The new government framework for the future of higher education proposes ways to align university courses with the needs of the economy. This includes incentives to increase the number of STEM courses.

Gordon Brown gives his support to Key Stage 2 SATS, saying there is a need to retain accountability through testing.

A scientist who is helping to treat thousands of people living with HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa has been awarded the Royal Society Pfizer Award. Dr Linda-Gail Bekker’s research looks at how TB epidemiology has changed in the HIV era.

Collectivistic cultures, which promote social harmony over individuality, protect people who are genetically predisposed to depression from experiencing the condition according to research published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B

The leader of the Cambridge Primary Review has attacked ministers who dismissed the Review’s findings, claiming they were responding to media reports rather than reading the Review itself. Proposals include children starting school at age six.

Dinosaurs are known for their huge size, but a new species discovered in Colarado, USA, is notable for being tiny. The miniature creature from the Jurassic is described in Proceedings of the Royal Society B this week.

The Royal Society is calling for a £2 billion “Grand Challenge” research programme on global food security. A report published today (21 October 2009) says that the UK should lead international research efforts if we are to achieve the massive increase in food crop production that will be required by 2050 to meet global food demands without damaging the environment.

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The human tongue can taste the “flavour” of carbon dioxide in the bubbles of fizzy drinks, according to new research.

Six of the world's brightest scientific minds have been awarded Royal Society 2010 Anniversary Research Professorships this month, in celebration of the Society's 350th anniversary.

Researchers in California have published the first complete map of the human epigenome, a milestone that promises to revolutionise scientists’ understanding of human development.

An evolutionary “arms race” between ancient marine predators once led sea scorpions to grow to almost 3m in length, University of Bristol scientists report in Biology Letters.

Scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research have established beyond doubt that in rare cases cancer can be transmitted in the womb, following the birth of a baby to a woman with leukaemia.

Britain’s ambitious policies to cut carbon dioxide in the fight against global warming are still not enough, the Climate Change Committee warns in its first annual report.