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Lords in science investment call (BBC News)
Former Labour and Conservative science ministers challenge the next UK government to maintain investment in science.

Tory review urges science boost (BBC News)
A Tory-backed report urges incentives for schools and tax breaks for researchers to raise the profile of science.

This Week in Science (GenomeWeb News)
In the letters section of Science , Oxford researchers discuss the future of releasing DNA data . They say that the one-month delay to access the data is worth the wait.

Science and engineering courses a lure for college hopefuls (Irish Examiner)
COLLEGE hopefuls have turned towards general arts degrees and the science and engineering courses with the lure of good careers, according to the first statistics on this year’s record 71,843 applications.

Science Weekly podcast: Libel Reform Week and the importance of being vague (Guardian Unlimited)
Science writer Simon Singh and Tracey Brown from Sense About Science tell us about Libel Reform Week and the campaign to change Britain's libel laws and protect scientific freedom of expression. Simon is currently locked in a legal battle over a comment piece published in the Guardian . Matthew Applegate, aka Pixelh8 , is performing an audiovisual study as part of Cambridge Science Festival . We ...

BBC2 science show pulls in 2.8m (Guardian Unlimited)
The BBC2 science series followed on from the start of Lambing Live, which also got more than 2 million viewers BBC2's new science documentary series Wonders of the Solar System launched with nearly 2.8 million viewers last night, Sunday 7 March. The five-part series, presented by the physicist Brian Cox, opened with 2.77 million viewers and a 10.3% share in the 9pm hour, according to unofficial ...

Britain faces dropping down science league (Daily Telegraph)
Britain faces being dropped from the premier league of science behind France and Germany unless it invests in research, claims a new report.

Wellington student snares top science prize (Otago Daily Times)
Wellington doctoral candidate John Watt was today named the top emerging scientist in the Prime Minister's science awards for his research aimed at reducing vehicle exhaust pollution.

PM's science prizes for high-performers split (3news)
Wellington doctoral candidate John Watt was named top emerging scientist in the PM's science awards.