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New president assumes his post 2 July

Spending bill would also restore homeland security research funds

Ruling could require stricter reviews of major projects

Implanted device enables humans to reach and grab with thoughts alone

Neurodegeneration seen previously in athletes now reported in military veterans

Rise of the coyote: The new top dog

Nature 485, 7398 (2012). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/485296a

Author: Sharon Levy

Shape-shifting coyotes have evolved to take advantage of a landscape transformed by people. Scientists are now discovering just how wily the creatures are.

Replication studies: Bad copy

Nature 485, 7398 (2012). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/485298a

Author: Ed Yong

In the wake of high-profile controversies, psychologists are facing up to problems with replication.

Correction

Nature 485, 7398 (2012). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/485295b

In the Editorial 'Price of freedom' (Nature485, 148; 2012), we stated that 'plenty of European scientists will be lost'. 'European scientists' should have been 'Europan science', as we meant to refer to science on the Jovian moon Europa.

Kepler spacecraft finds hundreds of massive solar outbursts from stars like our own

Talk to experts about the roots of prejudice and warfare