Research Highlights
Selections from the scientific literature by Nature's news team
Sensory systems
How a light touch registers on the skin
Atmospheric science
Why sunsets were a weird colour after Krakatau blew its top
Palaeontology
Galapagos giant tortoises were supersized before arrival
Astronomy and astrophysics
This dying star bears a jagged metal scar
Fluid dynamics
Laser pulses engrave an unlikely surface: soap films
Developmental biology
How egg cells handle their cellular rubbish
Psychiatric disorders
Just a few counselling sessions can hold postpartum depression at bay
Nanoscience and technology
A DNA clutch controls a golden nanomachine
Archaeology
Great ‘Stone Age’ wall discovered in Baltic Sea
Animal behaviour