Peer review’s value
Robert P Crease on why trust and anonymity are so central to the success of peer review
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The pioneers of weather forecasting
Met Office atmospheric physicist Susan Ballard finds it "stimulating" to read about some of her earliest predecessors
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A shining light for African science
Plans are afoot to build Africa's first ever light source. Sekazi Mtingwa calls for physicists to get behind the project
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Fabiola Gianotti takes charge at CERN as lab weighs up designs for future colliders
New directorate will oversee the Large Hadron Collider's high-energy run and prepare for a major upgrade to the collider
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International Year of Light draws to a close
Successful year marked by thousands of events held in more than 100 countries worldwide
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Hawaiian court throws out Thirty Meter Telescope building permit
Construction of the $1.4bn TMT set for delays, as opposition hardens
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The great high-energy write-off
A forensically detailed analysis of what went wrong with the Superconducting Super Collider impresses reviewer Andrew Robinson
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UK science funding protected from cuts
£4.7bn science budget will increase with inflation until 2020
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Arecibo Observatory faces uncertain future as boss quits
Robert Kerr resigns following clash over funding historic facility in Puerto Rico
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Cooking Bacon
Has Francis Bacon been unfairly vilified, asks Robert P Crease
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