Ethics of gene data adverts challenged
A group of European academics has spoken out against biotechnology companies that advertise genetic tests on the internet, offering web surfers the chance to check paternity of children and their...
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27% of German students drop out
More than a quarter of German students drop out of higher education before their final exams, according to a study by the Higher Education Information System. The survey found that financial problems...
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Estonian institution reprieved over debt
Estonia's largest private higher education institution, Concordia International University, has had a late reprieve from prosecution for a tax debt of 8 million kroons (£987,000). But the company...
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International bid to protect free networks from telecom firms
An international group of computer scientists has launched a framework for the legal protection of free community broadband wireless networks to prevent predatory moves by telecommunications carriers...
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Whistleblowers: Luton 'misreported' student numbers
Luton University "misreported" its student numbers to funding chiefs at a time when it was struggling to meet recruitment targets. Documents seen by The THES show that auditors from the Higher...
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Half-shadows of the Reich
Hitler's Jewish Soldiers
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Swiss Family Robinson meets a man with a mission
The Magistrate's Tale
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Finding a place in peace and war
The New Nuclear Danger - Tritium on Ice
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On the sweet pain of a hot poker
Sweet Violence
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Saving the world and parsing an ism
A Singular Modernity
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Best of British
Whisky Galore! and The Maggie - A Night to Remember - The Dam Busters - The 39 Steps
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Confucius but no Fu Man Chu
New Chinese Cinema
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a diary by someone who liked to refer to herself by her surname: "We left England on the 13 September...
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From laundry to Frankenstein's lab
Panorama
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Teen angst, trivia and driving tests
Kurt Cobain