Comment in 2012

Members of the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity explain its recommendations on the communication of experimental work on H5N1 influenza.

US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity explains recommendation to publish H5N1 work in a form that withholds essential data.

Yoshihiro Kawaoka explains that research on transmissible avian flu viruses needs to continue if pandemics are to be prevented.

The economic pain of a flattening supply will trump the environment as a reason to curb the use of fossil fuels, say James Murray and David King.

Harold Varmus and Ed Harlow explain how an innovative initiative is opening up neglected areas of oncology.

Philanthropists should pay their fair share of research costs, says Patrick Aebischer.

A proposal to restrict the planned publication of research on a potentially deadly avian influenza virus is causing a furore. Ten experts suggest ways to proceed.

A summit meeting of heads of government is needed to strengthen global ambition on climate change — we should start preparing now, says Michael Jacobs.

The future of the International Whaling Commission is tenuous. A 'whale conservation market' might rescue it, say Christopher Costello, Leah R. Gerber and Steven Gaines.

Duplication is easily detected by software, yet it remains a problem. Ten experts explain how to stamp it out.

Regardless of whether the Higgs detection is confirmed, the standard model is incomplete, says John Ellis.

As models of authorship and collaboration change in the digital age, we must rely on trust to filter the products of research, says Jerome Ravetz.