New Statesman -

Religion must not block progress

Robin McKie — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT

The Commons has usually debated and voted sensibly over on issues such as embryology. Will members - particularly those who are Catholic - do the right thing?

A waste of space

Robin McKie — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT

As Nasa turns 50, expect to hear much about lunar landings and giant leaps for mankind. But today a sense of unease hangs over an agency that badly needs to free itself from the shackles of the past.

Spare pairs of genes

Robin McKie — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Observations on DNA

Britain's moving story

Robin McKie — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:00:00 GMT

New studies of names and genes are confounding core beliefs about being British. We are unadventurous, our family ties are strong and women are exceptionally faithful

A wrong turning in space

Robin McKie — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Twenty years on from Challenger, the whole space shuttle project remains a disaster

Bring back stinks and bangs!

Robin McKie — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Children's scientific curiosity is being stifled by teachers' fear of safety regulations and court action. But without risk there can be no discovery, argues Robin McKie

Nature, the most deadly bio-terrorist of all

Robin McKie — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 12:00:00 GMT

2005: Epidemics - It may not be in the next 12 months, but very soon, a new and virulent strain of flu is likely to sweep the world. Globalisation has made the spread of disease all too easy. Robin McKie reports

Big ideas - As long as a piece of string

Robin McKie — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 12:00:00 GMT

Physics - Albert Einstein (left) sought unsuccessfully for a "theory of everything" that would combine quantum mechanics with relativity, and explain both the very tiny (the atom) and the inconceivably large (the universe). Now, physicists think they've found it