Nature Magazine - December 11 2014

Nature Magazine - December 11, 2014

339 Pages | True PDF | English | 32 MB

About this issue: The European Commission’s plans to allow individual countries a veto on the farming of genetically modified crops, although a compromise, should enable the technology to move forward. Institutions should take a unified look at protections for research on human subjects. Nations must keep expanding conservation efforts to avoid a biodiversity crisis. The Research Excellence Framework keeps UK science sharp, but the process is overly burdensome for institutions, says Peter M. Atkinson.