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• Innovations in soil science will grow the solutions to global food security

  A report published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) says that innovative research in soil science will be fundamental in overcoming the growing threat of global food and fuel crop shortages as the world’s population continues to increase. Food security is one of the great global challenges of more

• Researchers find selfishness can sometimes help the common good

  Scientists have overturned the conventional wisdom that cooperation is essential for the well-being of the whole population, finding proof that slackers can sometimes help the common good. The researchers, from Imperial College London, the Universities of Bath and Oxford, University College London a more

• Aphid immune system and bacteria

  Conventional thinking says that animal immune systems have evolved to defend against harmful microorganisms, but a new Cornell study examines the role of friendly bacteria in shaping animal immunity. All animals are colonized by bacteria - in fact, humans have 10 times as many bacteria as cells - a more

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• Neurobiological Systems for Lexical Representation and Analysis in English

  Current research suggests that language comprehension engages two joint but functionally distinguishable neurobiological processes: a distributed bilateral system, which supports general perceptual and interpretative processes underpinning speech comprehension, and a left hemisphere (LH) frontotempo more

• Corrections

  Corrections Nature 494, 7435 (2013). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/494020b The World View ‘Scottish science is ready to go it alone’ (Nature493, 579; 2013) attributed a recent debate on Scottish independence to the Royal Society of Ed more

• [Book Review] For Younger Readers: Finalists for the Royal Society's Young People's Book Prize

  We also describe the six finalists for the 2012 Royal Society's Young People's Book Prize. more

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