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The massive East Antarctic Ice Sheet looks stable from above — but it’s a dangerously different story below.

News | 12 April 2017
Saturn spacecraft begins science swan-song
NASA’s Cassini probe will go where no spacecraft has gone before — between a planet and its rings.
Outlook
Microbiota: Reseeding the gut
Faecal transplants have worked wonders for certain gut infections. Will the same ever be true of IBD?

Current Issue | 13 April 2017

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News | 14 April 2017
Social scientists tell Congress: 'Don't cut our funding'
Linguists, anthropologists and political scientists take to Capitol Hill to defend their research.
News | 13 April 2017
Teaching load could put female scientists at career disadvantage
Male scientists in the United Kingdom report teaching less than their female counterparts, while women and minorities tend to feel disadvantaged in their careers.
News | 12 April 2017
Joining the European Union leads to less cross-border collaboration
Brain drain from entering member states led to less-integrated research in countries of origin.
News | 12 April 2017
How lizards get their spots
Each scale on an ocellated lizard coordinates its colour with its neighbours.
News | 12 April 2017
Antarctica’s sleeping ice giant could wake soon
The massive East Antarctic Ice Sheet looks stable from above — but it’s a dangerously different story below.
News | 12 April 2017
Unravelling why shoelace knots fail
A better understanding of this pedestrian problem could lead to improved surgeons’ knots and fibres.

Research Highlights | 13 April 2017
Eels use magnetic maps to migrate
European eels navigate the 5,000-kilometre trip by sensing the Earth’s magnetic field.
Nature
Research Highlights | 13 April 2017
‘Killer’ bee genome reveals key adaptations
Traits inherited from European ancestors could be helping Africanized bees to invade the Americas.
Nature
Research Highlights | 13 April 2017
Porous material harvests water from dry air
This could be used in arid regions to replenish the water supply.
Nature
Research Highlights | 13 April 2017
Interventional cardiology: Increased risk of stent thrombosis with bioresorbable scaffolds
- Gregory B. Lim
Nature Reviews Cardiology
Research Highlights | 13 April 2017
Optogenetics: Lighting up kinases
- Grant Miura
Nature Chemical Biology 13, 451
Research Highlights | 13 April 2017
Intrinsic Disorder: Fuzzy fast feedback
- Mirella Bucci
Nature Chemical Biology 13, 451

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Comments and Opinion | 12 April 2017
Turning point: Marching for facts
A climate-change researcher helps organize the March for Science.
- Virginia Gewin
Nature Jobs 544, 261
Comments and Opinion | 12 April 2017
Politics: Candidate science
President Donald Trump's rise to power has been prompting scientists to explore possibilities for political action.
- Virginia Gewin
Nature Jobs 544, 259–261
Comments and Opinion | 05 April 2017
A growing phobia
If you are terrified to meet with your supervisor, start with small doses, says Eleftherios Diamandis.
- Eleftherios Diamandis
Nature Jobs 544, 129