Books interview: Kristen Ghodsee
The scholar of East European studies and author of Red Hangover on reading for escape, quoting Lenin at the Model United Nations and understanding everyday life ‘behind the Iron Curtain’
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Into the Grey Zone: A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death, by Adrian Owen
An unsettling study of patients in comas reveals that consciousness endures, says Shane O’Mara
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The Biopolitics of Gender, by Jemima Repo
A provocative study into a controversial subject is let down by a dense, academic style, says Deborah D. Rogers
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English university funding ‘up in the air’ as review looms
Observers say key issue is whether review’s remit is wide-ranging, or set to predetermined objectives
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Lotfi Zadeh, 1921-2017
Father of ‘fuzzy logic’ remembered
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How will interdisciplinarity be assessed in the REF?
The research excellence framework’s panels will look at factors including adventurousness, disciplinary diversity and methodological clarity, predicts Martin Willis
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Interview with Suzie Imber
The Leicester space physicist on winning Astronauts, exploring uncharted mountains, and scientists’ social skills
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Value-added working is less taxing
Focusing on your own priorities makes it possible to enjoy an easier and more productive working life, says Mark Reed
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The Nobels need to overcome their three-body problem
Newer prizes that reward scientific teams are fairer and more representative, says Martin Rees
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The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848, by Jonathan Israel
Book of the week: Elizabeth Cobbs praises a history that argues persuasively against US exceptionalism
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Are graduates good value for money?
With degrees now necessary for entry into more jobs than ever before, John Morgan considers the economic arguments for expanding higher education
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What are you reading? – 12 October 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Is ‘peak degree’ a myth?
Despite fears of saturation, an ever-growing army of graduates could just counter – rather than heighten – the threat of machines taking all our jobs