Cutting edge
Art and physics appear unlikely partners, but a collaboration between the two is set to provide a glimpse of an unseen world In the 19th century the invention of photography brought dramatic...
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Sex change concern
Fish that change sex because of marine pollution have become a focus of environmental concern, but British and Italian scientists have become award-winners by pointing out that the organic chlorine...
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Pathways to success
(Photograph) - Students take part in a basic Arabic for beginners class at the Pakistani Centre, University of Leeds. The University's Islamic Studies "pathway to higher education" courses won the...
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Ageing population has great potential
Educationists and politicians constantly emphasise the need for lifelong learning, but they generally take a narrow view of life which concentrates on work. "There is a repressive concept, that the...
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Leonardo survives crisis at the Euro Commission
Fraud and mismanagement at the European Commission have tainted the Leonardo project, but it deserves to succeed, writes Sue Waddington As the European Commission considered the implications of the...
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No end in sight to the exploitation of univeristy staff
Anger fuelling Tuesday's strike action by the Association of University Teachers will not be lessened by the draft conclusions of the Bett review (pages 1, 6 and 7). If 3.5 per cent seems inadequate...
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Funders and reviewers pose a threat to freedom
Science cannot be censored like novels or plays. But Index on Censorship's contributors (pages 22-23) articulate widespread concern about the power of two groups, funders and peer reviewers. They...
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Versailles' Chinese legacy
Wang Gungwu argues that the state has encouraged youth to reclaim the mantle of Peking University radicalism Few universities just 100 years old can claim a major contribution to their country's...
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a bookfrom its opening sentence, is from a novel written after a winterspent in Africa: "'We, Seth, Emperor of Azania, Chief of the Chiefs of...
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High on art's main currents
Vision - What is Painting? - British Painting
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The body's deadly defector
One Renegade Cell
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Facts behind the stacks
A History of the British Museum Library 1753-1973
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Students follow master up the 'Everest' of British history
Soldiers, Writers and Statesmen of the English Revolution
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England's erudite grandee
Action and History
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A new mission for the old master?
Bakhtin and the Human Sciences