Labour’s persistent failure to address its electorate’s salient concerns is behind the protest vote, asserts DIANE ABBOTT
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The science of power and influence
Science is often treated as if it’s apolitical, but swimming in money and influence, is that a realistic view, ask ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
Newton was president of the Royal Society between 1703 and 1727
Washington’s lawless behaviour towards countries in the region it considers its ‘back yard’ should be condemned by all law-abiding people, says LUKE DANIELS
In part I of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY takes a look at the early days of organising government workers
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
The shadow lord chancellor has recently made a name for himself as an rabid hater of immigration – but there are exceptions to every rule, says SOLOMON HUGHES
Plaid Cymru’s front-bench spokesman on health and social services MABON AP GWYNFOR, in a two-part series, analyses the Caerphilly by-election and the wider political scene in Wales ahead of the 2026 Senedd election
AT THIS time of year much attention is paid to the celebrities of science, thanks to the announcement of Nobel prizes next week.
One of the most prestigious scientific organisations in the world is the Royal Society (there are 33 living members of the Royal Society with Nobels in physiology or medicine, and 18 in physics).
Around the 1640s, a group of natural philosophers, as early scientists were known, referred to their interactions as “their Invisible College.”
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