Nobel Prize

Henry Adam delves into the profile of María Corina Machado – a fighter for democracy against the Venezuelan dictatorship, yet still a controversial figure for some.

Laura Burn considers the relationship between politics and science, and how this relationship might shape both disciplines.

Laura Burn celebrates the news that Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell’s portrait is to be added to the Royal Society collection by discussing her remarkable career.

How would you like the government telling you what you can and cannot eat? Generally speaking, we tend to be uncomfortable with governments acting as our parents, telling us what to …

Having chosen, amidst considerable controversy, to award last year’s Nobel prize in literature to singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, those waiting for this year’s announcement were naturally a little uncertain of exactly …