Royal Society or Rotten Society?
The resignation of Michael Reiss shows the zealots are taking over science, says Robert MatthewsFirst Posted September 17, 2008
Robert Matthews
is Visiting Reader in Science at Aston University, Birmingham, and writes on science-related issues for The Sunday Telegraph, Financial Times and Daily Express. Originally trained as a physicist, his academic interests now lie chiefly in the use and abuse of statistical methods by the scientific community. His latest book, 25 Big Ideas: Science that is Changing our World, is published by Oneworld.
Cern’s Large Hadron Collider could be end of the world – for physics
Project might leave physicists with a lot of explaining to do, says Robert MatthewsFirst Posted September 10, 2008
Environment: are we lying to the pollsters?
After John Major's 'shy Tories' are we seeing a new breed of 'shy Clarksons'?First Posted July 2, 2008
Big Book: Why do smart people believe stupid things?
Because, like George Monbiot, they have an anti-capitalist agendaFirst Posted March 6, 2008
Home is where the office should be
Bosses who don't want their staff working from home are Luddites, says Robert MatthewsFirst Posted February 12, 2008
Systems biology will revolutionise medicine
Forget the Human Genome Project. Simulations of living systems are the future, says Robert MatthewsFirst Posted January 28, 2008
Nobel Prize is no longer dynamite
The science prizes may bring cash and cachet, but the criteria are datedFirst Posted October 8, 2007
Someone owes Lawrence Summers an apology
Proof that there are more smart men has come too late for one Harvard genius, says Robert MatthewsFirst Posted September 27, 2007
