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The London Screenwriters’ Festival today announces the launch of the ‘Inspired by Science’ Treatment Award, a new competition for TV and film screenwriters in association…

The Wellcome Trust today announces its two new Engagement Fellows - Professor Roger Kneebone from Imperial College London and Dr Erinma Ochu from the University of Manchester.

The judging panel for the 2010 Wellcome Trust Book Prize has been announced. Chaired by Clive Anderson, former barrister, comedy writer and presenter, the panel includes…

Playwright Mick Gordon and Director Christopher Haydon are delighted to announce the cast for ‘Pressure Drop’, the first major theatrical production at Wellcome Collection.

The Wellcome Image Awards 2011, celebrating the most striking and technically excellent images acquired by the Wellcome Images picture library in the past 18 months, were…

Film ideas inspired by neuroscience, memory, technology, mental health and genetic engineering are among the contenders in the shortlist, announced today, for the inaugural…

The Wellcome Trust is pleased to announce three new Engagement Fellows for 2014. Alex Julyan, Brian Lobel and Dan Bird will be taking up their Fellowships in September, with…

What are adverse events related to vaccination, how often do they happen and why?

Science’s answer to the X Factor - ‘I’m a Scientist, Get Me out of Here’ - kicks off today, bigger and better than ever before, with 100 scientists and up to 8,000 students…

The shortlist for the Wellcome Book Prize 2014 was announced today by the chair of judges, poet Andrew Motion. Authors Elizabeth Gilbert, Emily Mayhew, Adam Rutherford,…

Researchers hope a newly launched experiment on music hooks could help future research into Alzheimer’s disease.

As you read this, you may notice that when you look directly at a word it is clear, but all the surrounding words are hard to make out. For most people, this effect - known…

A new documentary from RDF Television that follows ten four year olds in a nursery during the most pivotal year of their lives is due to be aired on Channel 4 on Tuesday 10…

It’s a common scenario: you’re on a diet, determined to give up eating cakes, but as you pass the cake counter, all resolve disappears. Now, scientists at the Wellcome Trust…

Volunteers are being invited to join celebrities Stephen Fry and Kerry Katona in helping researchers understand how genetic and environmental factors contribute to bipolar…

The winners of our Survival Rivals competition to send a group of UK students to the Galápagos Islands are announced today at the British Science Festival in Birmingham.

British writer and director Jonathan Glazer ('Under The Skin', 'Birth', 'Sexy Beast') has been named the 2014 Wellcome Trust and BFI Screenwriting Fellow in association with…

If you're applying for funding to do clinical research in the UK, you may need to complete a Schedule of Events Cost Attribution Tool (SoECAT). Find out who needs to complete…

Wellcome Collection is launching 'Sex by Numbers' - an interactive infographic that playfully maps the nation’s sex lives, from who with to how often - to mark the start of…

The Wellcome Trust and the Roundhouse present Sounds of Sexology, the final showcase of a nationwide Sexology Songwriting project, on Tuesday 17 February 2015.