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With the yearly exodus from labs and lecture theatres imminent, Nature's regular reviewers and editors share some tempting holiday reads.
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Researchers lament destruction of ancient Peruvian pyramid
The country's archaeological treasures are at risk of vandalism and ruin.
- Nuño Dominguez
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Heinrich Rohrer (1933–2013)
Co-inventor of the scanning tunnelling microscope.
- Christoph Gerber
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History: Beam me home
Joanne Baker enjoys a biography of the doughty French inventor of the bull's-eye lens, the secret of the modern lighthouse.
- Joanne Baker
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Christian de Duve (1917–2013)
Biologist who won a Nobel prize for insights into cell structure.
- Günter Blobel
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Space rovers in record race
Revised data show Soviet Union’s 1970s lunar vehicle outdistanced NASA’s Opportunity — for now.
- Alexandra Witze
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Ethology: Primatological derring-do
Kelly Stewart revels in a graphic biography that follows the human and scientific stories of three iconic primate researchers.
- Kelly Stewart
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Technology: Built by bicycle
Andrew Robinson mulls over a study of India's adaptation of low-tech inventions.
- Andrew Robinson
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Time for an Arab astronomy renaissance
Arab Muslim countries need a new generation of observatories to rejoin the forefront of the field, says Nidhal Guessoum.
- Nidhal Guessoum
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Skeletons show rickets struck the Medici family
Indoor life and poor nutrition condemned the children of Florence's rulers to bone disease.
- Traci Watson
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Nature writing: Cetacean subtleties
Callum Roberts enjoys a celebration of the oceans and their largest denizens.
- Callum Roberts
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Quantum physics: The quantum atom
One hundred years after Niels Bohr published his model of the atom, a special issue of Nature explores its legacy — and how much there is still to learn about atomic structure.
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The path to the quantum atom
John L. Heilbron describes the route that led Niels Bohr to quantize electron orbits a century ago.
- John L. Heilbron
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Chemical forensics confirm French wine had early roots
Ancient jars hold residue of 2,500-year-old vintage.
- Mark Peplow
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Irish-famine pathogen decoded
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Q&A: Star-map historian
Marek Kukula is public astronomer at London's Royal Observatory in Greenwich and the curator of Visions of the Universe, an exhibition charting the trajectory of celestial imaging, with a focus on astrophotography. On the eve of its opening, Kukula talks about eighteenth-century star maps and the co-evolution of the telescope and camera.
- Daniel Cressey
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Physics: The mind electric
Patrick McCray assesses a biography of Nikola Tesla, the Serbian wizard of the alternating current.
- W. Patrick McCray
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50 & 100 Years Ago
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Drug discovery: Synthesized dreams
Mike Jay contemplates the chemical legacy of Albert Hofmann, who first synthesized LSD 75 years ago.
- Mike Jay
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The difficult art of giving
William H. Schneider reflects on the centenary of the Rockefeller Foundation, which began the postdoc and the grant, and led to the World Health Organization.
- William H. Schneider
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Neuroscience: Losing the past
Douwe Draaisma visits the unusual mind of Henry Molaison, the most famous patient in brain science.
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Geology: Written in stone
Ted Nield relishes a deft tracing of the relationship between the rise of geology and the novel in the turbulent nineteenth century.
- Ted Nield
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Inbred royals show traces of natural selection
Study suggests the Spanish Habsburgs evolved to mute the effects of inbreeding, but other geneticists are unconvinced.
- Ewen Callaway
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Medical history: Feeling no pain
John Carmody enjoys an exhibition that charts the trajectory of anaesthesia from its botanical beginnings.
- John Carmody
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We are still saving British science from Margaret Thatcher
The battle to justify research funding is as important now as it was 30 years ago, says Denis Noble.
- Denis Noble
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Crick's DNA Nobel medal gets $2 million at auction
Highest bidder is chief executive of Chinese regenerative-medicine company.
- Brendan Borrell
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A potted history of Japan
The discovery of lipids on ceramic fragments from the Japanese Jōmon period provides the earliest evidence for the use of pottery for cooking and may prompt a rethink of some aspects of human innovation. See Letter p.351
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Can forensics establish whether Pablo Neruda was poisoned?
Exhumation of Chilean poet's remains might raise as many questions as it answers.
- Michele Catanzaro
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Evolution's red-hot radical
Sidekick status does Alfred Russel Wallace an injustice. He was a visionary scientist in his own right, a daring explorer and a passionate socialist, argues Andrew Berry.
- Andrew Berry
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Books in brief
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