Nature News highlights: 05 March 2015

05 March 2015       nature news alert • Read Nature's news online • Subscribe to Nature Your weekly update from Nature's global news team.               Live Webinar: Gene Knockout with CRISPR, a Complete and Simple Kit. March 11th Wed New to CRISPR? No worries. Register and learn how to knock out a gene with a pre-designed CRISPR kit. Register the webinar and view a 4-min youtube video.         • Featured               Dwarf planets ▶       2015 is the year of the dwarf planet. On 6 March, NASA's Dawn spacecraft will reach Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt. Later this year, another probe will reach Pluto — and the Young siblings, a brother-sister team who have spent their lives researching the distant world, will be watching. It's a fitting moment to reflect on Pluto's long and strange history. Read More▶                   • Latest News               Harold Varmus to resign as head of US cancer institute ▶ 04 March 2015     Nobel laureate has led the National Cancer Institute since 2010. Read More ▶             Human Brain Project votes for leadership change ▶ 04 March 2015     Controversial European project plans to disband three-person executive committee after anger from neuroscientists. Read More ▶             Ethiopian jawbone may mark dawn of humankind ▶ 04 March 2015     A 2.8-million-year-old mandible and a digital model of a key fossil paint a complicated picture of the genus Homo. Read More▶                 • More Stories               Seven days: 27 February–5 March 2015 ▶ 04 March 2015     The week in science: China’s panda survey concerns experts; Russia finally agrees with US on the International Space Station’s timeline; and science world pays tribute to Leonard Nimoy. Read More ▶             No link found between psychedelics and psychosis ▶ 04 March 2015     In large US survey, users of LSD and similar drugs were no more likely to have mental-health conditions than other respondents. Read More ▶             Developing world: The minority minority ▶ 04 March 2015     Women are under-represented in physical sciences and in science in the developing world. Meet three who beat both sets of odds. Read More ▶             Maternal health: Ebola’s lasting legacy ▶ 04 March 2015     One of the most devastating consequences of the Ebola outbreak will be its impact on maternal health. Read More ▶             UK government slammed for Kew Gardens budget crunch ▶ 03 March 2015     Parliamentary report urges stable funding for leading botanic garden hit by cash crisis. Read More ▶             Complex societies evolved without belief in all-powerful deity ▶ 03 March 2015     Emergence of politically sophisticated societies may be assisted by faith in supernatural spirits, but does not need "big God" religion. Read More ▶             Behind the scenes of the world's first commercial stem-cell therapy ▶ 03 March 2015     Graziella Pellegrini explains the 25-year struggle to develop Holoclar, a treatment for blindness. Read More ▶             Spacecraft nears dwarf planet Ceres ▶ 03 March 2015     Dawn mission spots mysterious bright spots on Solar System's largest asteroid, hinting at its watery history. Read More ▶             Robo-rescuers battle it out in disaster challenge ▶ 03 March 2015     Nimble bots to go head-to-head for $2-million DARPA prize. Read More ▶             China’s scientists must engage the public on GM ▶ 03 March 2015     The country’s shifting stance on genetic modification for crops needs the support of researchers to persuade a sceptical public, says Qiang Wang. Read More ▶             World's deadliest volcanoes identified ▶ 03 March 2015     Indonesia's population most at risk from eruptions. Read More ▶             Ebola’s mental-health wounds linger in Africa ▶ 03 March 2015     Health-care workers struggle to help people who have been traumatized by the epidemic. Read More ▶                     Masterclasses: Teach your researchers how to produce papers that appeal to international, high-impact journals with Nature Masterclasses.  Taught by Nature journal editors, tailored to fit your researchers' needs – find out more today.             • Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Assistant Professor in Statistical Genetics     McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Center            Wynn Chair in Human Metabolism     Imperial College London            Open Rank Faculty     University of Illinois            Assistant / Associate / Full Professor, Forensic Science     University of Illinois            Head of Research Liaison and Evaluation     Arthritis Research UK          No matter what your career stage, student, postdoc or senior scientist, you will find articles on naturejobs.com to help guide you in your science career. 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