Philip Ball: We enjoy the whiff of scandal, and we love seeing giants knocked off their pedestals. But we shouldn't rush to judgments of scientists' motivations
8 Dec 2011: Imran Khan: We are still a world leader when it comes to scientific discovery. Let's use the 4G proceeds to get the knowledge economy going
Keith Stuart: We talk to Rare's incubation director Nick Burton about the developer's contribution to Kinect and the intriguing possibilities for the device in the future
Sir James Dyson has committed £1.4m over ten years to fund a Cambridge professorship in fluid mechanics – the scientific discipline behind his vacuum cleaner and airblade hand dryer