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Jul 6

11From the blogosphere Nature 10Does the past have a future in Berlin? Nature 10Science and Music: The ear of the beholder Nature 10Ecology: Drought and the lion Nature 10Materials science: The heart of glass Nature 10Functional asymmetry in Caenorhabditis elegans taste neurons and its computational role in chemotaxis Nature 10Wine chemical improves health but not longevity New Scientist 10Tiny scanner may monitor astronauts' mental health New Scientist 10Mercury: The incredible shrinking planet New Scientist 103D modelling gets the measure of stone axes New Scientist 9Chemical biology: Anti-Alzheimer's agent Nature 9Genetics: The genetics of anarchy Nature 9Nanotechnology: Electron windmills Nature 9Acoustics: Fiddling the numbers Nature 9Reduce confusion by using 'design' more intelligently Nature 9Hidden Treasures: Institute of Physiology collection Nature 9'Gordon Gekko' trading bot profits from mood swings New Scientist 9Quick-thinking ants trim foliage to fit New Scientist 9Springy sediments may amplify tsunamis New Scientist 9In rude health Nature 9Feasting and fasting Nature 9Natural history: Nasty, brutish and short Nature 9Abstractions Nature 9Perils of perversity Nature 9Solar System: A shock for Voyager 2 Nature 950 & 100 Years Ago Nature 9SMAD proteins control DROSHA-mediated microRNA maturation Nature 9Epicardial progenitors contribute to the cardiomyocyte lineage in the developing heart Nature 9Template-directed synthesis of a genetic polymer in a model protocell Nature 9Why continents split up and get back together New Scientist 9Why satnavs are a detective's best friend New Scientist 9Greenland ice sheet slams the brakes on New Scientist 9Pulsar's wobble provides new Einstein test New Scientist 9Do we have the technology to build a bionic human? New Scientist 9Cleaner fish calms predators with caresses New Scientist 8Origins of life: How leaky were primitive cells? Nature 8Arise 'cliodynamics' Nature 8Picture not quite worth 1,000 words in this case Nature 8Physical chemistry: When molecules don't rebound Nature 8Atmospheric chemistry: Her dark materials Nature 8Ecology: Return of the niche Nature 8Making the paper: Marina Wolf Nature 8Novel alchemy Nature 8Bonding as key to hominid origins Nature 8Reality lags behind rhetoric in building interdisciplinary work Nature 8Amateurs as an outreach of HAARP's lunar-echo study Nature 8Journal club Nature 8Genetics: Sex and the cortex Nature 8Neuroscience: Predicting psychosis Nature 8Dissecting direct reprogramming through integrative genomic analysis Nature