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Many plant names are offensive: botanists will vote on whether to change them
Researchers at an international meeting will also consider how to monitor names that have problematic roots.
Researchers at an international meeting will also consider how to monitor names that have problematic roots.
Carola Vinuesa describes how her career changed after identifying a genetic mutation that helped to secure the freedom of Kathleen Folbigg, who was serving a 30-year jail term for killing her four children.
A link between the death rate and summer temperatures, and Lord Kelvin’s scientific achievements celebrated, in our weekly dip into Nature’s archive.