Nature News highlights: 3 September 2015

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Can't view this email? Click here to view in your browser.     03 September 2015       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               • Featured               Oliver Sacks ▶       Oliver Sacks, who died from cancer on 30 August, was a neurologist with a difference. He focused on individuals, rather than on populations, and wrote graceful books instead of papers. This collection brings together comment on Sacks's life and work, and his own writing from the archives of Nature Publishing Group. Read More ▶                   • Latest News               Global count reaches 3 trillion trees ▶ 02 September 2015     Approach combines ground-based surveys with satellite imaging to find higher density than anticipated. Read More ▶             The week in science: 28 August–3 September 2015 ▶ 02 September 2015     Oliver Sacks dies; rare nautilus spotted after 30 years; and mystery of Knut's death is solved. Read More ▶             Space station dark-matter experiment hits a glitch ▶ 02 September 2015     Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer cooling pump failure raises questions about its longevity. Read More ▶                     • More Stories               The tiniest Lego: a tale of nanoscale motors, rotors, switches and pumps ▶ 02 September 2015     Inspired by biology, chemists have created a cornucopia of molecular parts that act as switches, motors and ratchets. Now it is time to do something useful with them. Read More ▶             Rejection of GM crops is not a failure for science ▶ 02 September 2015     Governments maintaining their antipathy for transgenic crops are sensibly balancing public consent with scientific evidence, says Colin Macilwain. Read More ▶             Intellectually disabled often get antipsychotics in absence of mental illness ▶ 01 September 2015     UK study confirms widespread use of drugs to control disruptive and aggressive behaviour. Read More ▶             What could derail the wearables revolution? ▶ 01 September 2015     Electronic gadgets on — and in — our bodies are multiplying fast, but transmitting all their data safely will be a challenge. Read More ▶             Giant study poses DNA data-sharing dilemma ▶ 01 September 2015     US Precision Medicine Initiative must decide how much data to release to participants. Read More ▶             Pluto snow forecast poses atmospheric conundrum ▶ 01 September 2015     Discrepancy arises between New Horizons and Earth-based measurements. Read More ▶             Pioneer behind controversial PubPeer site reveals his identity ▶ 31 August 2015     Neuroscientist Brandon Stell explains the decision and his plans for the review site's future. Read More ▶             Human error is behind many avalanche deaths ▶ 31 August 2015     Better camp placement and avalanche forecasting are key to saving lives, says researcher. Read More ▶             NASA picks next New Horizons destination ▶ 28 August 2015     Fresh from its Pluto encounter, the spacecraft steers for a second Kuiper belt object. Read More ▶             Artificial-windpipe pioneer cleared of misconduct ▶ 28 August 2015     Decision follows a preliminary, external report in May that found that Paolo Macchiarini had committed misconduct. Read More ▶             Quantum 'spookiness' passes toughest test yet ▶ 27 August 2015     Experiment plugs loopholes in previous demonstrations of 'action at a distance', against Einstein's objections — and could make data encryption safer. Read More ▶             Over half of psychology studies fail reproducibility test ▶ 27 August 2015     Largest replication study to date casts doubt on many published positive results. 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