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The Nature awards for creative mentoring in science were created on the premise that the mentorship of young researchers-although fully deserving of recognition-is perhaps the least remarked on of all the activities that take place in the lab. Indeed, there is no established definition of what constitutes good scientific mentoring. This article attempts to remedy that situation, drawing on the evidence from competitions for Nature's awards. These are held on a national or regional basis, with the most recent taking place last year, when the focus was on Australasia. Previous competitions have been held in the United Kingdom, and the next competition will be in South Africa (see www.nature.com/nature/ mentoringawards/southafrica/index.html).

CONSERVATION Keep cruise ships off remote reef in South Pacific rich in species p.372 PUBLISHING Use ORCID and DOIs more for frictionless communication p.372 HISTORY Maria Mitchell, pioneering astronomer and pithy pedagogue p.370 POLICY Conservation tries a new way to catalogue and synthesize research p.364 Four principles for synthesizing evidence Reward the creation of analyses for policymakers that are inclusive, rigorous, transparent and accessible, urge Christl A. Donnelly and colleagues. To improve vaccine uptake, nations can build on others' experience-if research is synthesized regularly and well.