From today's UK papers
The Independent A local council has set up its own teacher supply agency in a pioneering scheme to avoid shelling out thousands of pounds for the services of staffing companies. Scientists at North...
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Intellectual property advisory committee launched The government has set up an intellectual property advisory committee to provide long-term strategy advice on issues such as patents and copyright....
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A close to home truth
The way forward for universities is to better engage with the local population, argues Ian Gibson. Another glossy document comes through the post. The Regional Mission , produced by Universities UK...
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From today's UK papers
Independent Government scientists have found evidence to suggest that BSE might have infected sheep - something until now considered to be only a theoretical possibility. Times Some 2,000 teachers in...
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Hysteria is threat to research
A 'mocumentary' on paedophilia was a valid critique of media sensationalism and exploitation, says Colin Clark. In the wake of the furore over Channel Four's screening of the Brass Eye spoof...
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Why I ...believe science needs the arts
It is right that statements by scientists that touch on ethical issues be scrutinised for departures from scientific objectivity. It is also sensible to be wary when scientific methods such as...
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Cutting edge: Joshua B. Smith
Stepping down from the relative warmth of the Land Cruiser, I crunch across the sand for about 15ft to what looks like part of a blackened, burnt-out log. I kneel down closer - close enough so the...
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Online archive celebrates a decade of data dissemination
The Los Alamos E-Print Archive has helped thousands of physicists and mathematicians worldwide to gain access to a wealth of research over the past ten years. Julia Hinde looks at its success. A...
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No bones about a dusty old dig
Despite extreme heat, archaeologists converge every year from July to September on a dusty Turkish plain. Çatalhöyük has become one of the world's busiest archaeological sites, but size can have its...
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Çatalhöyük
It is a 9,000-year-old, early Neolithic village - considered by some to be the world's first city. Some say it could have housed up to 10,000 people. It was unearthed in the 1960s and was found to...
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Clone ban 'disaster' for US
The reverse brain drain of researchers leaving the United States looks set to gather pace after the House of Representatives voted this week to ban all cloning of human embryos. The congressmen...
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Congress rethink on animal welfare laws alarms scientists
US scientists say animal welfare regulations under consideration by Congress could strangle medical research with red tape, writes Stephen Phillips. Plans to extend the US Animal Welfare Act (AWA) to...
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A-level in maths fails to impress
The lack of geometry in the new A and AS-level mathematics courses means students no longer have a suitable foundation for university science and engineering courses, according to a report published...
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Right formula
Andy Cartwright, a chemical and pharmaceutical sciences student at Sunderland University, has solved a problem that dogged experts at GlaxoSmithKline. He used the advanced analytical sciences...
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Scots take reins in e-science
British scientists took their first steps into a brave new computing world this week, following an award of £5.5 million to Edinburgh and Glasgow universities to set up a national e-science centre....