Wellies, check. Bolly, check
The Glastonbury Festival sits uneasily between Disney and democracy, says John Street, who wonders if there is any 'counter' left in its culture. Just four bands played when the first Glastonbury...
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The last stand of Boudicca and the Celtic good guys
An excavation in East Anglia hints at the Celts' resistance to Roman globalisation. Steve Farrar digs up the evidence. It did not seem like much. Burnt fragments of wattle and daub, a few flint-lined...
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Poems from the academy selected by Christopher Ricks
The Prelude, by William Wordsworth. Of College labours, of the Lecturer's room All studded round, as thick as chairs could stand, With loyal students faithful to their books, Half-and-half idlers,...
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Poems from the academy selected by Christopher Ricks
The Prelude , or, Growth of a Poet's Mind. But since the mind of William Wordsworth, over a very long life (1770-1850), never ceased to grow (even if it grew arthritic), it is not surprising that...
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No scrimping, no RAE, no cynical old men...
Top scientists are being wooed by an oasis of healthy salaries, hi-tech facilities and freedom. Anna Fazackerley joins them in the sun. David Lane discovered p53, the tumour suppressor gene that is...
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It's a blessing to be born in the Garden of Eden
Ethiopia offers rich ground for exploring the origins of humanity, and a few home-grown experts return after studying in Europe and the US, says Geoff Watts Palaeontologist Berhane Asfaw places a...
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The bloody business of manly pursuits
An academic victim of a violent attack in interwar London haunts Matt Houlbrook's exploration of a lost era's shifting sexual identities. One night in August 1929, two lives met. Philip was American...
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EuropaBio Position Paper on the Proposal for a Community Regulatory Framework on Advanced Therapies (link)
Brussels, 06 Jul 2005 Contribution of the European biotechnology industry to the Proposal for a Community Regulatory Framework on Advanced Therapies of 4 May 2005, following the public consultation...
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ESO Very Large Telescopes study comet after impact
Paris, 06 Jul 2005 Through the night of 4 July 2005, all European Southern Observatory (ESO) telescopes observed the effects of the impact on Comet 9P/Tempel 1. At sunset in Chile, the seven...
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SOHO spacecraft sees two comets plunge into the Sun
Paris, 06 Jul 2005 As of 6 July 2005, 989 comets have been discovered, using the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft, which is expected to discover its 1000th comet this...
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Pan-European project assesses safety and value of CT scans
Brussels, 06 Jul 2005 Researchers from ten teams in seven EU countries are working together to assess the safety and efficacy of computed tomography (CT) scans. CT scanners use x-ray equipment to...
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R&D efforts highly concentrated in economic clusters and EU top regions
Brussels, 06 Jul 2005 New figures on research and development (R&D) expenditure and personnel in the European regions from Eurostat show that R&D efforts are highly concentrated in...
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Commissioner Reding welcomes launch of NEM Technology Platform
Brussels, 06 Jul 2005 Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding has welcomed the official launch of the European Technology Platform for networked and electronic media (NEM), which...
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European efforts on diagnostics quality assurance for communicable diseases
Brussels, 06 Jul 2005 The European Network for Diagnostics of Imported Viral Diseases (ENIVD) has presented the results and conclusions of its external quality assurance activities (EQA) carried out...
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Agenda of the Research Working Party, 7 July
Brussels, 06 Jul 2005 Full text of Document 2511/05 1. Commission communication "Nanosciences and nanotechnologies: An action plan for Europe 2005-2009" ­ presentation and exchange of views...