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• Darwin's finches tracked to reveal evolution in action - Premium content

  A new species of finch may have arisen in the Galapagos.

  16 November 2009

• Engineered penis raises reproduction hopes - Premium content

  Complete replacement of erectile tubes makes rabbits rampant again.

  10 November 2009

• US habitat rule threatens species - Premium content

  Conservationists call for change to Bush-era definition of 'endangered'.

  03 November 2009

• Sacked science adviser speaks out - Premium content

  David Nutt explains what his dismissal means for drugs policy and scientific advice in Britain.

  02 November 2009

• Cell invasion caught on camera - Premium content

  Videos show T cells breaching the central nervous system's defences.

  14 October 2009

• Ocean science goes deep - Premium content

  A global mission to wire up sea-floor observatories gets under way.

  14 October 2009

• Choon Fong Shih - Premium content

  The first president of Saudia Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology talks.

  15 September 2009

• Ethics scrutiny needed for Chinese-European projects - Premium content

  Panel calls for joint advisory body to monitor research.

  04 September 2009

• Top scientist's industry move heralds stem-cell shift - Premium content

  Stephen Minger tells Nature why he is leaving academia.

  28 August 2009

• A question of sex - Premium content

  Nature explains the science behind the latest gender row in sport.

  20 August 2009

• Health economics: Life in the balance - Premium content

  How do researchers and policy-makers decide on the value of health? Daniel Cressey looks at Britain's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.

  16 September 2009

• Aquaculture: Future fish - Premium content

  The only way to meet the increasing demand for fish is through aquaculture. Daniel Cressey explores the challenges for fish farmers and what it means for dinner plates in 2030.

  25 March 2009

• Meteorology: Taming the sky - Premium content

  Is it really possible to stop rain, invoke lightning from the heavens or otherwise manipulate the weather? Jane Qiu and Daniel Cressey report on the once-scorned notion of weather modification.

  18 June 2008

• Geology: The next land rush - Premium content

  As countries race to file claims to areas of the sea floor before a United Nations deadline, geologists and geophysicists are getting caught up in the frenzy. Daniel Cressey reports.

  02 January 2008