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Scientists have demonstrated that they can control behaviour in mice, making them drink faster using optogenetics http://go.nature.com/2flIh2D pic.twitter.com/yj0FW9gFni

Cautious welcome for UK's vague £2 billion research and development pledge http://go.nature.com/2fxZ5Dr pic.twitter.com/z8L5J4sMqQ

What do we know about cannabis’s effects on the brain’s reward centres? Listen to this week's full @NaturePodcast http://go.nature.com/2go8gKY pic.twitter.com/uCR8XZdoAz

Diet, catch and climate data predict fish fall spells more malnutrition http://go.nature.com/24RdnkO  #WorldFisheriesDaypic.twitter.com/Aesj9c2Y16

More money was pledged, but Argentina's scientists are angry as they face a 36% cut in science spending instead http://go.nature.com/2f89Te0 pic.twitter.com/qMj1oIscSm

How to take a successful break from your PhD research whilst limiting career damage http://go.nature.com/2gjIqHR  #PhDchatpic.twitter.com/HvWTc4iSlZ

On November 19th the US launched its most advanced weather satellite to-date into orbit http://go.nature.com/2fMNRfk  #GOESRpic.twitter.com/2Rg8eE3BWv

The asteroid impact that killed off the dinosaurs may have also created an environment where other life could thrive http://go.nature.com/2gkEhUj pic.twitter.com/SOberNV829

Brazilian researchers fear a 20-year freeze in funding could spell 'the end of science' in their country http://go.nature.com/2fCZTd6 pic.twitter.com/XJ6jIK4Yuz

With around 31,000 European scientists working in the UK, politicians want assurance they can stay following #Brexit http://go.nature.com/2fnenLu pic.twitter.com/onInD0F91s

By sequencing more than 1000 bat genomes, scientists aim to understand how some bats learn to sing http://go.nature.com/2eWhAoN pic.twitter.com/Yqn75VgFWR

Would a Martian outpost face the same set of problems as we do on Earth? http://go.nature.com/2fFCp4H pic.twitter.com/gIahjZqrZd

Brazil’s science budget fell by more than 40% since 2013, but its researchers now face an even worse funding crisis http://go.nature.com/2fCZTd6 pic.twitter.com/PZTEozxJaK

A discovery that was supposed to help reveal how mysterious radio burst arise only thickens the plot http://go.nature.com/2gju7D5 pic.twitter.com/3ScneqVfmQ

How much longer can the waters of the Southern Ocean continue to lock-up the world's excess heat and carbon? http://go.nature.com/2eFUy5v pic.twitter.com/Emt8x6Tgfy

.@NaturePodcast on: your brain on cannabis, testing CRISPR in a human, and what it might be like to live on Mars http://go.nature.com/2go8gKY pic.twitter.com/HEV0fSXdX8

What would home look like for future settlers on Mars? @LizzieGibney takes a look at a show home http://go.nature.com/2fCOGXL pic.twitter.com/P2sWGmVY4J

Long been seen as a prime example of how science can aid development, Rwanda's progress is now under threat http://go.nature.com/2fQuXDg pic.twitter.com/njPXSmxKOW

By shining a laser at specific neurons in their brains, neuroscientists show they can control how fast mice drink http://go.nature.com/2flIh2D pic.twitter.com/jemFGgUBza

The US just launched its most advanced weather satellite #GOESR yet http://go.nature.com/2g9aACU pic.twitter.com/hJK74rAbZ9