From a shambles to a crisis?
Ministers could soon have a disaster on their hands if they do not address the parlous state of academia, warns Phil Willis. When Baroness Blackstone took office in 1997 she described higher...
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Cutting edge
Studies show a high degree of heritability in twins' behaviours and feelings of wellbeing. Despite that, we can still direct our lives. We have been studying twins at the University of Minnesota...
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Below-the-belt test of men's health
To see if male fertility rates are falling, Scottish researchers are seeking sperm samples to set a baseline of health. Olga Wojtas reports. "We're all brought up to think we're dangerously fertile,...
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Oringins of sex discovered
It was the evolutionary "big bang" that started them all. Scientists have found the earliest evidence of sexual reproduction in Arctic rocks 1.2 billion years old. A detailed analysis of fossilised...
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Sources of research funding
This section lists funds available for researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk NHS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT National Primary Care Awards The director of research...
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Here is the nudes
(Photograph) - Here is the nudes: University of Plymouth student union members posed for a naked calendar to raise money for meningitis research and for community action. Photograph by MIKE BENSON
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Ancestors were a macabre lot
Neolithic long barrows may once have been witness to ghoulish burial rituals involving the repeated handling of pieces of decaying corpses. Analysis of bones recovered from two burial mounds in...
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Why baby blues come at night
Good news for parents of young babies who are dismayed to be greeted with a flood of tears when they return home from work: it is not your fault. A new study suggests that infants in the first few...
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Virtual guide to London
One of the most advanced virtual reality simulators ever created, which allows a visitor to explore a three-dimensional, populated, computerised recreation of London, has been unveiled by scientists...
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Boffins seen as boring but rich
Scientists, with their white laboratory coats, bottle-bottom glasses and balding heads buried in books, have long been held in some contempt by most young people. Yet new research suggests this...
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Flotation nets Pounds 58 million
Melbourne University has received a cash bonanza from the sale of a spin-off company selling internet addresses. Julia Hinde reports. Melbourne University has pocketed Aus$86 million (Pounds 34...
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Traumas hit official wallets
Philip Fine, in Montreal, reports on a common psychiatric diagnosis that could cost governments millions. An ever-widening group is being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and...
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Heads seek radical review
University chiefs have called for a post-Dearing review of the structure of British higher education that could lead to pressure for a new binary divide. The Standing Conference of Principals, which...
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Lecturers seek Pounds 1bn increase
Lecturers in the pre-1992 universities are calling for an increase of more than Pounds 1 billion per year in future government spending on higher education. This sum would include raising the unit of...
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Keele book inquiry 'whitewash'
Your report that "Keele inquiry deems rare book sale proper" (For the record, THES, December 10) invites the rejoinder "Well they would, wouldn't they?" Regarding whether Keele got a good price or...