
This is the personal blog of Declan Butler, a senior reporter at Nature. All views expressed here are mine, and not those of Nature. Contact me at d.butler@nature.com
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An appeal to President Ahmadinejad; that’s the title of the lead Editorial in tomorrow’s Nature. I’ve appended some excerpts from the Editorial below. I’ve also an accompanying news story here — note all Nature news stories are...
Nature has launched a special on what the financial crisis might mean for science and innovation. It already includes more than a dozen articles and will be continually updated. It’s all on free access. If you want a great easy-to-understand 4-page overview,...
This morning the 8-year old son of a friend of mine looked at a map of the electoral results online and said: “I don’t understand; Obama won, but the map is all red.” Too right. Maps of the results of the US presidential election usually show...
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An appeal to President Ahmadinejad; that’s the title of the lead Editorial in tomorrow’s Nature. I’ve appended some excerpts from the Editorial below. I’ve also an accompanying news story here — note all Nature news stories are...
Nature has launched a special on what the financial crisis might mean for science and innovation. It already includes more than a dozen articles and will be continually updated. It’s all on free access. If you want a great easy-to-understand 4-page overview,...
This morning the 8-year old son of a friend of mine looked at a map of the electoral results online and said: “I don’t understand; Obama won, but the map is all red.” Too right. Maps of the results of the US presidential election usually show...

