Science is not clever and elitist – that's the message the government wants to give young people, in order to attract more into studying science. But that's a lie. This "action to bust myth of 'elitist' science" is part of the government's attempt to make science more accessible, and to show people that science affects everything in their daily lives. The science min...

In parallel to European Commission moves to present a strategic EU framework for international science and technology cooperation this autumn, the US science association has announced the establishment of a Centre for Science Diplomacy, which it hopes will help change public attitudes towards the US around the world.

The government should not be tempted to let pure science bear the brunt of cuts on the grounds that its economic pay-off is less obvious than applied science

In your report on the scrapping of science tests for 11-year-olds (7 May) you refer to plans to remove science from the core of the primary curriculum and replace it with ICT. Science has not been removed from the core subjects - core subjects no longer apply. Science now sits alongside maths and English in the six "areas of learning". These areas of are to be supported by a core set of basic skil...

More pupils are opting to learn science than ever in English schools, but sector figures fear that successes in popularising science will be undermined by recent policy changes

At WUWT, there's a cracking paper on climategate and the state of science by Jerome Ravetz, Professor of Philosophy of Science at Oxford. Stuffed with good points, and talking of 'certain' climate science in the past tense. Enjoy.

It's a good thing perhaps that I am off to Church in an hour because I was rather angry (although not surprised), to have come across this (now pulled) story from the Sunday Express (Hat tip to Glinner on Twitter)! Why am I not surprised, well given their coverage of Princess Diana and Madeline McCann, I have come to expect nothing less than gutter journalism from the Express! Its a vile news...

John Womersley, the Science and Technology Facilities Council's Director, Science Programmes, has written to the science community on the consultation process to prioritise its programme for 2010/11 and beyond.

Science is vital to the economy, the UK science minister says as he signs a stem cell funding agreement with California.

ePolitix.com reports on the latest Commons innovation, universities, science and skills committee evidence session on science and engineering.