Keir Liddle discusses tomorrow’s Science About Science campaign against a Department of Health scheme which registers practicioners of alternative medicine despite the inefficacy of their treatments, and considers whether national campaigns could benefit more from taking the devolution settlement further into account.

In the first of a new, semi-regular, series on embarrassing and amusing science from days gone by: we take a look at a curious piece of mid-twentieth century natural history.

Dundee’s world-beating College of Life Sciences are to open their doors to the public on the 18th of September.

This week, the mind-body dualism of moral philosopher Mary Midgley is under scrutiny, in an article in which she criticises unnamed, imaginary parties who treat science as an all-purpose oracle.

This week’s cartoon from Dario Battisti…

In which the 21st Floor pursues fame and fortune by conducting an experiment which will turn all science on its head.

This week’s cartoon from Dario Battisti…

Bringing the Enlightenment and the spirit of David Hume back to Scotland’s capital! We take a look at science and scepticism on the Edinburgh Fringe Festival!

In the contemporary age, News Media has a global scope. Nevertheless, unusual events are never looked at from a global perspective. Encouraging this misunderstanding of probability within large populations leads to a plethora of face-palm inducing Bad Arguments.

Can the interests of medical professionals and the interests of their patients be in conflict? Dave Hughes, a biophysicist, discusses some of the implications of his work in detecting early tooth decay.