Editorials in 2015

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  • An investigation into the funding sources of climate scientists who have testified to the US Congress makes demands that have the potential to infringe on academic freedom.

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  • The Ebola epidemic has had a dire effect on the health prospects of pregnant women.

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  • A blue dress divided the Internet — and put the science of visual perception in the spotlight.

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  • Details of a climate-change sceptic’s links to the energy industry make worrying reading.

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  • The use of technologies that objectively measure pain must be carefully monitored.

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  • The final act in a long-running Italian saga should bring tighter controls on unproven stem-cell therapies, both at home and abroad.

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  • Science will benefit most from a combination of youthful innovation and hard-won experience.

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  • Studies of the epigenomic signatures of many healthy and diseased human tissues could provide crucial information to link genetic variation and disease.

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  • A year of illumination switches on with a Nature special issue.

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  • The UK Research Excellence Framework’s focus on impact is a useful reminder of all the ways that science can help society — both economically and by other means.

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  • The US measles outbreak highlights why most states should reconsider their vaccination rules.

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  • Realizing the benefits of driverless cars will require governments to embrace the technology.

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  • Europe’s researchers should grab every opportunity to ensure that funds redirected towards strategic investment will not miss science altogether.

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  • Western institutions must speak out against human-rights abuses in their partner countries.

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  • Technicians are often under appreciated, but without them there could be no research.

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  • The discovery of part of a 55,000-year-old human skull in Israel will help to answer some questions about our species’ evolution — but it shows that the tale is complicated.

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  • A few Republicans agreeing with basic climate research is not an environmental victory.

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  • The discovery of Beagle 2 on Mars should spur the search for other items lost to science.

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  • A vital dependence of genetically modified organisms on an artificial nutrient could be a means of preventing their escape into the environment.

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