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Neural evidence for inequality-averse social preferences
Social science hypotheses suggest that humans prefer more equality in outcome distributions because the knowledge of inequality reduces the reward experience. Here, functional MRI was used to test directly for inequality-averse social preferences in the brain during monetary transfers between pairs of participants and an experimenter. The results indicate that the brain's reward circuitry is sensitive to distribution inequality and is actively modulated relative to context.
- Elizabeth Tricomi
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Prospects |
Salary boost
Negotiating for a pay rise can be a smooth, fruitful process if you follow a few guidelines, says Deb Koen.
- Deb Koen
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Mixed budget outlook for young scientists
Biomedical researchers face fewer competing grants in 2011.
- Karen Kaplan
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German paper chase to end
Funding agency cuts number of publications needed for grant applications.
- Quirin Schiermeier
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Pebble-bed nuclear reactor gets pulled
South Africa cuts funding for energy technology project.
- Linda Nordling
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Reserves 'win–win' for fish and fishermen
Marine protection areas could offer fisheries a boost.
- Rex Dalton
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Editorial |
Progressive thinking
It is time to abandon GDP as the overriding measure of social development and economic health.
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Scientists in Ireland face up to pay cuts
Parlous state of economy forces cut backs.
- Quirin Schiermeier
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Correspondence |
Transdisciplinary EU science institute needs funds urgently
- Jan W. Vasbinder
- , Bertil Andersson
- & Rein Willems
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Perspective |
The next generation of scenarios for climate change research and assessment
- Richard H. Moss
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A framework for success
The time is ripe for Europe's scientists to lobby for community-wide infrastructure funding.
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Correspondence |
Italy's stem-cell challenge gaining momentum
- Elena Cattaneo
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Career Brief |
India plans science boost
Thousands of PhDs will be needed to fill faculty science posts by 2014.
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Divide and conquer
NASA is taking a risk on commercial space services. But the pay-offs could be high.
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AIDS research must link to local policy
HIV research in South Africa is world class. To halt the country's epidemic, scientists need to shift focus from global problems to priorities at home, say Salim Abdool Karim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim.
- Salim S. Abdool Karim
- & Quarraisha Abdool Karim
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Science lines up for seat to space
The advent of commercial trips could open up research opportunities.
- Katharine Sanderson
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Spain's vision for science
Science minister Cristina Garmendia outlines her plans for research across Europe, and at home.
- Cristina Jiménez
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The future of European research
With a new research commissioner arriving in Brussels, and big policy changes on the cards, Nature explains how scientists could be affected.
- Alison Abbott
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Career Brief |
Institute gets gift windfall
Philanthropist's gift will yield 300 research and lab-support jobs.
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Boost for brain research
Fellowship aims to boost collaborative research at European academic institutions and industrial labs.
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Stand and deliver
Science has done well in the proposed US budget. Researchers need to justify the funding boost.
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Project set to map marks on genome
Consortium sets sights on the differences that make us different.
- Alison Abbott
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False alarms
British scientists must adopt a positive tone if they hope to protect their gains in funding.
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Debt crisis threatens UK science
As Britain's researchers face fierce budget cuts, Nature finds out how labs are preparing for hard times.
- Geoff Brumfiel
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Aid fund faces cash crunch
Fight against tuberculosis, malaria and AIDS under threat from success.
- Declan Butler
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Career Brief |
Biotech ends on a high
Biotech firms raise much more money in 2009, buoyed by big pharma partnerships
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Small rise for US postdocs
NIH stipend increase not enough, says US National Postdoctoral Association.
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Israel hails first steps towards funding agency
Weightier grants will provide security for biomedical researchers.
- Haim Watzman
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Opinion |
Canada needs a polar policy
A lack of coordination in Arctic research funding leaves scientists without the support they need for fieldwork. John England outlines how Canada can set things right, and show leadership in the north.
- John England
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