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  • Futures |

    It's no joke.

    • Marko Jankovic

  • Careers and Recruitment |

    Pittsburgh's universities are helping the city to emerge from its Rust Belt roots and forge a knowledge economy. Paul Smaglik reports.

    • Paul Smaglik

  • News Feature |

    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

  • News |

    The pressure to rack up publications in high-impact journals could encourage misconduct, some say.

    • Jane Qiu

  • Prospects |

    Many stereotypes should be crushed, but some can prove beneficial to a fledgling scientist, says Peter Fiske.

    • Peter Fiske

  • Futures |

    A song from the stars.

    • Val Nolan

  • Books & Arts |

    The latest thesis on the disappearance of physicist Ettore Majorana adds little, but reminds us of the Nobel-prizewinning quality of the discoveries he made during his brief career, explains Frank Close.

    • Frank Close

  • Column |

    Science should focus more on understanding the present and less on predicting the future, argues Daniel Sarewitz.

    • Daniel Sarewitz

  • News |

    Srikumar Banerjee, head of India's Atomic Energy Commission, outlines plans for the country's energy supply.

    • K. S. Jayaraman

  • Feature |

    Publisher Alexander Macmillan chose Norman Lockyer as Nature’s founding Editor in 1869. It was an inspired choice, but Lockyer’s powerful personality courted controversy in the fledgling magazine. Ruth Barton investigates.

    • Ruth Barton

  • Feature |

    During the editorship of Philip Campbell (1995 onwards), the single author has all but disappeared. As the average number of contributors to individual papers continues to rise, Mott Greene investigates whether the present system is likely to last.

    • Mott Greene

  • Feature |

    When John Maddox took over the reins of Nature’s editorship in 1966, the journal was in urgent need of reform. Walter Gratzer reflects on how Maddox and his successor (and predecessor) David Davies steered the magazine into its modern format.

    • Walter Gratzer

  • Feature |

    Nature under the editorship of Sir Richard Gregory (1919–39) was banned in Nazi Germany. Uwe Hossfeld and Lennart Olsson explore the clash between science and national socialism.

    • Uwe Hossfeld
    •  & Lennart Olsson

  • Feature |

    The editorship of David Davies (1973–1980) saw global nuclear arsenals grow and India join the nuclear club. Frank Barnaby examines how Davies addressed the cold war arms race in Nature.

    • Frank Barnaby

  • Feature |

    The co-editorship of A. J. V. Gale and L. J. F. Brimble (1939–61) oversaw milestone publications on human origins. Bill Bynum unearths a treasure trove of palaeoanthropology in post-war Nature.

    • William. F. Bynum

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