Jerome Ravetz has been one of the UK’s foremost philosophers of science for more than 50 years. Here, he reflects on the troubles facing contemporary science. He argues that the roots of science’s crisis have been ignored for too long. Quality control has failed to keep pace with the growth of science.

Experts preaching the ‘truth’ on healthy eating or cancer cures are not immune to the murky worlds of politics and commerce.

Women outnumber men in a raft of science courses – but when they start their careers, they find many insurmountable barriers.

Has teaching been the poor cousin of research for too long?

The present system means researchers with useful characteristics such as caution and humility may find it harder to get grants

If the work is properly monitored, there is no reason not to trust the results

One of Science in Transition’s founders describes how his experience as a young HIV/AIDS researcher convinced him that science need to change

As long men can score points for producing mountains of output, women will never get a fair shot at academic promotion

A Princeton professor’s frankness hides the grim reality about work for many young people

Turning scientific evidence into policy exposes a gulf between how scientists think and how policymakers work. Here’s what scientists need to know

Figshare has brought science publishing into the digital age so that academics can publish and share their research fully

The UK’s higher education institutions spend more than £180m on journal subscriptions every year. We need to come together and create a better system

The advantages of making scientific data available for further analysis are clear, but it could also enable the trawling of data to find significant, or preferred, results.

Is UK science better off in or out of the EU? The arguments are complex and only partially evidence-based. And that’s not surprising.

Training a computer to play Go is an impressive achievement, but AlphaGo may be a long way from being a useful product.

The Royal Society’s new campaign highlights the importance of life outside the laboratory

Two recent programmes on BBC Radio 4 highlight a worrying anti-democratic bias in discussions of science and technology.

Daniel Zeichner, Member of Parliament for Cambridge, explains the importance of Europe for our leading Universities.

When presenting evidence to policymakers, scientists and other experts need to engage with the policy process that exists, not the one we wish existed.

The Royal Society’s new campaign highlights the importance of life outside the laboratory