Power law articles within Nature

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• News & Views | 12 September 2012

  Luck or reason

  The concept of preferential attachment is behind the hubs and power laws seen in many networks. New results fuel an old debate about its origin, and beg the question of whether it is based on randomness or optimization. See Letter p.537

  • Albert-László Barabási

• News & Views | 11 January 2012

  Limits of the power law

  Multi-scale modelling of the deformation of magnesium oxide reveals the need for a re-examination of the way in which laboratory data are used to estimate the strength of Earth's lower mantle. See Letter p.177

  • Andrew M. Walker