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Academics need to think harder about the purpose of their disciplines and whether some of those should come to an end

King Charles II may be remembered for his hedonism, but he supported a wide range of scientific and artistic endeavours that would help shape the modern world. Elinor Evans explores the strides made in the Restoration, from safer navigation at sea to putting women on the stage

The first ever manned mission to the moon was proposed in 17th-century England and it was to be accomplished with a flying chariot.

There is a renewed interest in the West Indian colonies' relevance to the British industrial revolution and the subsequent economic transformations that substantially altered Western society's fortunes.

'Those I am very much attracted to don’t want to commit. The guys who want to commit, I am not very attracted to.'

This article is more than 2 months old Science has shown how powerful it can be in the face of a formidable challenge like a pandemic ‘There was a buzz of intellectual excitement in the viral immunology field: a new virus, an unknown entity.’ Immunologists at the San Camillo hospital in Rome. Photograph: Domenico Stinellis/AP ‘There was a buzz of intellectual excitement in the viral immunology field: a new virus, an unknown entity.’ Immunologists at the San Camillo hospital in Rome. Pho...