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The World Health Organization says the world-first summit will take an evidence-based approach — some are sceptical that much progress will be made.

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Global methane emissions from rivers and streams

A spatially explicit global estimate reveals that land–water connections are important for regulating methane supply to running waters, and that these connections are vulnerable to both climate change and direct human modifications of the land.

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Scientists can eavesdrop on the music people are listening to by analysing their brain waves. Plus, how to make business and finance genuinely sustainable, and what it would take to answer the century’s biggest computing questions.

Flora Graham
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  Feeding and the maintenance of internal body temperature are tightly linked in warm-blooded animals, and mammals eat more in the cold to maintain their body heat. Experiments reveal that a small nucleus in the brain’s thalamus controls feeding behaviour specifically in cold conditions by directly activating a reward centre in the brain.
  
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- Clues to rain formation found in droplet images
  
  X-ray and optical imaging have revealed the intricate process through which droplets freeze during the formation of rain. The results could help to explain how clouds are able to produce enough ice particles to make rain.
  Thomas Leisner
  
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- The great melt will shape unprotected ecosystems
  
  Glaciers should be prioritized in conservation agendas — and soon. Analysis suggests that glaciers could lose around half their area by the century’s end, with uncertain consequences for postglacial ecosystems.
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  A genetic analysis provides the most-detailed glimpse yet of how genetic variants in nuclear DNA regulate the copy number and variability of DNA housed in organelles called mitochondria.
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- A global picture of methane emissions from rivers and streams
  
  Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. A global data analysis measuring the large quantities of methane released by rivers and streams shows that emissions depend on their connections to the surrounding landscape.
  
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Through leverage of whole-brain screening, in vivo calcium imaging and chemo- and optogenetic manipulations, it is demonstrated that the xiphoid nucleus serves as a key brain region in the promotion of cold-induced food-seeking behaviours.

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Earth's hottest month: these charts show what happened in July and what comes next.

What is an embryo? Scientists say definition needs to change

WHO’s first traditional medicine summit splits opinions

Global methane emissions from rivers and streams

Daily briefing: Listen to a Pink Floyd song reconstructed from people’s brainwaves

News & Comment

The complexity of viruses, and understanding pain: Books in brief

WHO’s first traditional medicine summit splits opinions

What is an embryo? Scientists say definition needs to change

Melting glaciers will reveal vast new ecosystems in need of protection

Ötzi the Iceman has a new look: balding and dark-skinned

Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty

Reducing inequality benefits everyone — so why isn’t it happening?

Latest Reviews & Analysis

Neural basis of why mammals eat more in the cold

Clues to rain formation found in droplet images

The great melt will shape unprotected ecosystems

Mitochondrial DNA comes with nuclear strings attached

A global picture of methane emissions from rivers and streams

Immune treatment tackles chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

A way to wipe a cell’s memory

Calligraphy tool offers clues to the origin of pancreatic cancer

The future transistors

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Endothelial sensing of AHR ligands regulates intestinal homeostasis

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