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The balance of probabilities
IPCC members last week considered the best way to quantify uncertainty. They are not alone in needing to do so — the media must also take a firm line when it comes to scientific reporting.
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Correspondence |
Call to reshape university curricula
- Yehuda Elkana
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Research Highlights |
Networks: Online peer-pressure threshold
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World View |
Canada must free scientists to talk to journalists
Strict controls on what federal researchers can reveal about their work is a disservice to science and the public, says Kathryn O'Hara.
- Kathryn O'Hara
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Comment |
The lost correspondence of Francis Crick
Alexander Gann and Jan Witkowski unveil newly found letters between key players in the DNA story. Strained relationships and vivid personalities leap off the pages.
- Alexander Gann
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Correspondence |
Why the inaction on biodiversity?
- Guillaume Chapron
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Comment |
Patent fixes for Europe
The continent's patent system is Byzantine, but current proposals for a new EU-wide patent could make matters worse, warns Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie.
- Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie
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Career Brief |
Site bridges science divide
New website helps to link North and Latin American researchers.
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News & Views |
Communication and speciation
An electrifying evolutionary radiation has evidently occurred among elephant fish in Africa's Ivindo basin. An implication is that open niches for communication can result in species diversification.
- Manuel Leal
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UK climate data were not tampered with
Science sound despite researchers' lack of openness, inquiry finds.
- Zeeya Merali
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News |
Tapping the crowd for technologies
Just how seriously is BP taking its own call for public solutions to the Gulf oil spill?
- Amanda Mascarelli
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Research Highlights |
Animal behaviour: Vibrations on a stick
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Editorial |
Content rules
Nature's new online commenting facility opens up the entire magazine for discussion.
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Prospects |
Speak up
Peter Fiske argues that too many young scientists adopt a passive voice, to the detriment of their careers.
- Peter Fiske
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Careers and Recruitment |
A foot in the door
A postdoctoral application should present a person's best scientific self on paper. Kendall Powell demystifies why some applicants shine and others miss the mark.
- Kendall Powell
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Opinion |
Fixing the communications failure
People's grasp of scientific debates can improve if communicators build on the fact that cultural values influence what and whom we believe, says Dan Kahan.
- Dan Kahan
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Careers and Recruitment |
Tricky terrains
The drug and biotech industries are not always easy to break into. Developing a diverse skill set could be the key to success, Karen Kaplan reports.
- Karen Kaplan
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Editorial |
Lessons from a pandemic
It is time to assess what worked, and what didn't, in the global efforts to cope with swine flu.
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News Feature |
Swine flu: Crisis communicator
Richard Besser led the United States' top public-health agency as swine flu broke out on its doorstep. And his communication shaped the early days of a pandemic, finds Brendan Maher.
- Brendan Maher