Science pitch for cash
Research Councils UK this week published its vision for science for the next ten years. The document is the latest tool in the battle to secure more money in the forthcoming spending review. The...
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Counting on colleagues
An institute for mathematical science was launched at Imperial College London this week. Some 50 mathematicians - both staff and visiting fellows - will work for three-year stints researching...
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Big history questions: Politics by other means or a cock-up?
Why do wars begin? Peter Furtado looks at the facts, while the ancient Greeks, Tom Palaima says, could have warned us that peace is an illusion The word "war" claims a certain dignity to its...
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Why peace is a conjuror's trick
Why do wars begin? Peter Furtado looks at the facts, while the ancient Greeks, Tom Palaima says, could have warned us that peace is an illusion. Why do wars begin? The simple answer is they never end...
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'Education was a rumour - you'll think you'll never get in
Where can a former alcoholic with a criminal record get the chance to go to university? Chris Bunting reports on the provisional wing of the widening participation movement Anthony Hall was born into...
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When fear becomes another epidemic
Vaccination has revolutionised public health, so why is it now being viewed with such suspicion? Anna Fazackerley finds out Talk of a global outbreak of a new strain of killer influenza has been...
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Legacy of a witty populist
Alan Ryan remembers the prime mover behind the transformation of the US higher education landscape. Clark Kerr, who died on December 1 aged 92, was the most important figure in the history of public...
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Big history questions: Politics by other means or a cock-up?
Why do wars begin? Peter Furtado looks at the facts, while the ancient Greeks, Tom Palaima says, could have warned us that peace is an illusion The word "war" claims a certain dignity to its...
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Why peace is a conjuror's trick
Why do wars begin? Peter Furtado looks at the facts, while the ancient Greeks, Tom Palaima says, could have warned us that peace is an illusion. Why do wars begin? The simple answer is they never end...
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'Education was a rumour - you'll think you'll never get in
Where can a former alcoholic with a criminal record get the chance to go to university? Chris Bunting reports on the provisional wing of the widening participation movement Anthony Hall was born into...
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When fear becomes another epidemic
Vaccination has revolutionised public health, so why is it now being viewed with such suspicion? Anna Fazackerley finds out Talk of a global outbreak of a new strain of killer influenza has been...
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Legacy of a witty populist
Alan Ryan remembers the prime mover behind the transformation of the US higher education landscape. Clark Kerr, who died on December 1 aged 92, was the most important figure in the history of public...
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Shaping the world
The Man who Flattened the Earth
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Fat-cat legacies
Made in Texas
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Tyrant's statue casts long shadow
Playing Lear