Science

Women made only 13 per cent of applications to flagship scheme for senior research leaders, council points out

Disagreement among social scientists means that policies to tackle climate change remain contentious, write Mark Freeman and Ben Groom

Increase led by rise of applications from India and growing popularity of STEM subjects

Nobel prizewinners tell Phil Baty about their tips for success

SUSTAIN programme includes year-long training programme

Jean-Claude Burgelman also tells London conference of need to 'embed' the concept in society

Imperial College London vice-provost Debra Humphris has been appointed as the new head of the South Coast institution.

Plans come after THE analysis revealed 18.2 per cent pay difference

More than half of female students reading science subjects at the University of Bristol said that they have felt uncomfortable at the institution because of their gender

Sir Tim Hunt complains of “trouble with girls” in labs, but male egos can be far more obstructive to science, says Ottoline Leyser

Nobel laureate Sir Tim Hunt has resigned from his position on a Royal Society committee as well as an honorary UCL professorship

A Nobel Prize-winning fellow of the Royal Society has apologised after saying he was in favour of single sex laboratories.

Lobby group presses the case for UK science in the wake of BIS cuts of almost half a billion pounds

Work to bring creatures back from the dead is a tale of wonder and warning, writes Tiffany Taylor

Paul Bernal clicks with a maverick thinker who shows how business and governments are building a global surveillance network and how we can fight back

Ravinder Kanda on a convincing hypothesis written in a witty style

Peter Wothers on a thoroughly researched examination of the connections between two different kinds of science

This examination of space exploration has its feet firmly on the ground, writes Monica Grady

Kathryn Ecclestone on a study examining the underside of the new fixation on inner feelings

Daydreaming relies on memory and our past helps us imagine future possibilities, finds Luna Centifanti

Robyn Arianrhod welcomes an unsentimental study of the first woman to win a Nobel prize

A lupine alliance may have helped Homo sapiens to beat the competition, says Simon Underdown

A network of ‘smart systems’ to make our lives easier must be greeted with caution, says John Gilbey

Ayesha Ahmad on a thoughtful contribution to a controversial debate

Richard Joyner on the dwindling role of German and Russian in the communication of research

Helen Bynum on the exciting and vital ‘molecular chatter’ taking place in the human microbiome

Janet Sayers on stories from the couch concerning Nietzsche, broken hearts, self-hatred and money

An detailed account of the bigger picture around the astronomer’s discoveries interests Robyn Arianrhod

The big players in finance and technology misuse their power over our lives, says Paul Bernal

Simon Underdown on a tale of the development of evolutionary theory

Laurence Coupe on an ambitious and challenging exploration of the ecology of the past

A biography of a secretive scientist comes with a cast worthy of a le Carré novel, says Jon Turney

Charalambos Kyriacou lauds this account of the life of a humble Nobelist

John Gilbey is fascinated by the unseen fibre-optic communications cables that gird the globe

The authors’ case for a cosmology in crisis is infinitely plausible, finds Jon Turney

Laurence Coupe relishes inspiring reflections on the natural world’s relationship with language

The lows and highs of a ‘rock star’ scholar cracking an impossible problem enthral Noel-Ann Bradshaw

Peter Wothers revels in a treasure trove of ‘wrong’ chemistry and great history

A history of the steps humans took to explain how and why things work delights Cait MacPhee

Tony Mann discovers the charisma of mathematicians

A manual for ambitious executives is dangerously close to spreading neuromyths, says Steven Rose

Janet Sayers admires a detective-like tale of the psychoanalyst and her involvement with Jung and Freud

Isabelle Szmigin on the not-so secret formula underpinning a highly profitable global model

Simon Underdown on the complicated process by which science replaced religion as means of explaining the world

A detailed study of perception is a valuable primer on the subject, finds Tristan Bekinschtein

Call it a ‘hypercane’ or a ‘weather bomb’, we’re as much at its mercy as ever, writes Philip Hoare

Helen Bynum admires a physician’s quest to distinguish alternative medicine from quackery

A surgeon finds that what empowers terminally ill patients is humane honesty, finds Helen Bynum

The Indiana Jones of biology is an engaging guide in this marine detective story, says Philip Hoare

Paul Bernal finds much to admire in this compelling examination of the diverse events the group has been involved in

Elizabeth Chell on a common-sense guide to managing innovation in businesses

John Gilbey on an ambitious and comprehensive look at the changing world of computers

Paul Bernal admires an analysis of the sanctified ‘neutrality’ of the encyclopedia we all love to hate

Racial structure is cemented by theories on the fixed nature of the ‘other’, finds Yolanda T. Moses

Cait MacPhee on an examination of current theories about our history

The folksy charm of these essays threatens to detract from the main argument, says Simon Underdown

Philip Clarke asks whether ecological issues can be solved by studying aboriginal knowledge

Tim Hall on a travelogue, covering 12 locations, with an abundance of ecological and cultural insights

The history of vaccinations in the US has as much to do with politics as medicine, says Helen Bynum

Do tales of derring-do contain tips for surviving in the cubicle jungles? David Green finds out