Editorials in 2013

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  • Governments, funding agencies and universities must all do their bit to ensure that research is appropriately assessed and rewarded.

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  • Can you tell a sci-fi tale in just 200 characters? Then the Nature Futures competition is for you.

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  • A rethink on monitoring land-use change is needed to estimate effects on global warming.

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  • In the public interest, the Italian health minister should resolve the ongoing uncertainty over a government trial of a controversial therapy.

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  • Despite some success, the proportions of women in Nature’s pages and as referees are still too low.

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  • An open-source patent database highlights the need for more transparency worldwide.

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  • Laboratory animals must have the very best standard of care if we are to justify their use in science. As one institution is found wanting, others should look to review their animal-welfare practices.

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  • A physics course that hooked a generation reminds us that teachers need support.

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  • The long arm of the law has reached into an investigation of alleged scientific misconduct in Italy, and should perhaps stretch still farther.

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  • Medical testing firms find it is in their best interests to cooperate with regulators.

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  • Universities need to counter pressures that undermine support for younger researchers.

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  • Laboratory-based experiments are sorely needed to complement the rapidly proliferating spectral data originating from observations by the latest space telescopes.

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  • Misconceptions about do-it-yourself biology mean that opportunities are being missed.

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  • Nature doesn’t usually do film reviews, but Gravity is a true great.

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  • As the Warsaw conference on the climate wraps up this week, there is reason for hope despite several well-publicized setbacks.

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  • Changes to the international zoological code are to be welcomed, despite continuing dissent.

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  • Prejudice, not evidence, is too often the basis for government drug policies.

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  • Major African campaigns targeting malaria and HIV could help millions, but key concerns over their long-term effects should not be forgotten.

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  • Time is running out to comment on the NIH’s plan for sharing genomic data.

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  • The behaviour of millions of minuscule beads reveals some secrets of collective motion.

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