Clash of the protons
The Quark Machines
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Morality for the Me generation
An Intelligent Person's Guide to Ethics
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No, we won't go quietly
The Penguin Book of 20th-Century Protest
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Searching dark recesses
No Go the Bogeyman
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The last of the Russian prophets
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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Time-lapse photography
Photography, An Independent Art
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1819 - and all that
England in 1819
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An Almighty challenge
Christopher Frayling and his students at the Royal College of Art wanted the Spirit Zone of the Millennium Dome to re-enchant the world. But then religion intruded. Kam Patel reports If the...
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Tales from the little folk provide hangover cure
Children's literature is a goldmine for academic research. But first disguise it as folklore, advises James Riordan Oxford don C. S. Lewis expressed concern about the "silly convention" that caused...
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Hot and bothered over all that jazz
The introduction of jazz performance courses is causing wild discord in Britain's musical establishment. Tony Tysome finds out whether jazz can be taught and, if it can, whether the teachers are up...
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He who sups with the devil must use a long spoon - and bring a good agent
Should reputable scholars write 'authorised' company histories? Niall Ferguson can think of two good reasons for doing so ... and money is only one of them To many professional historians, the word "...
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Objector on the road to gene hell
Biologist Mae-Wan Ho thinks that genetic engineering is so catastrophic it could plunge the world into a scientifically induced nightmare. David King talks to her Although she is rapidly acquiring a...
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Female voice strikes the right warning tone
"Female and fearful" is the strongest warning voice, say researchers at the University of Plymouth. Psychologists Kate Walters and Judy Edworthy asked undergraduates to rate the importance of neutral...
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Governed by a bunch of old fogies?
Phil Baty looks at the strengths and weaknesses of governing bodies and asks: are you safe in their hands? Anyone with enough time on their hands to do a proper job as a university governor tends not...
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Don's Diary
Thursday The University of South Australia's City West campus is a new creation of yellow concrete buildings and blue staircases. Completed just over a year ago it houses the school of business,...