Science

Paralympic coach Ross Hall explains the psychological side of wheelchair rugby - known as 'murderball' - to Olga Wojtas

Canberra aims to unlock the 'dark archives' of publicly funded research, reports Zoe Corbyn

Priority funding is on offer for replacing protected lab animals with invertebrates, reports Zoe Corbyn

Minister rebuts allegations that only 'commercial' projects get government support, writes Zoe Corbyn

Zoe Corbyn meets the biologist working to boost Sino-British links and probe Chinese medicine's secrets

Aubrey Blumsohn says to blame industry alone for the 'prostitution' of science is wrong-headed

Ron Johnston examines the finer points of citation, arguing that only conformists will be published

Website offers young researchers information and networking opportunities, writes Olga Wojtas

A Wellcome Trust scheme to aid India's fledgling research base could benefit Britain, too. Zoe Corbyn reports

The Polish émigré behind Anna's Building leads the fight against coronary disease, finds Olga Wojtas

Intelligent design leads Darwin to rethink evolution in a play for Festival of Science, writes Zoe Corbyn

Delight at pledge to lift research restrictions and boost science funding. Zoe Corbyn reports

Julia King looks at an engineering journey from factory systems to social manipulation

The grading scale for students' work is a twisted mess and will need to be overhauled soon, says Martin Luck

Uclan working group to re-evaluate degrees in homoeopathy and herbalism. Zoe Corbyn reports

Tony Mann on probably the best book on probability in the world

An airport classic overloaded with acronyms, but as Leslie Gofton concedes, what's not to like?

Cern's 27km-long underground Collider may lead particle physicists to the 'theory of everything'. But before that, they must educate a wide-eyed public in the basics of science. Matthew Reisz reports

A national cancer tissue bank is building reserves. Its head tells Zoe Corbyn it could spur advances

Heriot-Watt's Greg Michaelson has traded writing computer science textbooks for a work of fiction, discovers Olga Wojtas

The trashing of Howard Atkinson's potato trial transcends the genetics debate and could have profound consequences for food security

A pioneer of multidisciplinary cancer research, described as a true visionary in the field, has died.

A new multimillion-pound scheme will help universities exploit their research. Matt Rooney reports on the initiative

Academic fraud in Britain is endemic, but universities continue to argue the case for self-regulation. America and Denmark have tougher regimes in place, so should we follow their lead? asks Tariq Tahir

'Cyberpsychologist' Mark Griffiths studies the addicts and adepts of online dating and gambling. Melanie Newman reports