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  1. The wild frontier of study

    Dylan Prentice, , a research student, lives for free on the Nitani Private Game Reserve in Botswana and has time to carry out his research. In return, he acts as an expert ranger and runs the ten-bed...

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  2. Adding up to success

    Three years ago, a handsome crumbling Art Deco hotel by the Indian Ocean near Cape Town was transformed into the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS). It is an example of how South...

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  3. Freshers who've majored in eBay

    When US students were given laptops to aid in note-taking, many of them ended up surfing the net in lectures. Stephen Phillips explores the pitfalls of progress. When laptops first appeared in...

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  5. Employment picture is not pretty

    'Go where jobs are' For Mark Waterman , a 33-year-old second-year nursing student at Coventry University, the lecturers' strike is taking a back seat concerns about the possible jobs situation in the...

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  6. Are you and your computer more than just good friends?

    Our monthly guide to some of the conferences taking place around the world. For some, the internet is an addiction. Others feel their computer is out to get them. What drives an internet addict and...

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  7. Conference watch

    What is the relationship between science fiction and science fact? The Cheltenham Science Festival will explore the "first popular science writing". Papers include one on the earliest works of...

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  8. Marina warner

    Why are we obsessed with others' lives - especially when they resemble freak shows? Sean Coughlan finds out. We've all seen their faces in bookshops - big colour close-ups or moody black and white -...

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