Off piste: Persistence pays...
...or, why cars have speedometers. 'Persistent violator' Lou Marinoff on nirvana in the fast lane, governmental highway robbery and the dazzlingly effective absent-minded-professor defence
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Jumping through hoops
Alan Ryan on the US academy's annual lotteries, both scholarly and athletic
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From where I sit: Ant music from a lost tribe
In early March, the day before the annual meeting of the National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee, three CPPCC representatives paid a visit to Tangjialing, a...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Research intelligence: Now what have we here?
The police want more research into fighting crime to reach frontline officers and practices. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Leader: Like pay, the stakes are rising
The importance of balancing reward and responsibility is highlighted by the sums paid out when things go wrong at the top
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Imperial College London - Reach out to young Einsteins
Universities have been urged to do more to help schoolchildren experience scientific experiments at first hand to inspire them to study the subject. Lord Winston, professor of science and society at...
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University of Sunderland - Work those neurons
A scheme that offers learners access to a "gym for the mind" has won an award. The University of Sunderland's Explore programme is a lifelong-learning scheme that follows the model of gym membership...
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Oxford/Southampton - Online predictions
A centre devoted to the study of the World Wide Web is to be established as a joint venture by two universities. The Institute for Web Science will be set up by the universities of Southampton and...
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University of Aberdeen - Fins could be worse
Large fish farms may not have a bigger environmental impact on the seabed than their smaller counterparts, according to a study. Researchers at the University of Aberdeen examined how the size of a...
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Birkbeck, University of London - Write turn
A school of law has launched a writer-in-residence programme, offering a placement to scholars who have achieved distinction in the field of critical theory. The scheme at Birkbeck, University of...
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University of Greenwich - The swing of things
Golfers could improve their swings thanks to research under way at a London university. Peter Brooks, a PhD student at the University of Greenwich, is using state-of-the-art equipment to analyse...
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University of Leeds - Let's talk about sex
People with learning difficulties are being hampered by a lack of basic sex education, which is leaving them embarrassed, vulnerable and confused. This is the finding of a three-year project by the...
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University of Abertay Dundee - Dude looks like a lady, thankfully
Women who want large families tend to be attracted to men with more feminine features, suggesting a preference for paternal care and fidelity over wealth. Researchers at the University of Abertay...
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Cardiff University - Cosmic break-up
An amateur astronomer has made a major discovery after taking part in an educational project led by scientists at Cardiff University. Nick Howes took the first pictures showing a split in the nucleus...