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Let science guide horse welfare, not misguided, overemotional protest

17 May 2023

Equine sports are increasingly under fire from animal rights activists, but science should be the focus for those who demand changes to the likes of horseracing and Olympic events, says Christa Lesté-Lasserre

Why we must inspire people with the magic of condensed matter physics

26 April 2023

Condensed matter is a huge field of physics that gets less attention than it deserves. We must show people its subtle magic if we are to draw in a diverse set of researchers for the next generation, says Felix Flicker

Science needs to work with the arts to reach all who could benefit

4 January 2023

Science is key to addressing global health challenges, but if its advances are to be implemented then researchers must work hand in glove with the arts, says Danielle Olsen

Science needs to address its imagination problem - lives depend on it

23 February 2022

Almost 200 people died in the German floods of 2021 because experts couldn’t convince them of impending danger. We must rethink how to get through to the public, says hydrologist Hannah Cloke

Thousands of people march though Central London, UK, on Earth Day on 22 April 2017 to protest against what they see as a threat to experts, evidence and investment in science. Protesters assembled at the Science Museum and marched to Parliament Square. The march, a worldwide event, supports science and evidence-based research and was organized in opposition to Donald Trump's environmental and energy policies. (Photo by Jay Shaw Baker/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

We’ll never understand the universe while we’re drowning in admin

8 December 2021

Funding cuts are undermining the scientific enterprise, impoverishing our attempts to discover the secrets of nature and share them widely, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Scientists are often cautious or wrong – and that’s OK

15 September 2021

We like to think that science can give us definitive answers to our questions, but uncertainty is a crucial part of the scientific process, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Longer life, flying, mind-bending drugs: Dreams that science made real

9 October 2019

Robert Boyle's 17th-century wish list of innovations shows the world-changing power of basic research – and why we must invest more in it, says historian David Cannadine

Graphene inventor Andre Geim: No-deal Brexit would destroy UK science

13 August 2019

Fanatics who want no-deal Brexit and remainers who refuse to compromise are risking science and the UK’s future in the process, says Nobel prizewinning physicist Andre Geim