December 2006

• Cloned animals deemed safe to eat

  US regulators prepare to OK food made from cloned animals.

  29 December 2006

• Top 10 stories of 2006

  News@nature.com 's hit lists of hot news.

  28 December 2006

• United States focuses on polar bears' plight

  Government proposes steps to save conservation icon.

  28 December 2006

• Prions removed from animal blood

  Filtration technique could make transfusions safer, its inventors say.

  22 December 2006

• muse@nature.com: Premature medication

  Handing out experimental drugs to desperate patients is not a good idea, says Apoorva Mandavilli.

  22 December 2006

• Singapore?s international complaint dismissed

  The pursuit of a physician across borders has fallen at the high court.

  22 December 2006

• UPDATE: Planet hunt ready for lift-off

  COROT mission to find new worlds set for late-December launch.

  22 December 2006

• Virtual reality shocker

  Torturing even a lifeless computer character makes volunteers upset.

  22 December 2006

• Silent mutations speak up

  Overlooked genetic changes could impact on disease.

  21 December 2006

• 2006 in review

  A romp through ten of this year's big science developments.

  20 December 2006