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Science wins big in US economic plan
Congressional stimulus package includes billions in extra research funding.
16 January 2009
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Fish are crucial in oceanic carbon cycle
Chemistry models need to incorporate new discovery.
15 January 2009
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Crops that cool
Could shinier farmland help combat global warming?
15 January 2009
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Politics : The handover
As President-elect Barack Obama prepares to settle into the Oval Office, Nature looks at the legacy of George W. Bush's administration, and the emerging policies of his successor. Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief was perhaps his finest hour; addressing nuclear proliferation was not; other areas saw mixed success. With his science team taking shape, Obama certainly has plenty of issues waiting for him to tackle; not least climate change, energy, and the economic downturn.
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Nature celebrates the work of Charles Darwin in the run up to the 200th anniversary of his birth.
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Nature's series on how the financial downturn is affecting science.
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