Research publishing
Splitting the atomic scientists: how the Ukraine war ruined physics
At Cern and elsewhere, a reluctance to give Russian researchers authorship credit on new papers has led to stalemate
Eleni Petrakou
15, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM
UK vulnerable to major animal disease outbreaks, report finds
Inadequate management and under investment in main Animal and Plant Health Agency facility has left country at risk, MPs warn
Ian Sample Science editor
16, Nov, 2022 @5:01 AM
Jeremy Gibson obituary
Other lives: Genealogist and publisher, pioneer of a new type of local historical society and author of guides for family historians
Barrie Trinder
13, Nov, 2022 @5:45 PM
31,000-year-old skeleton missing lower left leg is earliest known evidence of surgery, experts say
Finding by Australian and Indonesian archaeologists in remote Borneo cave rewrites understanding of human history
Rafqa Touma
07, Sep, 2022 @3:26 PM
Four minutes of small talk can reveal key personality traits, study says
Exchanging pleasantries can leave lasting impression and affect future social interactions, research suggests
Sascha Pare
31, Aug, 2022 @6:00 PM
Street lighting increases theft from cars, rather than deterring opportunists
Night-time thefts from vehicles almost halved where lights were turned off between midnight and 5am
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
29, Mar, 2022 @10:30 PM
‘A moral issue to correct’: the long tail of Elena Ceaușescu’s fraudulent scientific work
Nicolae Ceaușescu’s Romanian communist regime hailed his wife as an eminent chemistry researcher, though she had no genuine qualifications. But her name lives on in academic journals, and British institutions have yet to retract honours bestowed on her
Melissa Davey
22, Dec, 2021 @1:00 AM
Misinformation fuelled by ‘tsunami’ of poor research, says science prize winner
Dutch microbiologist Elisabeth Bik, winner of prestigious John Maddox prize, says trust in science is being undermined
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
01, Dec, 2021 @7:00 PM
Transport noise linked to increased risk of dementia, study finds
Large survey involving two million adults found links between road and rail traffic and Alzheimer’s in particular
Andrew Gregory Health editor
09, Sep, 2021 @5:00 AM
Insanity the common verdict on suicides in 18th century England
Official records contrast with witness evidence of loneliness and physical decline among older people in Georgian society
Harriet Sherwood
10, Aug, 2021 @6:01 PM
Science journal editor says he quit over China boycott article
David Curtis says publisher of Annals of Human Genetics blocked call for protest at treatment of Uyghurs
Matthew Weaver
30, Jun, 2021 @12:02 PM
Can we trust Chinese Covid-19 science?
The west has been wary of China’s rise as a scientific superpower, but the pandemic has made it impossible to ignore
Laura Spinney
11, Oct, 2020 @6:00 AM
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