Editorials in 2010

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  • It is in researchers' interests to help funding agencies quantify the economic benefits of their work.

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    • Magdalena Skipper
    • Ursula Weiss
    • Noah Gray
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  • An independent, international science panel would coordinate and highlight research on a pressing topic.

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  • Mouse research for human diseases has grown, and researchers must defend and promote it accordingly.

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  • Academic scientists value teaching as much as research — but universities apparently don't.

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  • The successful transplantation of a synthesized genome highlights unresolved ethical and security issues posed by synthetic biology.

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  • Society deserves to see a return on its investment in science, but researchers need help to make their case.

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  • US agencies have moved too slowly in gathering key data on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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  • Rats turn out to be surprisingly useful for research on cognition. But if the goal is to understand the human brain and its many disorders, then primate studies remain essential.

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  • Reforms that could harmonize and enhance European research deserve support.

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  • The United States should protect investments used to find new uses for old drugs.

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  • Rather than bemoaning the loss of science-savvy politicians in last week's election, researchers in the UK should strive to make new friends.

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  • Europe's Joint Research Centre needs to find its place alongside the new chief scientific adviser.

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  • The University of Virginia should fight a witch-hunt by the state's attorney general.

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  • Ways to obtain more accurate data can and should be put in place to police greenhouse-gas emissions.

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  • A new approach to technology assessment would supplement expert opinion with input from society.

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  • Governments have typically regulated their coastal waters as if fishing, shipping and the like were separate entities. A new, integrated approach could change all that — while greatly boosting marine science.

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  • Better chemical-control legislation is a good start, but scientific reform should parallel legal reform.

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  • The US weapons labs need to develop a twenty-first-century vision of deterrence — one that does not include making new bombs.

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  • Simon Singh's recent libel result is a victory for science, but the real fight lies ahead.

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