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13 August 2015       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               Join us this September for the Naturejobs Career Expo London 2015! This career fair offers young, talented researchers an excellent opportunity to meet a diverse selection of national and international employers from academic institutions and scientific industries. The event is free and offers you a chance to get your CV checked, meet and network with employers and leading scientific institutions and attend useful workshops. Register and find out more.         • Latest News               Octopus genome holds clues to uncanny intelligence ▶ 12 August 2015     DNA sequence expanded in areas otherwise reserved for vertebrates. Read More ▶             The week in science: 7–13 August 2015 ▶ 12 August 2015     Scotland says no to GM; 3D printed drugs; and Ada Initiative bows out. Read More ▶             Age of the neutrino: Plans to decipher mysterious particle take shape ▶ 12 August 2015     A graphical guide to four giant experiments spread across the world. Read More ▶               • More Stories               Can randomized trials eliminate global poverty? ▶ 12 August 2015     A new generation of economists is trying to transform global development policy through the power of randomized controlled trials. Read More ▶             Millennium Villages Project launches retrospective analysis ▶ 12 August 2015     Anti-poverty programme seeks to gauge success after ten years in Africa. Read More ▶             The future of science will soon be upon us ▶ 12 August 2015     The European Commission has abandoned consideration of 'Science 2.0', finding it too ambitious. That was the wrong call, says Colin Macilwain. Read More ▶             Chinese biologists lead outcry over Winter Olympics ski site ▶ 11 August 2015     Proposed alpine ski area lies within nature reserve, prompting fears of development in other conservation areas. Read More ▶             Fly larvae brains filmed in action ▶ 11 August 2015     Videos of neural activity in fruit-fly larva's brain and central nervous system mark a step up from zebrafish imaging. Read More ▶             Japan's nuclear revival won't lower carbon emissions enough ▶ 11 August 2015     Return to nuclear energy is part of a plan that is not in line with global climate target. Read More ▶             3D-printed device helps computers solve cocktail-party problem ▶ 10 August 2015     Acoustic metamaterial can sort sounds according to their direction. Read More ▶             Proposed Ebola biobank would strengthen African science ▶ 10 August 2015     International public-health officials discuss how to maximize research benefits of a widely dispersed collection. Read More ▶             Spotty sunspot record gets a makeover ▶ 07 August 2015     Astronomers fine-tune a data set stretching back four centuries. Read More ▶             How the rubber-duck comet got its shape ▶ 07 August 2015     Two pieces of rock became one, but the details are still up for debate. Read More ▶             The week in science: Nature's news quiz ▶ 07 August 2015     Have you been paying attention to the science news? Read More ▶             GM-crop opponents expand probe into ties between scientists and industry ▶ 06 August 2015     Activist group compels records from 40 researchers at US public universities. 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