To build bridges, or to burn them p.481

Environmentalists who have grown impatient with science and technology need not be dismissed as beyond the reach of reason.

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Youthful duo snags a swift Nobel for RNA control of genes p.488

Award comes just eight years after publication.

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Cosmic ripples net physics prize p.489

Vision of early Universe makes its mark.

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Nanotechnology: Downsizing SQUIDs p.517

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Genetics: Junk DNA as an evolutionary force p.521

Transposable elements were long dismissed as useless, but they are emerging as major players in evolution. Their interactions with the genome and the environment affect how genes are translated into physical traits.

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Genome-wide genetic analysis of polyploidy in yeast p.541

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AB₅ subtilase cytotoxin inactivates the endoplasmic reticulum chaperone BiP p.548

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Quantum teleportation between light and matter p.557

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Rapid subtropical North Atlantic salinity oscillations across Dansgaard–Oeschger cycles p.561

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Lithium isotope evidence for subduction-enriched mantle in the source of mid-ocean-ridge basalts p.565

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Reassembly of shattered chromosomes in Deinococcus radiodurans p.569

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Functional epistasis on a common MHC haplotype associated with multiple sclerosis p.574

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Sodium-dependent uptake of inorganic phosphate by the intracellular malaria parasite p.582

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Identification of a mammalian mitochondrial porphyrin transporter p.586

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Molecular architecture and assembly of the DDB1–CUL4A ubiquitin ligase machinery p.590

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Co-evolution of transcriptional and post-translational cell-cycle regulation p.594

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