Science

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

Academics who are sole entrants in their category admit to feeling the pressure. Zoe Corbyn reports

Phyllis C. Lee on the simian soap opera revealed by a long-term study of the cheeky, sociable capuchin

Kevin Beurle on an irresistible account of the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn's vast satellite

Psychoanalysis may have little place in university psychology departments, but it is flourishing within the arts and humanities. Matthew Reisz reports on the debates - and divisions - between academics and clinicians

Intelligence is a predictor of religious scepticism, a professor has argued. Rebecca Attwood reports

What will the freedom to produce hybrid embryos mean to stem-cell research? Zoe Corbyn reports

National research pools are winning Scotland an international reputation, writes Olga Wojtas

Scientists in synthetic biology need to engage with the public to define what is life, writes Zoe Corbyn

Product focus stifles knowledge transmission to commercial world, says CIHE. Hannah Fearn writes

Centres unite medical schools and hospitals to improve healthcare. Melanie Newman reports

Disseminating research via the web is appealing, but it lacks journals' peer-review quality filter, says Philip Altbach

'No objective reason' to deny permanent post to researcher, says tribunal. Melanie Newman reports

Expert says UK's miscalculations of project costs could lead to millions in fines. Zoe Corbyn reports

Fiona Reid dissects an analysis that aims to move patent policy beyond faith and towards evidence

While Tony Mann risks buying ice-cream that might melt, others puzzle over fridge insurance and health

Fellowships tempt rising research stars from abroad to UK to strike up long-term relations, writes Zoe Corbyn

Study tallies 'hidden subsidy' of global scholarly communications system. Zoe Corbyn reports

John Lippitt on a Lacanian analysis of comedy that trips up on a few Real and Symbolic banana skins

Douglas Millard on the clocks, maps, gears and valves that sparked academics' love of science

Chris McManus on our spitting image