Nature News highlights: 20 August 2015

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20 August 2015       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.                   • Latest News               Conference tweeting rule frustrates ecologists ▶ 19 August 2015     Complaints ensued when attendees at an ecology meeting were asked to get permission before live-tweeting. Read More ▶             Small rocks build big planets ▶ 19 August 2015     Revised 'pebble-accretion' theory helps to explain how Jupiter and Saturn got their start. Read More ▶             China's carbon emissions overestimated ▶ 19 August 2015     Analysis could force climate scientists to revisit estimates of global cycle. Read More ▶               • More Stories               The week in science: 14–20 August 2015 ▶ 19 August 2015     Ice breaker diverted from research efforts; Muslims urged to tackle climate change; and deadly air pollution in China. Read More ▶             The cannabis experiment ▶ 19 August 2015     As marijuana use becomes more acceptable, researchers are scrambling to answer key questions about the drug. Read More ▶             Can Islamic scholars change thinking on climate change? ▶ 19 August 2015     Declaration calls on Muslims to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Read More ▶             US government seeks to cut methane emissions from oil and gas industry   ▶ 18 August 2015     Proposed rule targets new and modified facilities for collecting, transporting and storing fuel. Read More ▶             Frogs mount speedy defence against pesticide threat ▶ 18 August 2015     Species' ability to develop resistance gives conservationists hope for amphibian survival. Read More ▶             Faked peer reviews prompt 64 retractions ▶ 18 August 2015     The cull follows a similar discovery earlier this year. Read More ▶             Tackle Nepal's typhoid problem now ▶ 18 August 2015     As post-earthquake conditions increase the risk of a typhoid epidemic, Buddha Basnyat calls for a widespread vaccination programme. Read More ▶             Superconductivity record sparks wave of follow-up physics ▶ 17 August 2015     Researchers strive to reproduce and understand landmark result. Read More ▶             Greek bailout set to free up research funds ▶ 15 August 2015     Research minister says two chunks of money from the European Union can now be released. Read More ▶             Most gay and lesbian researchers are out in the lab ▶ 14 August 2015     Fields with more women found to be more welcoming. Read More ▶             Developing El Niño could be strongest on record ▶ 14 August 2015     Event could bring rain to drought-stricken California and dry conditions to Australia. Read More ▶             Registered clinical trials make positive findings vanish ▶ 13 August 2015     A study showing a fall in positive trial results after the roll-out of clinicaltrials.gov attracted much attention on social media. Read More ▶               Call for Cover Images  Wanted - an eye-catching image per journal to feature on the covers of the 2016 issues of the clinical Nature Reviews titles. We are offering the opportunity for one person's image to appear on the cover for 2016! Find out more         A new open access, online-only journal dedicated to publishing the highest quality research into ways to help the human body repair, replace, restore and regenerate damaged tissues and organs. Published by Nature Publishing Group in partnership with the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) at Monash University. 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