November 2007

• When only mum or dad matters

  Standfirst

  Hundreds of our genes turn on just one copy, rather than both.

  Nature News

  (15 November 2007); doi:10.1038/news.2007.250

• Mechanical pied pipers for cockroaches

  Standfirst

  Insects can be lured into a shelter by scented robo-roaches.

  Nature News

  (15 November 2007); doi:10.1038/news.2007.252

• Antioxidants can change fish behaviour

  Standfirst

  Sticklebacks on a low-antioxidant diet are poorer parents.

  Nature News

  (8 November 2007); doi:10.1038/news.2007.228

• Drug calms violent rats

  Standfirst

  Fixing a single neurotransmitter system suppresses pathological aggression.

  Nature News

  (6 November 2007); doi:10.1038/news.2007.222

• Model behaviour

  Standfirst

  The brain is no longer the black box it used to be, and neuroscientists are starting to put new knowledge to good use, developing better animal models for psychiatric disorders. Alison Abbott reports.

  Nature News

  (31 October 2007); doi:10.1038/450006a

• Neuroscience: A gut feeling

  Standfirst

  When most people look at lobsters, they see dinner. Eve Marder saw a key to the theoretical underpinnings of animal behaviour. Ishani Ganguli reports.

  Nature News

  (31 October 2007); doi:10.1038/450021a

• Optimism brain regions identified

  Standfirst

  Researchers home in on brain areas that light up for a bright future.

  Nature News

  (24 October 2007); doi:10.1038/news.2007.191

• Europeans forgo US labs

  Standfirst

  Stagnant budget makes American biomedicine less attractive.

  Nature News

  (24 October 2007); doi:10.1038/449954b