Editorials in 2012

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  • Biologists must realize the pitfalls of work on massive amounts of data.

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  • Staff-surveillance efforts by government agencies must not contravene the rights of whistle-blowers, as the US Food and Drug Administration is accused of doing.

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  • A 'health check' of protected ecological areas reveals an alarming decline in biodiversity.

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  • The battle for gold is about to begin — and science is taking its place behind the podium.

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  • Changes to Canadian science raise questions that the government must answer.

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  • An attempt by Congress to save money by not funding political science seems to be motivated by ideological rather than financial reasons.

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  • The discovery of the Higgs boson is a massive achievement — let's just savour it.

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  • Legal actions and oversight are necessary to keep the drug industry in line.

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  • A High Court case highlights the inadequacies of England's libel laws and should be used as an impetus for major reform.

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  • The printing press changed the world; three-dimensional printing could do the same.

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  • Two legal rulings by the US Supreme Court last week will have significant implications for research into health-care outcomes and for how neuroscience is used in sentencing juveniles.

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  • The UK government's latest appointment offers hope for British science.

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  • If farmers do not rein in the use of antibiotics for livestock, people will be severely affected.

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  • Perhaps the Earth conference was not a wasted opportunity but the start of a new journey.

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  • Two reports highlight key aspects of the global trend towards open access to research results: who will pay, and how much, to supply what to whom?

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  • Nature Publishing Group's reader survey on lab-safety practices needs your input.

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  • Stem-cell researchers must engage with politicians to keep their work alive in Europe.

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  • If scientists want the public to continue to volunteer for research projects, they must learn to be a lot more forthcoming about the ways in which the information they garner will be used.

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  • Scientists discussing their work through written media, including e-mail, should be aware that they could at any time be asked to reveal their conversations.

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