Brief letters: Stone lifting | A good result | Gorton and Denton lessons | Metres v millions
Concerns over funding for science in the UK
Letters: In response to an article by Jon Butterworth, Prof Michele K Dougherty writes that the council is putting its portfolio on a sustainable footing
Funding cuts will devastate the next generation of scientists
Psychiatric drugs aren’t always the answer
Brief letters
Internet freedom doesn’t mean a free-for-all
January 2026
When it comes to child custody, is the system failing families?
Letters: Guardian readers respond to Lara Feigel’s powerful account of divorce and the family court
Scientific rigour and the dangers of microplastics
Letters: Joe Yates, Prof Philip J Landrigan, Prof Jennifer Kirwan and Prof Jamie Davies respond to an article on doubts raised about studies on microplastics in the human body
Life-saving therapies are being delayed as research funding dries up
The reason for Italy’s ‘demographic winter’
Brief letters
A clearer view of global capitalism
December 2025
If you really care about animals, stop eating them
Brief letters
Let Jules Verne crater on the moon be a new Point Nemo
Mixed messages on prostate cancer testing proved deadly for my husband
Liberal arts and critical thinking
November 2025
Why we have to continue with animal testing for medical research
Letters: Dr Robin Lovell-Badge and Prof Emma Robinson respond to an editorial on using new technologies to reduce the reliance on animal experiments
A more nuanced approach to ultra-processed foods is necessary
Letter: The discussion over UPFs distracts from the real public health problem: meat and dairy products, writes Noah Praamsma
Brief letters
We older people are always a footnote
Brief letters: Life’s five ‘eras’ | Levelling up Huddersfield | Favourite headlines | Posh breakfasts | Grieving nominative determinism letters
October 2025
Brief letters
The misery of our clocks going back
Brief letters: Darkened mood | Aston Villa-Maccabi Tel Aviv match | Homeless people | Misheard at a party
The teamwork behind Bletchley Park’s Colossus computer
Letter: Jonathan Michie responds to an article about the pioneering wartime work of the Post Office engineer Tommy Flowers
Don’t give in to big pharma on drug pricing
Letter: Drug manufacturers may lament the UK’s drug prices, writes Simon Dixon, but the NHS should celebrate them
