Editorials in 2015

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  • Nature digs into the rumours about the effect of festive illuminations on wireless fidelity.

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  • Physicists can better study the quantum behaviour of objects on the atomic scale.

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  • The European Union has set a worrying trend by ignoring scientific advice on overfishing. It must put long-term sustainability plans ahead of short-term political gains.

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  • The German research community can benefit from the influx of migrants.

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  • After 25 years of divisive debate, the governments of the world unite in Paris to fight global warming. But the hard work must start now.

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  • The EU should decide definitively whether gene-edited plants are covered by GM laws.

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  • Japan has introduced an unproven system to make patients pay for clinical trials.

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  • Hard decisions on issues that will affect future generations should not be sidestepped.

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  • The US Senate has just voted to defund one of the providers of aborted fetal tissue for research. Such research is too valuable to become embroiled in the bitter abortion debate.

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  • Research has a part to play in identifying the factors that breed terrorism.

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  • The number of people with science doctorates is rapidly increasing, but there are not enough academic jobs for them all. Graduate programmes should be reformed to meet students’ needs.

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  • Scientific innovation is being smothered by a culture of conformity.

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  • Written agreements between parties in research collaborations are not a sign of a lack of faith.

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  • Leaders must come together on a solid agreement at the United Nations climate conference — and then get to work at home by meeting commitments and finding new ways to reduce emissions.

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  • Controversy in Brazil over access to a purported cancer cure could set a harmful precedent.

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  • Science is beside the point when an entrenched culture in a sport supports scoundrels.

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  • Numbers on racial bias in research grants awarded by the US National Institutes of Health show that science has more to learn about inclusiveness.

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  • Researchers exploring ways to genetically alter wild populations are wise to air their plans.

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  • The decision to use the Montreal Protocol to reduce the impact of refrigerants on global warming is a step forward ahead of the Paris climate summit.

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  • Proposals for UK higher education contain some positive points amid the financial gloom.

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