Science

A surgeon says policing will improve by adopting medicine's research-led approach. John Gill writes

Astrogrid and ILC funding trimmed, but eMerlin is spared. Zoe Corbyn and Melanie Newman report

Royal society withdraws after concerns over leadership and quality. Melanie Newman reports

Nancy Rothwell, Raymond Dwek, Alan Malcolm and Richard Dyer on the future of UK biology's learned societies

Pamela Clemit on the electrifying hum of ideas that jolted Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to life

Putting staff on insecure fixed-term contracts is a false economy that harms research, says Sean Wallis. Let's recycle their expertise instead

Eight years on from initial furore, university acknowledges failings, writes Melanie Newman

Clinical research 'inappropriate' to test alternative therapies, practitioners argue. Zoe Corbyn writes

Strategies to deal with global warming must embrace all disciplines and approaches, not merely the technological, says Mike Hulme

Clumsy questions and dodgy data bedevil claims that high IQ leads to atheism, says Denis Alexander. A closer look offers a different picture

Helen Haste reflects on neuroscience's latest insights about the male and female of our species

Sam Gosling pokes around people's homes, into their cupboards and under their beds. But it's not voyeuristic - such off-the-wall research is delivering crucial insights into personality, Matthew Reisz discovers

A chance encounter led Alan Clements to a visiting professorship in Cuba, where he has also helped shape the IT curriculum

Alastair Hay's lifelong bid to rid the world of chemical agents culminated in a global treaty - and now an honour from Leeds

Legal expert says stand-alone research institutes will need to find big partners. Olga Wojtas writes

DIUS to initiate an organisation review to learn from the budget crisis, Zoe Corbyn reports

A move to put research on a sustainable footing was keenly embraced by all sides, but disagreements over implementation are hindering progress. Zoe Corbyn reports

Scientists in popular culture are inevitably mad, bad and dangerously keen on bubbling vials of ghastly liquids. Should this bother us? Yes, John Gilbey cackles fiendishly

Researchers accused of breaching university rules for failing to declare income. John Gill reports

A nanotechnology challenge aims to take healthcare to a new level with targeted therapy, says Zoe Corbyn