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Involving members of the public can help science projects — but researchers should consider what they want to achieve.

Many women are deterred from pursuing a career in science at the highest levels.

Episciences Project to launch series of community-run, open-access journals.

Disintegrating ice, spectacular sunbursts and minuscule lizards are among 2012’s most striking pictures.

Ten people who mattered this year.

This epic year for science saw the discovery of the Higgs boson and Curiosity’s arrival on Mars, but researchers also felt the sting of austerity.

The editors of this publication need to improve how we reflect women’s contributions to science. For this, we must inject an extra loop into our thinking.

Royal Society hosts event to redress online encyclopaedia's gender imbalance.

Snake broods are first examples of wild parthenogenesis in sexually reproducing species.

From e-mails to social networks, the digital traces left by life in the modern world are transforming social science.