Surviving Hiroshima, humanity’s footprints, and the truth about stem cells: Books in brief

BOOK REVIEW 04 March 2020 Surviving Hiroshima, humanity’s footprints, and the truth about stem cells: Books in brief Andrew Robinson reviews five of the week’s best science picks. By Andrew

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Nature 579, 24 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00591-7

Subjects Plant sciences Palaeontology Brain Latest on: Plant sciences Discovery of FoTO1 and Taxol genes enables biosynthesis of baccatin III

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Thousands of endangered trees preserved for centuries inside Chinese temples

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Domesticated cannabinoid synthases amid a wild mosaic cannabis pangenome

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Palaeontology A new Mongolian tyrannosauroid and the evolution of Eutyrannosauria

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Dating the evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis using La-Ce geochronology

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The evolutionary origin of sensitive dental structures

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Brain How the brain separates real images from those it imagines

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World first: brain implant lets man speak with expression — and sing

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Brain-reading devices raise ethical dilemmas — researchers propose protections

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Jobs Open Rank Faculty Position (Tenure/Teaching/Research Stream) - School of Science and Engineering Shenzhen, China

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK Shenzhen)

Postdoctoral fellow in neuroscience Postdoctoral fellow at Tulane University Neuroscience, Cerebrovascular, Ischemia, Dementia, Traumatic brain injury.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Tulane University - neuroscience and stroke research

Chair (Researcher + Lecturer) position in Translational Cancer Research Excellence Research Chair (full-time professor) position to develop both ambitious research in kidney cancer and

teaching programs in oncology.

Bordeaux (Ville), Gironde (FR)

INSERM U1312 BRIC

Cross-disciplinary Post-doctoral Position Cleveland, Ohio (US)

Cleveland Clinic

Birmingham Springboard Fellow - College of Medicine and Health University of Birmingham CMH offers competitive 2-year postdoctoral fellowships for early career researchers to boost their

independent research.

Edgbaston (Local area), Birmingham

University of Birmingham