Scientists applaud appointment of chief scientific adviser to the Treasury
The Treasury has ended the anomaly of being the only government department to lack a chief scientific adviser.
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Marx, Pandora & the Tower of Porn
The truth is in here, but so too are countless myths: Colin Higgins on the strange world of the academic library, where cod-antique book curses jostle for shelf space with thieves, tourists and...
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Are friends electric?
Could robots offer our ageing populations care in their dotage, even love? Can machines genuinely become social beings? Will androids one day dream of electric sheep? Kathleen Richardson examines the...
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On What Matters, Volumes I and II
Constantine Sandis surveys a long-awaited work that aims for the moral-philosophical high ground
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The Mystery of the Prime Numbers: Secrets of Creation, Volume One
Brian Josephson is fascinated by a visualisation of numerals as more than just a counting system
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The Scramble for China: Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire, 1832-1914
The outlines of the age of foreign imperialism in China have long been well known: opium wars and unequal treaties; gunboat diplomacy and Christian missionaries; foreign spheres of influence; and the...
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The Future of History
I've never met John Lukacs, but he sounds like the kind of man it would be fun to argue the toss with over a pint or two in the pub. Author of more than 30 books written over six decades, the...
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Collateral Damage: Social Inequalities in a Global Age
Les Gofton considers a worldview of broken dreams and thwarted projects, tempered by hope
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A Hermit's Cookbook: Monks, Food and Fasting in the Middle Ages
A few years ago, a colleague offered a new undergraduate module called Food and Eating in the Middle Ages, only to find herself teaching a 30-strong cohort of anorexics, bulimics and assorted food...
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Joining the Resistance
In principle, I enjoy books that mix autobiographical reflections with theory, and here Carol Gilligan offers an articulate musing on human development, morality and sex. But I found the pace rather...
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Fix eyes on education prize
Hertfordshire v-c advises academy not to get distracted by the extras. Sarah Cunnane writes
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Top European nations in physics
Top European nations in physicsData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 2001-28 February 2011Euro rankWorld rankCountryPapers CitationsImpact11Switzerland18,...
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YouTube star headhunted for science ambassador post
Royal Society role for the internet's favourite chemistry professor. Matthew Reisz writes
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News in brief
Ethical donationsReject tobacco cash, urges CRUKDurham University has been asked by a senior official at Cancer Research UK to return funding from British American Tobacco. The firm donated £125,000...
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News in Brief
AustraliaWe'll stop the journal gamesThe Australian government is to ditch a ranking of journals used as part of a national research assessment programme completed for the first time earlier this...