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The surprise re-election of the Conservative British government may not be as bad for British science as the past decade would suggest. Much will depend on new people's willingness to listen to the truth.
Control of the chronic diseases of middle age is increasingly important, in developed and in developing countries, as other causes of premature death decrease. It requires bigger clinical trials, and better epidemiology.
A conference on changing patterns of journal publication suggests that electronic journals may already have arrived, but that their management remains a problem for the future.
