There's no question that the UK fosters world-class science. The government's 2004 10-year Science and Innovation Investment Framework set out a long-term vision for science and innovation, together with the ambition that public and private investment in R&D should reach 2.5 percent of GDP by 2014. Investment in infrastructure and funding for Ph.D.s is yielding results, although beyond Ph.D. leve...
BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX Joseph Wambaugh changed my life. I was 13 when I first discovered The Blooding, Wambaugh?s account of the Colin Pitchfork case: the first time that DNA fingerprinting was used in a criminal investigation. DNA in itself was already pretty fascinating to me. The idea that life in all its complexity could result from something so simple was both elegant and intriguing. But ...
