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The upcoming Australian election is an opportunity for researchers to press all parties to reinstate the independence of research funding.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01200-5

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One of the world’s most ambitious plans to restore degraded land needs a more meaningful way to measure its achievements.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01201-4

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But some question whether a statement from the government will deter scientists from carrying out research that violates ethical norms.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01051-0

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NASA and the German space agency ground the telescope on a plane, citing the astronomy community’s concerns over cost and productivity.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01213-0

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Rather than excitement, the discovery of the species set off a Latin American movement to stop colonial palaeontology.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01093-4

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Modelling study is first to project how global warming will increase virus swapping between species.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01198-w

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doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01191-3

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doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01101-7

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Analysis of zebrafish larvae reveals that epithelial cells in their skin undergo tension-driven division without DNA replication. This allows rapid expansion, enabling the cells to cover the fast-growing organism.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00790-4

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Fatty structures called plaques can form in arteries, and are separated from nerves by the artery walls. But this is no barrier to communication — it seems that nerves interact with plaques and immune cells to drive cardiovascular disease.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00508-6

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Would environmental damage be reduced by replacing beef with mycoprotein produced in cell culture? Modelling shows that this change could greatly cut global deforestation, pasture area and greenhouse-gas emissions.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01125-z

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While rats pause to eat or rest during navigation tasks, neuronal sequences in the brain are replaying routes around moving obstacles, allowing the animals to reach their goals even in changing environments.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01035-0

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The beating of hair-like structures that enable microorganisms to swim has been replicated in a polymer material that bends and twists with the help of light-sensitive molecular machines.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-01080-9

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Experiments and fieldwork show that teams working together online produce fewer ideas than those collaborating in person — a first step towards answering the question of which modes of communication are generally best for creativity.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00126-2

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04551-1

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04513-7

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04514-6

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04520-8

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04523-5

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04561-z

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04531-5

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04629-w

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04644-x

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04617-0

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04643-y

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04633-0

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04641-0

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04613-4

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04614-3

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04632-1

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04630-3

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04673-6

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04649-6

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doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04658-5

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