Tim Lang: eating his words
The seasoned campaigner against GM and obesity tells John Crace why the government is finally taking food policy seriously.
The riddle of the drug regulators
Critics press for review of licensing system.
I was not a lab rat
A new book has rekindled old rumours that renowned psychologist BF Skinner used his baby daughter in his experiments. Stop this rubbish about me and my dad, says Deborah Skinner Buzan.
Let’s look at those tests again
Vivienne Parry finds that even classic medical research can be based on a one size fits all attitude, as scientists challenge landmark heart study.
All you need is status
What others think of us is a matter of life and death, writes Alain de Botton.
The hunt for another way
Animal testing is so controversial Cambridge was forced to scrap a brain disease lab. Can we develop medicines without vivisection? David Adam investigates