Lab life

• Molecular biology gets wikified

  Crowdsourcing comes to biology databases.

  23 July 2008

• MUSE: When reporters attack

  Scientists and the media have a notoriously difficult relationship, but maybe they get on better than we think, says Philip Ball.

  10 July 2008

• Researcher battles CNRS reforms

  Medal winner rallies French scientists.

  9 July 2008

• Boyz 2 pipettemen

  Lab equipment gets the X factor.

  9 July 2008

• Neuroscientist: my data published without authorization are 'misleading'

  Max Planck researchers charged with misusing data.

  2 July 2008

• PLoS stays afloat with bulk publishing

  Science-publishing firm struggles to make ends meet with open-access model.

  2 July 2008

• Spain awards apes legal rights

  2 July 2008

• Get a (social) life

  Employees who socialize between tasks, but not during, are more productive.

  30 June 2008

• Scientists get online news aggregator

  Canadian researcher launches science version of Google News.

  25 June 2008

• Special Report: Payback time

  The UK government has invested heavily in science. Now it's looking for a return, and some worry that the research councils are being pressured to deliver, possibly at the expense of 'blue skies' research. Geoff Brumfiel looks at the changing landscape of science funding in Britain.

  25 June 2008