Science in culture

• Lighter sentence for murderer with 'bad genes' - Premium content

  Italian court reduces jail term after tests identify genes linked to violent behaviour.

  30 October 2009

• Q+A: The once-quiet scientist - Premium content

  A former animal researcher decides to speak out.

  21 September 2009

• SLIDESHOW: Darwin Centre takes doors off museum - Premium content

  Scientists are on display at a new Natural History Museum facility.

  9 September 2009

• Artificial babies are so last century - Premium content

  The best way to understand the recent fuss about 'artificial sperm' and the 'end of men' is to consider old versions of the same debate, says Philip Ball.

  31 July 2009

• IN BRIEF: German research bodies draft synthetic-biology plan - Premium content

  29 July 2009

• Eco-warrior trashes seismic experiment - Premium content

  Explosive geological studies on a Canadian island disrupted by activist.

  23 July 2009

• Q&A: Weighing up the G8's promises to poor countries - Premium content

  Nature News talks to Namanga Ngongi about the billions of dollars pledged for food security.

  17 July 2009

• The moonwalker - Premium content

  Harrison Schmitt was the first and last scientist to touch the lunar surface.

  16 July 2009

• Science journalism: Breaking the convention? - Premium content

  Blogs and Twitter are opening up meetings to those not actually there. Does that mean too much access to science in the raw, asks Geoff Brumfiel.

  24 June 2009

• Special: Apollo 40 years on - Premium content

  Exploring the legacy of the first manned lunar missions.

  19 June 2009