The European Commission released the latest data on the number of animals used in science last month. Across Europe, researchers used 11.5 million animals in 2011, down half a million compared with...
Research scientists would prefer to align work with own values, study reveals
The neglected, inaccessible land beside arterial routes is the subject of an exhibition and book
Historian Sheila Fitzpatrick discusses life and scholarly work at the heart of the Soviet system
On 18 November, Brandeis University, a liberal arts college in Massachusetts that describes itself as the only non-sectarian Jewish-sponsored institution in the US, suspended its partnership with Al-...
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
We speak to the professor of international higher education at the Institute of Education, University of London. Plus the latest higher education appointments
A leading academic expert on Chinese music has died
Kevin Fong’s method to raise present standards
The 21st-century reincarnation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation is our version of Superman, argues Fern Riddell
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
Omar Malik concurs with the considered advice on decision-making but seeks more understanding about the process
Jonathan Mirsky on the politics and economics of the relationship between rapidly developing China and stagnating Japan
Finola Kerrigan is not convinced by a proposed new way of doing business
Philip Hoare on the global market’s manifest destiny