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United Nations to appoint a chief scientific adviser
Nature Editorial
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
The United Nations (UN) could soon have its own chief scientist or panel of science advisers, the Planet Under Pressure conference in London heard last week. In a video address to the conference, Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general of the UN, said that he is taking forward a recommendation to appoint a chief scientific adviser or scientific board, as suggested to him by a panel of experts on global sustainability.
Canada must free scientists to talk to journalists
Nature Editorial
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Strict controls on what federal researchers can reveal about their work is a disservice to science and the public, says Kathryn O'Hara, professor of science broadcast journalism at Carleton University and president of the Canadian Science Writers' Association
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Census Canada
Save the census
Nature Editorial
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
"The Canadian government should rethink its decision to change the way census data are collected." It is hard enough to get people excited about statistics at any time, let alone at the height of the summer holiday season. But in Canada this month, people have become passionate about the subject.
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