Don't Be Such a Scientist
Kevin Fong reaches an uncomfortable realisation that science communicators need to improve
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A Brilliant Darkness: The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the Troubled Genius of the Nuclear Age
A brilliant but troubled young physicist, in the same league of achievement as Einstein, boards a ship in Palermo on a spring night in 1938, passport and cash in hand. He is soon assumed dead,...
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The Killer Trail: A Colonial Scandal in the Heart of Africa
It's a very contemporary scenario. Young soldiers face a hostile and alien environment full of Muslim insurgents with inadequate equipment. Military aims are unclear. On a remote front line, mission...
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Odds and quads
This dried lizard, stuck to the pages of a letter, was posted by the 12-year-old William Rathbone VIII (1880-1941) to his elder sister "Tot" (Elena).Writing from his boarding school in Broadstairs,...
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What's in a name? Nothing good, AUA members argue
Organisation's full title unpopular with rank and file, but rebrand is unlikely. John Morgan reports
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'Frankensite' monsters loom as universities lose control of content
Warning that incoherent online offerings could cause reputational damage. Hannah Fearn writes
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Overseas Briefing
United StatesIvy League cutbacksFinancial hardship has prompted an Ivy League institution to lay off staff and cut back on scholarships for students. Dartmouth College has announced that it will axe...
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'Independence', at a price: it's better to be Red than led
Communist influence is non-negotiable for UK's Chinese outposts. Melanie Newman writes
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Internal affairs
Tom Ford's glossy foray into film has moments to admire, not least its leading man, writes Duncan Wu
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Grant winners
ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILAward winner: D. LoefflerInstitution: University of WarwickValue: £128,335Eigenvarieties for compact reductive groupsAward winner: S. YangInstitution...
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Blog Confidential: The bully has landed
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: The bully has landed
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Appointments
A specialist in emergency medicine at the University of Sheffield has become the first female academic in the UK to take up a professorship in the subject. Suzanne Mason, from Sheffield's School of...
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A student's right to know
Institutions and sector agencies should be more open with data to enable informed choices, says Paul Marshall
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Researchers, not their funders, must have the last word on their work
The practice of allowing sponsors to control research publication is rife despite being a corrupting 'form of fraud', says David Packham
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Education about the philosophy of science is too little and too late
Longitudinal teaching of the history of science, running from primary to tertiary level, is the key to producing creative scientists, argues Andrew Baker