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Grim reading in the Altmetric top ten. Plus: the world's oldest-known wild bird lays another egg and seven steps to boost your research career in 2019.
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Unprecedented analysis of fossil soft tissues reveals ichthyosaurs had blubber and patterned skin. Plus: China backs Plan S and how to harness DNA ‘super-enhancers’
A glut of gravitational-wave results, a petition backing a plan to do away with paywalled research, and the first healthy birth from a womb transplanted from a deceased donor.
So many questions following this week’s spectacular claims. Plus, getting the dirt on a tiny asteroid, the UN rules on gene-drives, and how to protect Venice from flood waters.
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