G. Evelyn Hutchinson and the Invention of Modern Ecology
A laudatory biography transports Benjamin Ivry back to the time of a great innovative scientist
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Imagining Mars: A Literary History
The planet Mars, often our nearest planetary neighbour, holds a special fascination for those of us whose attention is apt to wander from our immediate surroundings. The sight of that coloured fleck...
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Reading Obama: Dreams, Hope, and the American Political Tradition
His learning curve is great," Barack Obama's top adviser David Axelrod once told a reporter, recounting how he coached Obama to make vivid use of the stories told to him by voters during his US...
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The Global Auction: The Broken Promises of Education, Jobs, and Incomes
A persuasive analysis of the training/employment mismatch leaves Roger Brown looking for answers
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Age of Fracture
In the early 1990s, the hottest (or coolest) of the new African-American intellectuals, Cornel West, was asked to compare his reading of race with that of the architect of Afrocentrism, Molefi Kete...
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Material Nation: A Consumer's History of Modern Italy
"Eat well, crap well, and don't be afraid of death" was, Emanuela Scarpellini assures us, a Tuscan peasant saying. It is a philosophy worth remembering when you next enter the wonderful restaurant...
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News in brief
JapanMedia frenzy ends with arrestA week-long media frenzy in Japan over cheating in university entrance exams ended with the arrest of a 19-year-old student. Police had been asking the internet...
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Adieu, la vie en rosé? State crackdown on party lifestyle
Tough line taken after series of assaults and deaths linked to student drinking. Clea Caulcutt reports
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Cracks appear in Canada's doctoral glass ceiling
Women have the edge over men when it comes to enrolling on undergraduate and master's programmes in Canada - but may be hitting a glass ceiling at the doctoral level.New figures show that while women...
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Blogconfidential: Sic semper tyrannis
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Sic semper tyrannis
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Appointments
Brown UniversityGordon S. WoodA history professor who has been taught to "accept the limitations of life" by 50 years of study has received the National Humanities Medal, a prestigious US honour....
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Latin American nations ranked by research paper output
Latin American nations ranked by research paper outputData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 2000-31 October 2010Region rankWorld rank CountryTop field by...
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Law journal vindicated in libel trial over book review
French court dismisses scholarly author's action against editor for negative notice, writes Paul Jump
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Over here, but not over the moon, study shows
It is time to stop seeing international students as "problems" and start seeing them as assets to internationalisation, the Going Global conference in Hong Kong will hear.While almost one in five...
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News in brief
Science select committeeCall an expert, and make it quickThe government waits too long to ask for scientific advice in emergencies, says a report by the Commons Science and Technology Committee. The...