Of the 325 News and Views articles published this year, seven are singled out for special attention. They illustrate the great job that scientists can do in communicating and commenting on new research. One of the duties of an editor on a scientific publication is to take a succinct, clear and informative piece of writing and, through the leaden application of house rules, turn it into unreadable porridge. That's the view of the sceptical scientist and there's occasional truth in the observation. The better - and less wearing-editorial course for such an article is simply to publish it, tweaked little, if at all. Writers of such pieces are to be treasured by editors and readers alike.
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