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Science Foo Camp is a very unusual kind of conference. Held each summer at Google's headquarters in California, this gathering of geeks is informal and unstructured; there's no agenda until the first evening when the attendees collectively create one. Nature's Charlotte Stoddart went along to Sci Foo 2009 to capture its unique spirit on film.

Peeling sticky tape emits energy that extends into the X-ray regime, reports a study in Nature. The research provides evidence for a phenomenon that was first observed more than 50 years ago.

It is well known that unwinding sticky tape produces sparks of light that can easily be seen by the naked eye in a dark room. This phenomenon, known as triboluminescence, is produced by the friction generated when two contacting surfaces move relative to each other.

Nature Methods has selected induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells as its Method of the Year 2009. Now that the generation of iPS cells is becoming routine, researchers can use them as a tool to make discoveries in disease and basic biology. Get the free Nature Methods special feature here: http://www.nature.com/nmeth/focus/moy...

We're half way through the second week of talks in Copenhagen where 193 nations are trying to agree a global deal to avoid catastrophic climate change. Nature's Olive Heffernan caught up with renowned climatologist Stephen Schneider, who says that staying well below 2 degrees of warming is unrealistic.

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There are tens of thousands of Americans living without clean, running water on the Navajo Nation today. This is because decades of uranium mining have contaminated the majority of water sources on the reservation. VICE News travels to New Mexico to find out how people are coping, and if there is hope for the future.

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