Nature News highlights: 09 February 2017

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09 February 2017       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.             • Latest News               The hunt for rogue planets just got tougher ▶ 08 February 2017     New analyses cut down the estimated number of planets unattached to a star by half. Read More ▶             French auditors criticize €5-billion science super-campus near Paris ▶ 08 February 2017     Would-be rival to MIT lacks strategy and governance, report says. Read More ▶             Mars's frozen pole, Sweden's climate plan and a stem-cell trial in Japan ▶ 08 February 2017     The week in science: 3–9 February 2017. Read More ▶               • More Stories               Arctic 2.0: What happens after all the ice goes? ▶ 08 February 2017     Researchers look into the future of the far North for clues to save species and maybe even bring back sea ice. Read More ▶             LIGO's underdog cousin ready to enhance gravitational-wave hunt ▶ 08 February 2017     It missed the historic discovery, but the Virgo lab in Italy is now primed to extend LIGO's reach and precision. Read More ▶             Treaty to stop biopiracy threatens to delay flu vaccines ▶ 08 February 2017     Industry and public-health experts concerned about ramifications of Nagoya Protocol. Read More ▶             The most powerful man in UK science on his new role ▶ 08 February 2017     Mark Walport will be the first head of a £6-billion “super-agency”. Read More ▶             'Riskiest ideas' win $50 million from Chan Zuckerberg Biohub ▶ 08 February 2017     Initiative's first grants will fund a medley of wild ideas from top San Francisco Bay Area biologists, engineers and programmers. Read More ▶             Israel edges out South Korea for top spot in research investment ▶ 07 February 2017     Two countries vie to invest more of their economy into research than anyone else. Read More ▶             US child-health study rises from ashes of high-profile failure ▶ 07 February 2017     The government's cancelled National Children's Study has a successor that may sidestep earlier challenges. Read More ▶             Secrets of life in a spoonful of blood ▶ 07 February 2017     The intricate development of the fetus is yielding its long-held secrets to state-of-the-art molecular technologies that can make use of the mother's blood. Read More ▶             Science, lies and video-taped experiments ▶ 07 February 2017     Too many researchers make up or massage their data, says Timothy D. Clark. Only stringent demands for proof can stop them. Read More ▶             Show of shipwrecked treasures raises scientists' ire ▶ 07 February 2017     Archaeologists worry that a museum exhibition will encourage exploitation of priceless historical sites. Read More ▶             How plants evolved into carnivores ▶ 06 February 2017     Distantly related plants acquired their ability to eat meat through similar genetic changes. Read More ▶             US government takes animal-welfare data offline ▶ 03 February 2017     The US Department of Agriculture will no longer make lab inspection results and violations publicly available, citing privacy concerns. 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