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• Mapping the world's oldest submerged town - Premium content

  Underwater archaeologist Jon Henderson is hoping to reveal the secrets of the ancient Greek town of Pavlopetri.

  18 May 2009

• Drug banishes bad memories - Premium content

  Take pill, remember fear, remove fear.

  13 February 2009

• Brain imaging measures more than we think - Premium content

  Anticipatory brain mechanism may be complicating MRI studies.

  21 January 2009

• Genetic 'clock' made in lab - Premium content

  Synthetic metronome keeps time inside mammalian cells.

  14 January 2009

• Brain implant allows mute man to speak - Premium content

  Patient with paralysis controls speech synthesizer with his mind.

  21 November 2008

• Nanotube 'shortcut ' boosts brain signals - Premium content

  But a second study finds that solutions of the tiny tubes may block neuronal activity.

  18 November 2008

• Chilling device slows birdsong - Premium content

  Cooling different brain regions reveals how birds keep time during song.

  12 November 2008

• Monkeys move paralysed muscles with their minds - Premium content

  Sending brain signals through electrodes to a paralysed wrist muscle restores movement.

  15 October 2008

• Oxford school expands to tackle global challenges - Premium content

  Ian Goldin, director of the James Martin 21st Century School, tells Nature about his vision for interdisciplinarity.

  08 October 2008

• Children learn rules of equality by age eight - Premium content

  But those with siblings are more selfish than those without.

  27 August 2008