Ever wondered how to think like Sherlock Holmes? Maria Konnikova’s book explains …

The release of a book to accompany David Attenborough’s spectacular television series means the journey into the depths of Africa doesn’t have to end …

Stalls at this Imperial Fringe event included artistic entomology, robot dancing and the neuroscience of juggling …

Thea Powell from the Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project (OuTrop) on ape and cat conservation projects in Borneo rainsforests …

The Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is currently running at the Natural History Museum. It showcases the very best images of the natural world in an amazing backlit cinematic display. The 100 award winning images on show have been selected from 1000’s of international entries. Winning pictures are chosen above all for […]

Representation of scientists in parliament is low with just one parliamentary seat taken by a scientifically trained MP. Does this make a difference? Should there be more? …

The UK government has caused controversy in the farming, science and public communities by announcing that the proposed cull of badgers in the UK will be postponed until the summer of 2013. Badger numbers are estimated at between 250 – 300,000 and in 2011 alone 34,000 British cattle were killed due to the spread of […]

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