April 2008

• Poll results: look who's doping

  Standfirst

  In January, Nature launched an informal survey into readers' use of cognition-enhancing drugs. Brendan Maher has waded through the results and found large-scale use and a mix of attitudes towards the drugs.

  Nature News

  (9 April 2008); doi:10.1038/452674a

• Fear in the genes

  Standfirst

  Fear is partly down to your genes, but this process changes as you grow older.

  Nature News

  (8 April 2008); doi:10.1038/news.2008.743

• Dyslexic diversity

  Standfirst

  Chinese and English dyslexias stem from different brain abnormalities.

  Nature News

  (7 April 2008); doi:10.1038/news.2008.739

• How to laugh away stress

  Standfirst

  Just thinking about laughing makes you feel better.

  Nature News

  (7 April 2008); doi:10.1038/news.2008.741

• Prions picked up by tuning fork detector

  Standfirst

  Tiny resonators might make for quick and early prion tests.

  Nature News

  (27 March 2008); doi:10.1038/news.2008.696

• Shocking the nose into action

  Standfirst

  An electric shock helps people to better discriminate between smells.

  Nature News

  (27 March 2008); doi:10.1038/news.2008.697

• Triumphs and tribulations for RNA interference

  Standfirst

  Two studies highlight promise and problems for gene silencing technique.

  Nature News

  (26 March 2008); doi:10.1038/news.2008.693

• Therapeutic cloning creates perfect match

  Standfirst

  Animal-specific stem cells treat Parkinson's symptoms in mice.

  Nature News

  (21 March 2008); doi:10.1038/news.2008.686