Special interest

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 513; no. 7519; p. 460
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 25.09.2014; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 706/648/453; 706/648/496; 706/689/222; 706/689/454; editorial; Humanities and Social Sciences; Lobbying; multidisciplinary; Politics; Public Opinion; Research Personnel - economics; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Science - economics; Scientists; Scotland; United Kingdom; United Kingdom > UK; Scotland

Scientific leaders were presented front and centre as part of the dialogue, and both research and academic freedom in Scottish universities were held by both sides as a prize to value and fight for. Estimates of the size of the oil reserves in an independent Scotland became front- page news and even...