Comment in 2018

The breadth of social and moral questions raised requires a new architecture for democratic debate, insists Simon Burall.

Stalling the fastest flows of ice into the oceans would buy us a few centuries to deal with climate change and protect coasts, argue John C. Moore and colleagues.

Archive study shows that formal inclusion of women does not automatically lead to their full participation, say Aileen Fyfe and Camilla Mørk Røstvik.

Xuemei Bai and colleagues call for long-term, cross-disciplinary studies to reduce carbon emissions and urban risks from global warming.

The publishing system builds in resistance to replication. Paul Gertler, Sebastian Galiani and Mauricio Romero surveyed economics journals to find out how to fix it.

Young people who are already struggling offline might experience greater negative effects of life online, writes Candice Odgers.

For most of the world’s adolescents, poverty and social marginalization influence health much more than risk-taking does, argue Robert Blum and Jo Boyden.

Simply extending lifespan is not enough. We need treatments that boost resilience to multiple age-related diseases, argue Ilaria Bellantuono and 12 co-signatories.

Maintaining momentum is crucial as nations build a treaty to safeguard the high seas, argue Glen Wright, Julien Rochette, Kristina M. Gjerde and Lisa A. Levin.

Sharing big data from satellite imagery and other Earth observations across Asia, the Middle East and east Africa is key to sustainability, urges Guo Huadong.

Replication is not enough. Marcus R. Munafò and George Davey Smith state the case for triangulation.

Artificial illumination can stop us sleeping and make us ill. We need fresh strategies and technologies, argues Karolina M. Zielinska-Dabkowska.

Forgotten records of mathematics’ best-known prize hold lessons for the future of the discipline, argues historian Michael Barany.

The study of life on and off Earth needs unified funding and a coherent plan, say Caleb Scharf, Debra Fischer and Victoria Meadows.

Its president, Cori Bargmann, sets out three ways to accelerate science — creativity, openness and shareable resources.

Markku Kulmala calls for continuous, comprehensive monitoring of interactions between the planet’s surface and atmosphere.