Editorials

The output of computer-vision research is overwhelmingly aimed towards monitoring humans. The potential ethical implications need more scrutiny.

More scientific leaders need to speak out about anti-science agendas and threats to academic freedom across the world.

As China continues its scientific ascent, the rest of the world should keep engaging.

From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science.

Researchers reveal when boys pull ahead of girls in mathematics, sounding an alarm and providing both an opportunity for schools, parents and researchers.

Economic policies are lacking in data on small-scale fisheries. A team of researchers is determined to change that.

A concerted effort is needed to support women in their choice of journal when submitting their manuscript.

The COVID-19 pandemic showed the value of changing direction in research. It should be incentivized, encouraged and celebrated.

Five years after the murder of George Floyd spurred global protests, it is imperative that institutions continue to confront racism and discrimination.

Researchers in low- and middle-income countries show that home-grown artificial-intelligence technologies can be developed, even without large external investments.

The UN Ocean Conference offers a rare opportunity for countries to correct their course on ocean health.

Forty years ago this month, scientists reported that human activities had punctured Earth’s protective ozone layer. What happened next offers a masterclass in international science-diplomacy.

Science stands to benefit from a project in which experienced academics and early-career researchers co-review studies.

A report detailing how climate inaction will consign people born today to a lifetime of weather extremes must awaken a sense of responsibility.

Bringing together proponents of rival theories to test their ideas against each other can advance science — but only if all sides can accept that they might be wrong.

The US administration should clear up the confusion over the future of a widely admired AIDS fund and push for Congress to reauthorize it.

Global agreement on a pandemic preparedness plan came against all the odds. Now all parties must follow good intentions with concrete actions.

A three-part Nature Podcast series explores the importance of scientific naming conventions — and talks to researchers looking at how to make them more inclusive.

The international community has a golden opportunity to start reining in the escalating, mostly ignored global burden of chronic kidney disease.

Potential treatments need to be subject to the highest standards of safety and efficacy.