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Summaries of newsworthy papers appearing in Nature and Nature journals: Neuroscience: Deaf people learn new speech patterns, The tuberculosis bacterium’s stealthy ways, Susceptibility to bladder cancer, Dual gating in one motion,Risk factor for common kidney disease and A new take on tooth evolution

Read more of the article entitled 'New colon tumour gene gives fresh therapeutic lead'

This book is about the gender dimensions of natural resource exploitation and management, with a focus on Asia.

Read more of the article entitled 'GENDER AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - Livelihoods, Mobility and Interventions'

Prof. Takeyama, one of Japan's top scientist writes about her research in marine biotechnology and her life as a female scientist, wife and mother in Japan.

Read more of the article entitled 'Unlimited Potential in Marine Microorganisms – Metagenome analysis evolves – '

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Astronomy: Extraordinary stellar blast visible to the naked eye, Climate change: The older the better, Astrophysics: A blast from the past of a celebrity star and Water flow through synthetic trees

Read more of the article entitled 'Volcanoes: A mobile magma chamber '

Twin studies from eight populations show that genetic mechanisms for height, weight and BMI are more variable than researchers previously suspected. Height, weight and body mass traits are more diverse in Caucasians than in East Asian adolescents.

Read more of the article entitled 'Twin studies point to genetic variability among different populations '