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• An extended bout of warm wet weather 232 million years ago may have profoundly altered life on Earth.

  

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  Did a million years of rain jump-start dinosaur evolution?

  nature.com - Marshall, Michael

  Alastair Ruffell could see there was something odd about the rocks near his childhood home in Somerset, UK. The deposits hail from the Triassic …

• After finally gaining traction as a potential treatment for certain genetic disorders, gene therapy tackles the challenge of sickle-cell disease.

  

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  Gene therapy is facing its biggest challenge yet

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  Grajevis Bakatunkanda’s mother knew the signs: when her son lost interest in dinner, that meant the pain was on its way. It would strike, like …

• A promising field of research on social behaviour struggled after investigators couldn’t repeat key findings. Now researchers are trying to establish what’s worth saving.

  

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  What’s next for psychology’s embattled field of social priming

  nature.com - Chivers, Tom

  Three years ago, a team of psychologists challenged 180 students with a spatial puzzle. The students could ask for a hint if they got stuck. But …

• Mendelian randomization offers a simple way to distinguish causation from correlation. But are scientists overusing it?

  

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  The gene-based hack that is revolutionizing epidemiology

  nature.com - Adam, David

  In 1812, the British ophthalmologist James Ware relayed a curious finding to the members of the Royal Society in London. Of thousands of young men …

• Explore Nature’s archive in an interactive 3D network.

  

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  On the shoulders of giants

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  Explore Nature’s archive in an interactive graphic.

• An analysis of the archive shows how the contributors and content have varied over the decades.

  

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  150 years of Nature: a data graphic charts our evolution

  nature.com - Monastersky, Richard

  Nature has evolved considerably since its first issue in 1869. To chart the changes, we analysed our archive. The number of scientific publications — …