An incredible story about how Steinman developed unique treatment for his cancer and united a disparate field.

Massive congrats to Penny Sarchet and Tess Shellard for winning the first ever Wellcome/Guardian Science Writing Prize. Expect great things. And a write-up of the award ceremony. Here’s Tess’s piece.

“Science isn’t either settled or not settled. This is a false and misleading dichotomy.” From RealClimate

“Not all fields are unknown in ways where non-professionals readily step up to make contributions” – Alex Wild on entomology

A paralysed man high-fives his girlfriend using robotic arm controlled by thought alone

Too Good to Be True: Sea Mammals, Plastic Pollution, and a Modern Chimera – great account of a quest to