Gov't says it will not mandate deposition of research on open access repositories

50,000 prizes given for work including fMRI and sustainable development

The Loch Ness monster and the Sasquatch are as elusive as ever, but rumors of cryptozoology's demise may be exaggerated.French zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans coined the term cryptozoology in the late 1950s to describe the study of unverified animals that turn up in sighting reports, explorers' accounts, archeological artifacts, and folklore. Back in 1993, The Scientist reported that cryptozoologists, the scientists who try to track down previously undescribed animals, were becoming an endangered s

Gov't departments told to make more use of science in policy and planning

Observers say the outcome of a vote on cloning next week is too close to call

If you are a journal publisher or editor, it's pretty much impossible to avoid controversy. There's the good kind: a well-argued disagreement on an important subject, or astounding new evidence that overturns an established theory, for example. But then there's the bad kind: an author who doesn't stick to your rules, a paper that doesn't hold up, or worse.The real test of a journal's mettle is not whether it manages to avoid the second type of controversy but rather, how well it copes with the f

Nobel Laureate who played a key role in the elucidation of the double helix was 88

Ciechanover, Hershko, and Rose awarded for discovery of ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis

Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Axel and Buck for research into the sense of smell

35 people have applied to head the new agency, and the management board has elected a chair

Last month, two writers from The Scientist and about 350 other reporters were among 1,800 participants at the inaugural EuroScience Open Forum in Stockholm. The meeting was billed as "the first pan-European science meeting ever," and included sessions on a familiar mix of diseases, planets, and dinosaur bones.Unfortunately for news hounds, the EuroScience meeting, like the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference on which it is modeling itself, was an exercise

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