Alexander Wilson: The Scot who founded American Ornithology by Edward H. Burtt, Jr and William E. Davis, Jr Tim Birkhead on the first comprehensive documenter of North American birds 2 May
The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates by Frans de Waal Eric Michael Johnson reviews the argument that human moral feelings have been shaped by natural selection 25 April
Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet and How We Live by Marlene Zuk Camilla Power enjoys a demolition of prelapsarian pseudoscience 11 April
The Last Walk: Reflections on Our Pets at the End of Their Lives Erika Cudworth considers the ethical dilemmas posed by the decline and death of a beloved ‘pet’ 22 November
Science funding priorities slashed from 70 to 15 in far-reaching reform Distinction between blue-skies and BBSRC-managed proposals swept away, writes Zoe Corbyn 23 October
'You would barely know adult stem cells exist' Newcastle specialist quits UK for France, citing undue focus on embryo research, writes Zoe Corbyn 23 October
New BBSRC chief 'Olympic gold medallist' of research Council head takes a tough line on science's right to move forward, reports Zoe Corbyn 2 October
Why a fruit fly is for life Priority funding is on offer for replacing protected lab animals with invertebrates, reports Zoe Corbyn 18 September
Stem-cell scientist looks East for great leap forward Zoe Corbyn meets the biologist working to boost Sino-British links and probe Chinese medicine's secrets 18 September
Transparency obscured Aubrey Blumsohn says to blame industry alone for the 'prostitution' of science is wrong-headed 18 September
Seeds to grow Indian talent A Wellcome Trust scheme to aid India's fledgling research base could benefit Britain, too. Zoe Corbyn reports 11 September
On stage, On the Origin ... author endures a dramatic trial of faith Intelligent design leads Darwin to rethink evolution in a play for Festival of Science, writes Zoe Corbyn 11 September
Vandalism of GM crop puts British academic freedom under threat The trashing of Howard Atkinson's potato trial transcends the genetics debate and could have profound consequences for food security 4 September
Marking system is failing The grading scale for students' work is a twisted mess and will need to be overhauled soon, says Martin Luck 4 September
Taxonomy is classified as discipline in critical decline Lords' report calls for urgent action as lack of expertise reaches crisis point, writes Zoe Corbyn 21 August
Clocking on Misha Ahrens looks forward to spending the four years of his Henry Wellcome Fellowship studying our perception of time 14 August
Let students enjoy the power of print Academics welcome a new trend for undergraduate journals. Zoe Corbyn and Matt Rooney report 7 August
