Correction
The author of the book 1,000 Doctors (and Many More) Against Vivisection , is Hans Ruesch and not Hand Ruech as stated in Dennis Stuart's letter on March 10.
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Highlighting the immorality of the moral high ground
Anthony Freeman meets Daniel Dennett, who wants religious leaders to examine and disclose the evidence for the teachings of their faiths From the dawn of civilisation, religion stood centre stage in...
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Our cherished friend Liberty reveals herself as a naked lie
We enjoy limitless freedom of choice in the West, right? Wrong, says Slavoj Zizek, who takes a sideways glance at the 'truths' we hold dear In the 1960s and 1970s, it was possible to buy soft-porn...
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Murder, she 'wrote'
When Julia Kristeva's father died, she turned to crime writing. Sara Wajid interrogates her motives and uncovers her belief in inquiry in the face of religious extremism What a gaffe. People cried...
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Our country needs EU
Universities welcome the growing influx of students from the European accession countries. They swell the coffers and enrich campus culture, reports Harriet Swain As part of its student recruitment...
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Clinical trials and tribulations
Mike Clark explores the science and the ethics of the drug tests that left previously fit volunteers seriously ill The fact that six previously healthy volunteers are now lying seriously ill in a...
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Agenda of the Research Working Party, 27 March 2006
Brussels, 22 Mar 2006 Full text of Document 1123/06 1. Specific Programme "Capacities" ­ examination of "Regions of Knowledge", "Research Potential", "Science in Society", "Support to the...
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Science and innovation investment framework for the UK -- 2004-2014: next steps (link)
London, 22 Mar 2006 This discussion paper presents the next steps in taking forward the Government's Science and Innovation Investment Framework 2004-2014. Against the background of increasing global...
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Today's news
Deadlock as bosses issue talks ultimatum Higher education faced a long and increasingly bitter battle over pay this week as unions and employers hit deadlock over negotiations. Geoffrey Copland,...
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Request For Proposals
Deadline: 24/05/2006
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Latest research news
University fires professor at centre of cloning fraud Seoul National University fired the disgraced cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-suk yesterday following a disciplinary meeting, saying that he and his...
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Common position on EU participation in Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organisation: General Affairs Council, 20 March
Brussels, 21 March 2006 18th Council Meeting - General Affairs and External Relations. Brussels, 20 March 2006 General Affairs Provisional version The Council adopted a common position on...
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Progress report on avian influenza (H5N1): Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 20 March
Brussels, 21 March 2006 20th Council Meeting - Agriculture and Fisheries. Brussels, 20 March 2006 Provisional version Commissioner Kyprianou provided his monthly update to the Council on the latest...
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European Union approves new alternatives to animal testing of drugs and chemicals
Brussels, 21 March 2006 The Scientific Advisory Committee of the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods has today approved six new alternative testing methods that will reduce the...