Editorials in 2011

Pharmaceutical firms should come clean to tackle drug contamination.

A new report offers useful insight into the continuing stalemate over global warming.

Every researcher and institution should question their own attitudes to safety in the lab after the death of an undergraduate student in a Yale University workshop.

No longer a guaranteed ticket to an academic career, the PhD system needs a serious rethink.

Rejection of broad commonality in structure of languages has implications for all sciences.

Worst-case scenarios happen. We must prepare for them and be able to respond.

The Japanese authorities have done well in releasing copious amounts of crude data on the nuclear crisis. But it is imperative for the data to be provided in more meaningful and user-friendly ways.

The latest Indian tiger census demonstrates welcome methodological rigour.

A partnership to encourage sustainable farming in Brazil may not be as green as it seems.

Those who want to build a better future for Scotland should resist cuts to an innovative scheme that helps its universities to compete with larger rivals elsewhere.

The Chernobyl disaster still has much to tell us about the long-term risks of low-level radiation exposure. But only if the necessary follow-up studies are supported.

Forensic science faces rough justice on both sides of the Atlantic.

Conference of science journalists can strengthen ties between the Arab world and the West.

For now, Japan's scientists have higher priorities than rebuilding their research infrastructure, but when they do get to it, they will need help from the international scientific community.

British readers should help to change libel laws that suppress global scientific discussion.

Scientists studying diseases should be motivated by patients, but not led by them.

Vote to overturn an aspect of climate science marks a worrying trend in US Congress.

How James Clerk Maxwell made a difference 150 years ago.