Editorials in 2009

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  • The United States can learn from the UK body that rates the effectiveness of medical procedures.

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  • Research cannot flourish if data are not preserved and made accessible. All concerned must act accordingly.

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  • Criteria for 'green buildings' need to make energy performance a priority — as do universities.

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  • The Obama administration must fund human space flight adequately, or stop speaking of 'exploration'.

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  • Barriers faced by foreign scientists seeking entry to the United States do more harm than good.

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  • Massive funding for Pakistan's ailing universities holds many lessons for other developing nations.

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  • Voices within the Obama administration threaten to undermine non-proliferation efforts. They should be ignored.

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  • The distribution of human cell lines used in research should not be hindered by restrictions from donors.

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  • Scientists must address the ethics of using neuroactive compounds to quash domestic crises.

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  • There is every reason to be optimistic about the Obama administration's attitude towards science.

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  • Twenty years on, the success of the Montreal Protocol can help inform plans to mitigate climate change.

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  • Congress should stop playing politics with the peer-review process.

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  • More development work is needed to help computer simulations inform economic policy.

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  • The vast reserves of US natural gas must be used judiciously to ease the transition to clean energy.

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  • A report released last week by the US National Academies makes recommendations for tackling the issues surrounding the era of petabyte science.

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  • Those wishing to reveal scientific ideas should learn from the engaging style of TED conference talks.

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