Editorials in 2015

A concerted focus on soils will benefit society in untold ways and should be embraced.

The preference for either cats or dogs affects science more than you might think.

Arguments among ocean scientists show how much remains to be discovered.

The terrorist attacks in Paris were an assault on the fundamental values of free and democratic societies. Researchers, and humorists, must combat obscurantism everywhere.

Human echolocation kicks off the Nature podcast’s new series on sound science

As two new fronts in the war on disease demonstrate, creativity remains a key weapon for scientists in the hunt for drugs.