Science

Book of the week: Fred Inglis delights in a grafting of art, lore and literature that logs our lives with natural wonders

A leading physicist, activist and author has died

The discipline has promised big advances in many areas, but is it failing to live up to the hype? Three neuroscientists consider the state of their field

A new book by Bruno Lemaitre considers whether science is suffering from being led by the self-obsessed

An academic described as a ‘giant in theoretical physics’ has died

Sophie Cohen reports on a groundbreaking cross-border science project that aims to emulate Cern in bringing nations together despite their history 

Book of the week: Meet the human computers in heels who juggled science and family, says Margaret A. Weitekamp

Janet Sayers on what inner speech can tell us about our brain processes

Do universities need to rethink what they do and how they do it now that artificial intelligence is beginning to take over graduate-level roles?

Idea is mooted at EuroScience Open Forum but event is also warned that privileging researchers could be seen as ‘elitist’

A leading authority on the application of solar energy has died

Felipe Fernández-Armesto on a revealing study focusing on the evolution of unleashed canines

Knowledge of our genetic code has been used for good as well as ill, Charalambos Kyriacou says

Marcus Chown on the individuals and theories that expanded our view of the universe

Book of the week: There’s a strong political current running through a bold study skewering myths, says Louise Whiteley

We need quick agreements to mitigate the damage that UK exit will have on the European academy, argues Bernd Huber

Scientists funded by the Wellcome Trust will be able to publish their findings ahead of peer review on a new digital platform from this autumn

What are the downsides to being able to monitor so many physical activities? asks Marcus Chown

Optimism and realism vie in a study telling us where we are, where we’re going and how best to get there, says Jon Turney

Book of the week: In between what we know is good or bad for us is the rest of medical science, says Jennifer Rohn

The ability to exercise some authority over others can be a force for good, but there is more to it than that, says Manuela Barreto

Dutch push to tackle fraud and ‘reproducibility crisis’ follows high-profile misconduct cases in the country

John Gilbey on the USSR’s failed attempts to develop ‘Electronic Socialism’

Instead, researchers should aim for methodological ‘soundness’ rather than ‘flashy claims of superiority’

Committee of MPs comes to no firm conclusion on whether common framework for research and commercialisation is good for the UK

University’s new MSc teaches doctors how to overcome the psychological and logistical challenges of working in remote regions

Misty Bentz is the inventor of ‘Phynd the Physicist’, a game designed to open dialogue among students about inclusion

A leading researcher in the use of supercritical fluids and superheated water in industry, who founded one of the University of Leeds' first spin-out companies, has died

Without the competitive advantage of EU links, UK universities will be outgunned in the fight for top talent by rich US universities, says Lord Patten

All scientists can improve their writing skills by realising that they need to sell as well as tell the story, says author of new guide

Specialist language in scientific literature can put people off. Doctoral candidate Michelle Reeve asks: is it really necessary?

Research Integrity and Peer Review will look at every stage of the scientific process, and could even change its own review system depending on what it finds

Those judging creative scientific ideas fail to fully understand them, potentially hampering breakthroughs, research indicates

Negative stories including collapse of Kids Company appear to be making the public more wary of major research funders

Soon-to-be-released review into employability has identified the importance of work experience, students’ attitude and accreditation

Asked how they would like to be remembered, high-achieving physicists cited intellectual accomplishments while others referred to personal qualities

Wellcome Trust Monitor Report finds more certainty about the benefits of breakthroughs, but a mixed picture of general scientific knowledge

Technically-trained graduates vital for development, says thinktank chief

Following previous trips to the country, physicist receives huge welcome after joining Chinese social network

Increased funding is now available applying and commercialising research

Take it as a compliment if other people are doing similar studies to you, says Sam Schwarzkopf

A skilful and charismatic ‘drug hunter’ has died

Scientific misconduct increasingly studied as example of ‘occupational crime’, researcher says

Budding scientists get a chance to enjoy ‘thrill of discovery’ in research in schools project led by schoolteacher academic

Is the subject’s amalgam of a wide range of subject matter and methodologies a strength or a weakness? Five scholars have their say

Tim Birkhead warns of the ‘end of science’ unless academics push back against threats to creativity and integrity

Aaron Huertas offers advice on how to overcome perceptions of being cold but competent 

Conference hears that fundamental skills, rather than specific languages, will serve graduates throughout their careers

But authors of original paper hit back, saying latest assessment is ‘very optimistic’

Blogging is now an essential weapon in most scientists’ armoury

Times Higher Education hears how Wu's career encompassed filming Tiananmen protests and sending China’s first email

Hopes that coordination across universities and better career paths can renew technician workforce

Being part of a 'Big Science' collaboration was challenging but exhilarating, says Martin Hendry

The House of Representatives approves legislation that dictates NSF grants can be awarded only to projects in the ‘national interest’

Drug company hopes to provide a new home for studies that try to replicate previous experimental results

Two famous experiments have reached the silver screen. Antonio Melechi on the relationship between the academic discipline and Hollywood

Subra Suresh fears that business short-termism, increasing research costs and worries over cybersecurity are undermining the incentives to invest

A cancer researcher who greatly enriched our understanding of the processes of tumour formation has died

A high school dropout turned Harvard scholar tells Matthew Reisz why the academy’s one-size-fits-all mentality must go

Committee of MPs hears that effort to conduct vaccine and treatment trials during outbreak in West Africa was ‘uncoordinated’