Research Highlights |
Featured
-
-
News |
'Climate wars' claims disputed
New research challenges idea that global warming will drive civil unrest.
- Quirin Schiermeier
-
-
-
Opinion |
Save your census
National censuses and surveys are threatened around the world by high costs and low response rates. The demographic data they yield are too valuable to lose, warn Stephen E. Fienberg and Kenneth Prewitt.
- Stephen E. Fienberg
- & Kenneth Prewitt
-
News |
Only children not so lonely
Those without siblings may not lack social skills after all.
- Zoë Corbyn
-
Books & Arts |
The makings of great leaders
Leadership, Michael Bond learns from two new books, is not about getting people to do things, it is about getting them to want to do things — and it emerged on the African plains.
- Michael Bond
-
Column |
Who should pay for the police?
The punishment of antisocial behaviour seems necessary for a stable society. But how should it be policed, and how severe should it be? Game theory offers some answers, Philip Ball finds.
- Philip Ball
-
Career Brief |
Mothers fear for careers
Female scientists worry about balancing work with motherhood, study finds.
-
Correspondence |
Gender agenda: let's track women's trial participation
- Angela Ballantyne
- & Wendy Rogers
-
Opinion |
Inequities exposed in salary survey
More than 10,500 industrial and academic scientists worldwide completed Nature's salary and satisfaction survey, published in this issue (see page 1104). Here, five career experts comment on the results of the poll. Differences in benefits, mentoring and contentment could have national and international ramifications, they conclude.
-
Opinion |
Pregnant women deserve better
Clinical trials routinely exclude expectant mothers. This is unethical and unscientific, and regulators must mandate change, says Françoise Baylis, in the second of three related pieces on gender bias in biomedicine.
- Françoise Baylis
-
News & Views |
50 & 100 years ago
-
Opinion |
Males still dominate animal studies
Many researchers avoid using female animals. Stringent measures should consign this prejudice to the past, argue Irving Zucker and Annaliese Beery, in the third piece of three on gender bias in biomedicine.
- Irving Zucker
- & Annaliese K. Beery
-
Opinion |
Sex bias in trials and treatment must end
Gender inequalities in biomedical research are undermining patient care. In the first of three related pieces, Alison M. Kim, Candace M. Tingen and Teresa K. Woodruff call on journals, funding agencies and researchers to give women parity with men, in studies and in the clinic.
- Alison M. Kim
- , Candace M. Tingen
- & Teresa K. Woodruff
-
News |
Medics performed 'interrogation research'
Human-rights advocacy group alleges major ethics breaches.
- Meredith Wadman
-
Letter |
The role of mentorship in protégé performance
Mentors influence the future success of their protégés, but to what extent do those protégés emulate their mentors? Here, one aspect of mentor emulation is studied, namely fecundity — the number of protégés a mentor trains. Analysis of data from the Mathematics Genealogy Project shows that although mentorship fecundity correlates with success, those mentors who maintain a small fecundity go on to train protégés with a larger fecundity. Moreover, the mentor's career stage influences the eventual fecundity of their protégés.
- R. Dean Malmgren
- , Julio M. Ottino
- & Luís A. Nunes Amaral
-
Books & Arts |
Empowerment is key
A plan to pull millions out of poverty while addressing climate change fails to acknowledge the importance of dispersing power to the people, explains Iqbal Quadir.
- Iqbal Quadir
-
Careers and Recruitment |
Burdens of biodefence
Working with nature's nastiest microbes offers a chance to help ensure public safety. Karen Kaplan details the profession's risks and rewards.
- Karen Kaplan
-
News |
Conservation's poverty reduction claims questioned
Does greater biodiversity help or hinder the world's poorest people?
- Natasha Gilbert
-
Correspondence |
Questioning how different societies respond to crises
- Patricia A. McAnany
- & Norman Yoffee
-
-
-
-
Opinion |
How do morals change?
Emotions such as empathy and disgust might be at the root of morality, but psychologists should also study the roles of deliberation and debate in how our opinions shift over time, argues Paul Bloom.
- Paul Bloom
-
Correspondence |
Tsunami: unexpected blow foils flawless warning system
- Dale Dominey-Howes
- & James Goff
-
News & Views |
50 & 100 years ago
-
-
News |
Sexual predators flock to energy boom towns
Oil and gas attract more criminals than tourism or agriculture do.
- Richard A. Lovett
-
-
News |
IPCC flooded by criticism
Climate body slammed for errors and potential conflicts of interest.
- Quirin Schiermeier
-
-
News |
China's research rise
Number of domestic researchers draws level with Europe and the United States.
- Gene Russo
-
-
-
-
News |
'Big science' spurs collaborative trend
Complicated projects mean that science is becoming more globalized.
- Eric Hand
-
News |
Iranian academics fear more killings
Concern grows in the wake of particle physicist's death.
- Declan Butler
-
Correspondence |
To make progress we must remember and learn from the past
- Bart Penders
- , Niki Vermeulen
- & John N. Parker
-
News & Views |
50 & 100 years ago
-
Prospects |
From geek to chic
Many stereotypes should be crushed, but some can prove beneficial to a fledgling scientist, says Peter Fiske.
- Peter Fiske
-
News |
Israeli government advisers threaten walkout
Research council says it wants independence from ministry.
- Haim Watzman