Editor's Summary
3 August 2006
The gender issue
Plenty of reaction to the Commentary from transgendered scientist Ben A. Barres in Nature of 13 July. He debunked the claim that differences in innate aptitude, rather than discrimination, were behind the failure of many women to advance in scientific careers. There's more reaction in Correspondence this week. Add your views to the news blog on http://tinyurl.com/kacrg.
Correspondence: The gender debate: science promises an honest investigation of the world
Steven Pinker
doi:10.1038/442510a
Correspondence: Let's encourage gentler, more reflective scientists
Peter A. Lawrence
doi:10.1038/442510b
Correspondence: Bias was built into research from the beginning
Margaret M. McCarthy
doi:10.1038/442510c
Correspondence: Holding the centre among the scatter-brained
Donna L. Dierker
doi:10.1038/442510d
