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Normal people collect stamps and coins, CDs and concert tees. Some biologists with a zoological bent, like myself, collect roadkill, originally dubbed "road fauna" in 1938 by James Simmons in his book Feathers and Fur on the Turnpike. Is there no one besides me who relishes stopping to explore a freshly splayed digestive tract, or marveled at the unique aroma of squished annelids driven from their underground lairs by rain?Roadkill finds often come unexpectedly. I move most away from traffic, so

Defending our coverage of Anderson case and problems with material transfer agreements

Founder of farm animal biotechnology and creator of Tracy the transgenic sheep was 52

But laboratory chiefs worry that current plans will make agency a 'lame duck'

Some jump at the chance to shape funding arrangements, others remain highly skeptical

First pan-European meeting on science and society opens with a hopeful eye to the future

5 million euro EC grant brings together 12 institutes to encourage collaboration

As companies lose protection, some say local generic manufacturers are emboldened

AAMC says that return on research investment should not be measured only by drug approvals

Governor's resignation casts question over funding's future; officials say work will go on

New ARC chief hopes to bring country's R and D into the 21st century

Industry raised $16.5 billion in 2003 in second-best total ever, but 2004 has been weaker