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  • In mammals, molecular clocks regulate transcription and glucose homeostasis. One way they do so is by controlling glucocorticoid-receptor signalling, which suggests that clocks are embedded in liver metabolism. See Letter p.552

    • Joseph Bass
    News & Views
  • President Barack Obama's stance on an emergency contraceptive betrays his promised principles of scientific integrity and sets a troubling precedent for political interference in 'inconvenient' science.

    Editorial
  • The practice of traditional medicine in Japan includes many modern techniques but faces numerous challenges — including political pressure from China.

    • Ichiko Fuyuno
    Outlook
  • Postdoc committees can give insight into industry career paths, argue Christopher Tsang and Michael Fisher.

    • Christopher Tsang
    • Michael Fisher
    Column
  • A planetary system has been found in a startlingly tight orbit around an evolved star. The finding challenges the idea that close-in planets are destroyed as their host star evolves. See Letter p.496

    • Eliza M. R. Kempton
    News & Views
  • Traditional plant-based remedies are not risk-free. Doctors and patients need to be informed about the possible side effects, says Masatomo Sakurai.

    • Masatomo Sakurai
    Outlook
  • Adapted extracts from selected News & Views articles published this year.

    News & Views
  • Transmission of infectious parasites slows with rising temperatures, researchers find.

    • Zoë Corbyn
    News
  • The major threats to amphibian species include pandemic disease and changes in climate and in land use. A study of the global distributions of these threats predicts that they will affect most amphibians by 2080. See Letter p.516

    • Ross A. Alford
    News & Views
  • The past year has shown how prone a highly networked society is to abrupt change. The future of our complex world, says Philip Ball, depends on becoming resilient to shocks.

    • Philip Ball
    Comment
  • Systems science can provide guidance in capturing the complementary approaches to healthcare, says Jan van der Greef.

    • Jan van der Greef
    Outlook
  • Carl Zimmer charts the boom in electronic publishing and what that spells for wood pulp and ink.

    • Carl Zimmer
    Books & Arts

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