JO GLANVILLE Editorial 3 DISPATCHES JULIAN PETLEY Lessons for LevesonAn interview with Louis Blom-Cooper 14 ABDELKADER BENALISpeed dating historyReflections on the events that led to revolution 27 DARK MATTER TRACEY BROWN Choking debateFear of legal action is stifling science 40 SAM GEALL Data trapIs too little being done, too late? 48 DEBORAH COHEN Secret trialsLack of openness in drugs research endangers lives 59 MICHAEL BLASTLAND Daring to doubtAdmitting to uncertainty in science takes courage 74 HEATHER WEAVER Saving soulsThe creationists are on for a battle 87 MICHAEL BROOKS Burden of proofScientific discovery needs rebels 100 STRIPSEARCH Martin Rowson 110 FRED PEARCE Information gapScientists are torn on the merits of sharing data 113 MICHAEL HALPERNShooting the messengerScientists are coming under pressure 120 RICK PILTZ Smog rulesObama takes on the sceptics 124 RICHARD SMITH Articles of faithOpen access is the way forward 135 PETER WILMSHURST Whistle stopExposing misconduct can ruin careers 149 FIRST PERSON BOUALEM SANSAL A lesson in tyrannyTorture is giving way to new methods of control 157 ALIREZA MAHMOUDI IRANMEHRWet night of deliveranceA woman is driven to desperate measures 163 MUSTAPHA ABDEL DAYEM How to make teaInstructions in a fine art: short story from Western Sahara 168 INDEX INDEXA round-up of science censorship stories 174

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