Talk time: James Martin
The IT author/guru has established the James Martin institute for Science and Civilisation at Oxford University
Best teller
The Observer Profile: Once more Hollywood has looked to the classics for inspiration, this time to The Iliad's account of the Trojan war. But was the author of this epic really just one prodigiously talented blind storyteller?
Why Johnny Depp is so attractive
Scientists have been grappling with a real puzzle: why is Johnny Depp so attractive to women?
Forgetfulness of things past
Are scientists on the brink of learning how to erase memories, asks Steven Rose.
Pack away those pens, the age of online exams is at hand
The head of the government's exam regulator yesterday signalled the imminent end of the conventional paper-and-pencil exam.
Cyber book of life unlocks gardens’ secrets
Kew archive of 7m specimens to go online.
British Library puts sound archive online
Thousands of sound recordings from the British Library are to be made available online in a £1m programme.
Web inventor wins top technology prize
The MIT scientist credited with inventing the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee, was today awarded the first Millennium Technology Prize worth €1m (£670,000).
Dancing girls and the merry Magdalenian
Archaeologists believe that 13,000-year-old cave paintings in Nottinghamshire were part of a continent-wide culture.
The British are … trying
Dorothy Lepkowska on a £50m scheme to bring more talented entrants into the UK film industry.
Second sight
What I think of the Tesco Computers for Schools voucher scheme. By Dave Moss.