Why I have taken a shot at bullshit
Bullshit is one of the most salient features of our culture. Every day we are confronted by politicians, pundits and others who talk from a position of partial or total ignorance. They engage in...
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Red spells danger
Lighten the paperwork burden, urges Patricia Hodgson. Freedom will give Britain the edge Managing a large university must be one of the most demanding executive tasks in the UK. It requires the...
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Go on, make your refutation
We now have journals of negative results, but will Bruce Charlton's dream turn into a monster? If it is every columnist's dream to make a difference "out there in the real world", then I have just...
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Revised COST Budget Allocation by Domain for 2005 - Provisional Budget for 2006 (link)
Revised COST Budget Allocation by Domain for 2005 - Provisional Budget for 2006 (link) Brussels, 17 Feb 2005 Full text of Document 217/05 Suite of documents 217/05 Subject: - Revised budget...
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Commission calls for enhanced cooperation in space
Brussels, 17 February 2005 At the ‘Winning through co-operation: sharing the benefits of space’ conference in Brussels to day, over 40 nations and around 20 international...
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Enterprise Commissioner Günter Verheugen: The Importance of Space, International Space Conference (link)
Enterprise Commissioner Günter Verheugen: The Importance of Space, International Space Conference (link) Brussels, 17 February 2005 I am delighted to welcome you here in Brussels at this...
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Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot: GALILEO - L’Europe montre la voie Conférence internationale sur la coopération dans l’espace
Bruxelles, le 17 février 2005 Introduction Laissez-moi tout d’abord vous dire combien je me félicite de cette semaine sur « La Terre et l’Espace » organisée à Bruxelles, qui traduit...
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Institutional cooperation crucial for space-based disaster management, says JRC
Brussels, 17 Feb 2005 The Asian tsunami of 26 December 2004 produced an unprecedented response from satellite monitoring agencies around the globe keen to support the relief effort, and in doing so,...
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International report urges pharmaceutical industry to invest more in nanotechnology
Brussels, 17 Feb 2005 While EU governments are making funding available for nanotechnology research, major pharmaceutical companies are investing very little money or human resources in this field,...
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Nanotechnology in Northern Europe Brussels, 17 Feb 2005
Brussels, 17 Feb 2005 An international conference on nanotechnology in Northern Europe will take place in Helsinki, Finland, from 26 to 28 April. The aim of the conference is to discuss research,...
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Second phase of European vaccine against HIV/AIDS begins
Brussels, 17 Feb 2005 Following on from the success of the first phase I study, the European Vaccine Effort against HIV/AIDS (EuroVacc) has announced the start of a second series of clinical trials (...
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Agenda of the Research Working Party, 21 February
Brussels, 17 Feb 2005 Full text of Document 599/05 1. Commission communication on Women and Science - Presentation and exchange of views 2. Security-related research - Information from the Commission...
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Forty Countries, 20 International Organisations Look to Increase International Cooperation in Space (link)
Paris, 17 Feb 2005 Over 40 nations and around 20 international organisations, including ESA, have come together in Brussels for two days, today and tomorrow, to exchange views on policies related to...
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Today's news
Graduates debt will reach £48,825 in 2023, says report Students who graduate in 2023 face debts of £43,825, four times the amount accumulated by their present-day counterparts, according to new...
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Laurie Taylor Column
Universities will offer a bewildering array of bursaries and benefits to students in 2006 - Times Higher , February 11 UNIVERSITY OF POPPLETON Anxious about the cost of studying at university in 2006...