As the General Election approaches, each of us becomes more powerful than at any other time, because the Parliamentary Candidates want our votes. They want to tell us about their views on issues that matter to us, and if we tell them that science matters, then they have no choice but to listen. Politicians almost never say that they have no opinion about a subject. On all the important issues of ...
BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX Like many young scientists these days, after embarking on a research career, I realised that although I was fascinated by all aspects of science--especially my own field of ecology--I did not want to spend the next 30 years writing grant proposals, carrying out experiments, and publishing technical articles. After a postdoctoral research fellowship in France and a brief ...
