Today’s physics news: Friday, 10 September 2010

Rapid expansion of academies ‘risky’, warns watchdog
Existing academies performing well but fast-tracking schools into the programme could undermine it, says audit office
Guardian
BBC
  
Vince Cable’s wrong connection
After what is being labelled “45%-gate”, The Guardian figures out how excellent British science is – or isn’t
Guardian 
 
Scientists go on attack over reduced research spending
Ministers and scientists traded blows yesterday over the Government’s threatened cuts to science funding.
Independent 
 
Peer review highly sensitive to poor refereeing, claim researchers
Human foibles may drastically reduce scientific quality
Physics World  

The star photographers who captured the night sky
Competition to be Astronomy Photographer of the Year is fierce, here are the winning shots.
New Scientist