Seven Days in 2013

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  • This week in science: Europe launches star-mapping mission, GSK to phase out physician fees, and geneticist Janet Rowley dies.

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  • The week in science: China lands rover on the Moon, Israel joins CERN, and the number of animals used for scientific purposes in the European Union falls.

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  • The week in science: Criticism of animal welfare in research; hopes of HIV cure dashed; and new estimates for dementia worldwide.

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  • The week in science: Two-time Nobel winner Frederick Sanger dies, volcano creates Japanese island, and Iran agrees to uranium limits.

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  • The week in science: Test flight for volcano-ash sensor, Japan scales back emissions goals, and rare mammal caught on film.

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  • The week in science: Record storm ravages Philippines; open-genome effort comes to the UK; and US proposes a ban on artificial trans-fats.

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  • The week in science: India launches its first spacecraft to Mars, a new dolphin species is reported, and a rare hybrid eclipse wows sky-watchers.

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  • The week in science: PubMed pilots online commenting, NASA laser communications set transmission record, and Greenland lifts ban on uranium mining.

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  • The week in science: Spain bails out its largest scientific body, Russian lake yields massive meteorite, and the United Nations appoints 26 science advisers.

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  • The week in science: Nobel Peace Prize goes to chemical-weapons watchdog, Russia replaces space chief, and Italy ends controversial stem-cell trial.

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  • The week in science: Displaced walruses crowd Alaskan shores, Braille code developer dies, and ALMA observatory finishes antenna construction.

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  • The week in science: Island appears after Pakistan quake, MacArthur Foundation announces ‘genius’ grants for 2013, and Spain’s 2014 budget offers small boost to science.

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  • The week in science: Nobel-prizewinning neuroscientist dies, jailed Iranian physics student wins human-rights prize, and Russian Academy of Sciences moves towards major overhaul.

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  • The week in science: No science minister in Australia; Syria agrees to join chemical weapons convention, and Voyager enters interstellar space.

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  • The week in science: Labour strike ends at ALMA observatory, NASA homes in on next Mars landing site, and Taiwan court clears environmental engineer of libel.

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  • The week in science: UK badger cull begins; Japan's government takes charge of Fukushima clean-up; and virus linked to dolphin strandings.

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  • The week in science: Concerns grow over radioactive leak at Fukushima, NASA revives asteroid-seeking spacecraft, and Amgen takes over Onyx in US$10-billion buyout.

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  • The week in science: Zoologists identify mislabelled carnivore as new species, leading forensic scientist resigns in China, and Ecuador opens way to drilling in Amazon reserve.

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  • The week in science: Protestors vandalize Philippine GM rice trial, US sets biofuel requirements, and scientists find clues to animal hosts of MERS coronavirus.

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