http://www.nature.com/news/ Nature Publishing Group en Nature Publishing Group News at Nature Nature Publishing Group permissions@nature.com 1744-7933 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081114/full/news.2008.1226.html?s=news_rss A comprehensive history of Earth's mineral wealth concludes that without life, many raw materials wouldn't exist. Microbes drove Earth's mineral evolution 10.1038/news.2008.1226 History Fri Nov 14 18:20:15 EST 2008 News at Nature Fri Nov 14 18:20:15 EST 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081113/full/news.2008.1229.html?s=news_rss MDMA may boost the benefits of psychotherapy, trial suggests. Illegal drug shows promise in treating trauma symptoms 10.1038/news.2008.1229 History Thu Nov 13 17:06:12 EST 2008 News at Nature Thu Nov 13 17:06:12 EST 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081022/full/4551023a.html?s=news_rss If you want to start an argument, ask the person who just said 'paradigm shift' what it really means. Or 'epigenetic'. Nature goes in search of the terms that get scientists most worked up. Language: Disputed definitions 10.1038/4551023a History Wed Oct 22 17:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Oct 22 17:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080917/full/news.2008.1111.html?s=news_rss There are errors in almost half the names given to dinosaurs. In search of Thingummyjigosaurus 10.1038/news.2008.1111 History Wed Sep 17 08:24:22 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Sep 17 08:24:22 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080910/full/455153a.html?s=news_rss Palaeontologists in Argentina are exploring a trove of fossils that is rewriting evolutionary history. Rex Dalton reports. Palaeontology: The new mother lode 10.1038/455153a History Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080910/full/455142b.html?s=news_rss Europe's air quality comes under scrutiny. 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Why we should love logarithms 10.1038/news.2008.866 History Thu May 29 18:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Thu May 29 18:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080528/full/453569a.html?s=news_rss Glitch in the twentieth-century climate record is explained. Climate anomaly is an artefact 10.1038/453569a History Wed May 28 16:59:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed May 28 16:59:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080521/full/453433a.html?s=news_rss Humpback population shows signs of recovery. Whales are on the rise 10.1038/453433a History Wed May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2008 News at Nature Wed May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080521/full/453446a.html?s=news_rss Some researchers think that the evolution of languages can be understood by treating them like genomes #20; but many linguists don't want to hear about it. Emma Marris reports. 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