Science

Support for medical science and the humanities will increase under 2017 budget deal

Medical charity sets out demands to allow it to invest ‘confidently’

Researcher talks of anger over job loss caused by federal hiring freeze

Shane O’Mara on a profound and humorous exploration of human consciousness

Scholars more likely to falsify or fabricate data if they 'can get away with it', researchers say

Carnival atmosphere at the London March for Science as events take place across the world

Critics call proposal for world-first professional recognition system ‘demented’

Academics shine light on contemporary research themes in classic book

British researchers no longer win the most grants for established scientists, having already fallen behind in early career category

Keeping the algorithms that encrypt our data secure is crucial, says Noel-Ann Bradshaw

Book of the week: sidelining its female workforce cost the UK primacy in a nascent IT industry, says John Gilbey

Shahidha Bari finds much to admire in a detailed exploration of self-injury through the ages

Steven Rose enjoys a philosopher’s deep dive with some uniquely intelligent company

Book of the week: Simon Underdown enjoys a stunning view of Darwin at work on his less celebrated classic

Country’s publications in high-quality journals decline in relative and absolute terms

Institutions need to be excellent across the board to attract leading researchers, analysis warns

Health and environmental agencies face savage reductions as defence spending soars

Environmental changes also change us but old and new ways of living offer hope, says Stephanie Bunn

Paul Bernal on whether we can simply dismiss privacy concerns in order to embrace the world of big data

Matthew Reisz considers gravitational waves, scientific authority and sexual differences

Rivka Isaacson on her meeting with British crystallographer Olga Kennard, one of five female structural biologists whose portraits are in the National Portrait Gallery’s collection

Who is the man who will take the top job in UK science?

Duke University’s Valerie Ashby says institutions must be more ‘intentional’ about finding ethnic minority PhD candidates

The inventor of the fuel cell deserves a biography, but more detail of his work and his life would be welcome, says Richard Joyner

Universities cannot wash their hands of responsibility for who is booked to speak on their premises, says Michael Marshall

Charity says Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford is ‘naive’ to hire out its premises for event

Latest Hesa data throw spotlight on disciplines most at risk from flight of EU talent from UK 

Book of the week: Richard Joyner on a proselytiser for science who emphasised the ethical issues of advancement

Neuroscientists argue proposal would improve reproducibility and get drugs to market more quickly

Researchers on large-scale projects would receive less credit under proposed scheme

Study finds a stronger correlation for women between success and being central to a network 

Thousands of France’s most educated minds are now based abroad – luring them back could be a boon for its ambitious plans for higher education, Jack Grove writes

Charity commits more than £70 million to research projects that approach ambitious, unresolved challenges in cancer research

Images of two beasts carried ideas about science and communication, says Simon Underdown

Polyamory could shed light on whether love is mainly biological or social, says Jane O’Grady

More than 198,000 people have signed a petition in support of Ahmadreza Djalali

Editors of journals should face ‘negligence’ investigations over extensive delays, suggests a new paper

Poor monitoring in ‘second-tier’ institutions is also part of the problem, research indicates

University of East Anglia chief says scholars cannot assume that their research findings are ‘self-evident’

The new CEO of UKRI, Sir Mark Walport, says a shake-up of UK research funding is needed if the country is to remain internationally competitive

A study explores how individual instances shape universal truths across subjects, says Janet Sayers

Look at the data. The truth is out there, but all must face what they find, says Shane O’Mara

Novo Nordisk to invest £115 million in University of Oxford centre despite Brexit

Only diligence and vigilance can keep us ahead of microorganisms that make us ill, Helen Bynum says

A subterranaut burrows beneath ice and sand in search of hidden depths, writes Lewis Dartnell

Book of the week: Tara Shears enjoys a gossipy tale of the booms and busts involved in collaborative frontier science

Helen Bynum on a multilayered tale of an illness’ history that takes in art, science and more

Bid to test key cancer findings uses a strict method to avoid bias, but this means some outcomes have proved inconclusive

Cait MacPhee on a gallop through the history of the universe, the planets, life on Earth and more

Dame Ann Dowling’s report called public support for collaboration ‘excessively complex’

Jack Grove asks whether Father Christmas could learn from recent ‘Santa studies’ research

Large-scale study at a top Danish university reveals mismatch between student and teacher expectations around learning

Biochemist named in analysis of US highly cited papers claims it is not his main contribution to science

An expert’s personal guide helps Helen Bynum to get better acquainted with the fascinating ubiquitous microorganisms that live on and in us

Book of the week: The scrutiny to which two intellectuals submit their relationship fascinates Shahidha Bari

New report tracks the trends in joint publications and student mobility

Universities warn parliamentary inquiry that Brexit vote already deterring staff and students from coming to UK

As we cannot cut the cords tethering us to tech, we must fully grasp the connection, says John Gilbey