I'll be glad when it's over. The general election that is. We seem to be living through an electrified hiatus. The nervous tension, just waiting for the off, is threatening more cardiac arrests than...

Killer diseases such as E. coli infection are back in the news. John Maddox looks at life from a bugs' perspective

John Maddox considers how the Wellcome Trust can save Russian science

John Maddox looks at new research which sheds light on the differences between Earth and the other planets

There is no good reason why unwanted human embryos should not be used in research

Recent progress in the fight against Aids shows that throwing money at problems can work

Molecular biologists can now tell us who is related to whom in the chain of life

We should spare his neighbours' cattle until we know how prions destroy the nervous system

The "Brave New World" brigade is worrying unnecessarily about human cloning