Obama names 4 top members of science team

President-elect Barack Obama's selection Saturday of a Harvard physicist and a marine biologist for science posts is a sign he plans a more aggressive response to global warming than did the Bush administration.

Obama names Holdren, Lubchenco to science posts

President-elect Barack Obama today named a Harvard physicist and a marine biologist to science posts, signaling a change from Bush administration policies on global warming that were criticized for putting politics over science.

Science magazine names top 10 breakthroughs of 2008

The news writers at Science magazine describe what they believe were the 10 biggest scientific breakthroughs this year. From changing cells to modeling protons, and seeing planets outside our solar system, the discoveries cover a wide swath of natural science and represent some astonishing finds.Read More...

Our biggest black hole was in the budget

In 1987, as Minister for Higher Education and Science, I was despatched by Margaret Thatcher to CERN in Geneva on a delicate mission. It was the era of “the cuts” and I was the bearer of unwelcome news. For us the biggest black holes were in the budget, and particle physicists would have to overhaul their expenditure like everyone else.

Leading scientist urges teaching of creationism in schools

Creationism should be taught in schools as a legitimate point of view to stop religious children losing interest in science lessons, a leading Royal Society scientist has urged.

Laser technique produces bevy of antimatter

Blasting a gold target with high-powered lasers creates huge amounts of antimatter, reported scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory at a conference last week.