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Review
Prize fight

2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

Morton MeyersPalgrave Macmillan2012 | 272pp | £16.99 (HB)ISBN 9780230338906While winners are written into the history books and their names synonymous with success, those in second place are quickly forgotten. This is as true in science as it is in sport. But assigning credit for scientific advances can be a tricky ...
Review
Tribal science

2012-11-22T00:00:00Z

Brains, beliefs and bad ideas
Review
The geek manifesto

2012-11-21T00:00:00Z

Science, evidence and politics
Review
Ignorance: how it drives science

2012-11-20T00:00:00Z

Embrace your inner ignoramus
Review
An optimist’s tour of the future

2012-11-19T00:00:00Z

Groundbreaking thinking
Review
Islington Green: a book of revelation

2012-11-15T00:00:00Z

Is organic really organic?
Review
Great inventions that changed the world

2012-11-14T00:00:00Z

Human development
Review
A guide to the elements (3rd edn)

2012-11-13T00:00:00Z

Periodically updated
Review
Wonderful life with the elements

2012-11-12T00:00:00Z

Visual elements
Review
The violinist’s thumb

2012-11-09T00:00:00Z

Extraordinary tales
Review
The science magpie

2012-11-08T00:00:00Z

Scientific curiosities
Careers
Nobel signals for new drugs

2012-11-08T00:00:00Z

Sarah Houlton talks to a company that’s capitalising on the chemistry of communication
Review
Will we ever speak dolphin?

2012-11-07T00:00:00Z

130 questions
Review
Is organic really organic?

2012-11-02T00:00:00Z

Islington Green: a book of revelation
Opinion
Losing concentration

2012-11-01T00:00:00Z

Patrick McGhee argues for a more egalitarian research funding policy
News
How do you solve a problem like misconduct?

2012-10-31T00:00:00Z

The world’s scientific bodies have come together to tackle fraud and plagiarism, but the problem will be tough to crack
Opinion
Penning’s vacuum gauge

2012-10-31T00:00:00Z

Born not from the spark of an idea but the afterglow
Review
Biotechnology and nanotechnology risk assessment: minding and managing the potential threats around us

2012-10-30T00:00:00Z

Nanotechnology risks
Opinion
20 years ago: degrading spacesuits

2012-10-26T00:00:00Z

The National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, US, has discovered that its reference collection of spacesuits is deteriorating rapidly
Opinion
h is for horoscope?

2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Can scientists’ success be reduced to a formula, asks Philip Ball