COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:  12:00 27 December 2009  | 51 comments

That new phone or laptop may be giving you a warm glow, but beware a stealth attack on your happiness, warns Yair Amichai-Hamburger

EDITORIAL:  15:25 21 December 2009  | 7 comments

The decade now ending offers hope that we can build a more sustainable relationship with nature in the one to come

ESSAY:  10:00 20 December 2009  | 39 comments

Giving and receiving presents is a simple pleasure, isn't it? No, it's a social and economic battlefield, says philosopher Robert Rowland Smith

INTERVIEW:  18:00 16 December 2009  | 20 comments

The award-winning writer on why his fascination with our place in the universe led him to revisit his least favourite subject at school

INTERVIEW:  10:17 16 December 2009  | 14 comments

As the Royal Society enters its 350th year, its president says its mission is to speak up for science to public and politicians alike

EDITORIAL:  08:00 14 December 2009  | 5 comments

The push to rewrite the entire field by 2012 is unnecessary – and could be dangerous too

EDITORIAL:  19:00 13 December 2009  | 5 comments

The data smartphones generate must remain under their owners' control, and not be hijacked by advertisers or other self-interested parties

EDITORIAL:  12:05 10 December 2009  | 5 comments

Decisions in the English courts can stifle debate of scientific ideas anywhere in the world – it's time the law was reformed

INTERVIEW:  18:00 09 December 2009  | 47 comments

The star physicist reckons he can model the entire universe using tiny computer programs – meanwhile he's trying to reinvent the search engine

EDITORIAL:  11:12 07 December 2009  | 31 comments

We have no need for fallacious arguments to support basic human rights