Is it a bird? Is it a serpent?
The Myth of Quetzalcoatl
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A coalition armed with good excuses
The Road to War in Serbia - Kosovo
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from a man with a passion for cricket: " Since I left 10 Downing Street, I have often thought - why...
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Higher channels
John Davies gives the schedules a quality audit (all times pm unless stated). Pick of the week Does it matter that there are no historians to give us a measured judgement on Anthony Eden's career in...
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From dead tired to dead
Do you feel exhausted after lunch? Then, like nine out of ten of your colleagues, you are sleep deprived - and the consequences could be catastrophic. Ayala Ochert talks to sleep researcher William...
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Chants would be a fine thing
Are today's students and academics too busy to protest or are they just getting angry about different things? Harriet Swain reports Universities took to the streets during last month's May Day riots...
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If we could talk to the animals...
What do a honey bee's dance and a monkey's screech have in common? Marc Hauser describes how open-minded research is throwing up new insights into how animals think and communicate Have you ever had...
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A life less extraordinary
Jenny Newman quit life as a nun to pursue a career as a writer and academic. It was an agonising wrench but, as she tells Harriet Swain, cloisters, medieval traditions and hierarchies are as much a...
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Hands-on route to a TV career
Licences for new local TV stations are being welcomed by media academics and students, reports Gideon Burrows Breaking the gloomy skyline above the student houses on the outskirts of Manchester, a...
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When should animals suffer?
Declan Mulkeen and Simon Carter report on a survey of public opinions on animal testing We are often told that public opinion is shifting steadily against research that uses animals. But few studies...
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Cutting edge
Research to determine the layout of the molecular energy landscape may provide answers to key problems in the life sciences It is a perennial problem; you stick your favourite poster to the wall only...
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Early learning for docs
A London teaching hospital is sending its trainee medics back to primary school. Claire Sanders learns why training doctors is child's play The walls of Mary Seabrook's office in the heart of Guy's,...
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Star Turn
Scripting lectures like a playwright has won him accolades, such as Australian lecturer of the year, but the best prize has been motivated students. Julia Hinde reports It is graduation day at the...
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Agony aunt
Q. I read some negative comments about Institute for Learning and Teaching membership requirements in reports from the Association of University Teachers conference last week. Should I put my...
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How to
What. Many websites are visually stunning, but are total disasters in terms of user-friendliness and accessibility. Why. Web design is being led by 'creatives' who lack a grounding in usability,...