• Articles: policy

    • City Hall and science: Siân Berry

      London elects a new mayor on 1 May. In a new series, we examine the scientific policies of the main candidates. London

    • A conversation with Ian Wilmut

      The Scottish scientist behind Dolly, the first cloned animal, talks about extracting stem cells from animal-human hybrid embryos and using them for drug screening. Boston

    • The Brown Government’s science shake-up

      A meeting at the Royal Society this week explored the new Government’s departmental reshuffle and what it might mean for science. Is it just internal housekeeping, or a move to put science at the core of government? London

    • Climate change: the new call to arms for science?

      The ‘foremost scientific gathering in the parliamentary calendar’ provides strong hints from government that scientists should get thinking about environmental applications for their research. London

    • Introducing Newton’s Heirs

      Scientists and policy makers get talking in a new programme from think-tank Newton’s Apple. London

    • Turning scientists into activists

      In Boston earlier this week, Michael Stebbins, advisor to a new scientific lobby group, spoke with NNB about why and how scientists should become more politically active. Boston

    • From plasma physics to public policy

      The Kennedy School’s John Holdren credits two books for inspiring his move from the lab to the halls of Capitol Hill and the White House. Boston

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