Editorials in 2006

Unfounded public fears place pressures on vaccine developers that go beyond reasonable safety considerations, as the search for an acceptable vaccine against Lyme disease may demonstrate.

The reprocessing of nuclear fuel is an idea that should be laid to rest.

After more than thirty years, a European science agency is struggling to establish a clear identity.

Climate research can only gain from closer collaboration with economists.

The time has come for China to start pulling its weight as a participant in the global response to bird flu — and to learn to collaborate more openly.

The lack of monitoring of ocean currents must be addressed quickly.

A novel component of the European Research Area will require national funders' cooperation.

In the wake of the Hwang scandal, journals have been reviewing their refereeing procedures. Following a survey of experts, here are Nature's thoughts on papers about cloning, with an invitation to comment.

The trajectory of the Hwang scandal highlights the shortness of the path between unethical behaviour and outright misconduct.

Thanks are due to researchers who act as referees, as editors resolve their often contradictory advice.

A fresh contract for the management of the New Mexico nuclear-weapons laboratory offers it little prospect of a happy and prosperous new year.

Audio files downloaded from the Internet can enrich scientific communication.

A study of opposition to a vaccine for children shows how the public can lose faith in science.