silk.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12747
Monarch butterflies navigate with compass but no map
Insects migrate thousands of kilometres guided by orientation alone.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12756
Bigger not always better for penis size
Study reveals diminishing returns in attractiveness of larger-than-average genitalia.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12770
Red meat + wrong bacteria = bad news for hearts
Microbes turn nutrient in beef into an artery-clogging menace.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12746
Entangled photons beat noise through teamwork
'Quantum illumination' proof lights the way to improving quantum encryption and radar.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12744
Scientists print self-assembling 'living tissue'
Three-dimensional printer uses water and oil to create lipid networks that mimic biological feats.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12743
If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing twice
Researchers and funding agencies need to put a premium on ensuring that results are reproducible, argues Jonathan F. Russell.
Nature 496 7 doi: 10.1038/496007a
Seven days: 29 March–4 April 2013
The week in science: Canada leaves UN desertification treaty, China reports first human deaths from H7N9 bird flu, and UK open-access policies take effect.
Nature 496 10 doi: 10.1038/496010a
Astrophysics: Fire in the hole!
Will an astronaut who falls into a black hole be crushed or burned to a crisp?
Nature 496 20 doi: 10.1038/496020a
Space-station experiment deepens antimatter enigma
First results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer fall short of evidence for dark matter.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12718
How the West was built
Seismic images suggest a different origin for North America's great mountain ranges.
Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12724

