Editorials in 2010

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  • Plan to cull badgers in England shows the new government does not respect scientific advice.

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  • Humanitarian aid for the stricken nation must include help for its higher-education system, or risk undoing a decade of unprecedented advancement.

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  • A proposed road through the Serengeti can be halted only by providing a viable substitute, not by criticism.

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  • China needs to elaborate on plans to modernize its flagging academic journals.

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  • Russia's commendable attempt to revamp science in its universities must not be confounded by the old guard.

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  • Public allegations threaten the impartiality of misconduct inquiries.

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  • The anti-science strain pervading the right wing in the United States is the last thing the country needs in a time of economic challenge.

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  • Congress must act quickly to save US stem-cell research.

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  • Earth scientists have explained why Canada and South Africa are still here.

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  • An investigation at Harvard University highlights the human cost of scientific misconduct.

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  • A coalition government could be what the country needs to make headway on an emissions policy.

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  • US astronomers' latest list of priorities holds valuable lessons for other scientific disciplines.

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  • Despite some mistakes, the World Health Organization handled the flu outbreak well.

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  • The industry behind direct-to-consumer gene tests needs to establish guidelines for its wares.

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  • Republican criticism of stimulus-funded science projects is ill-informed and wide of the mark.

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  • Although China is a world leader in renewable-energy technology, it is missing the chance to deploy this equipment on a suitably grand scale at home.

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  • US cap-and-trade legislation has fallen victim to politics. But all is not lost.

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  • Producing enough food for the world's population in 2050 will be easy. But doing it at an acceptable cost to the planet will depend on research into everything from high-tech seeds to low-tech farming practices.

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  • The Canadian government should rethink its decision to change the way census data are collected.

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  • The controversy surrounding diabetes drugs highlights the importance of comparative studies.

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