Leigh writes: When I was a PhD student in philosophy, I did a lot of work in philosophy of science. Not science proper, but after all, philosophy was (and is) the beginning of science. ;)Anyway, my ...

The Dr. Kinsey of the penguin world is a New Zealand ornithologist named Lancelot Eric Richdale. For ten breeding seasons he watched colonies of yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes) on the ...

For many countries, the participation of women and girls in science is still much of a dream waiting to be realised. This year the United Nations (UN) celebrates the Seventh Annual International Day ...