You can't count on the carefree
In their drive to boost numbers, universities are recruiting students who lack motivation and drop out without a second thought. Frank Furedi seeks a solution in the US. Universities are frantically...
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Fun, frolics and field studies
If you want to combine a holiday with a spot of research, Ivor Gaber's got some tips. But look out for caravan kooks, axe-murderers and stinking naked hippies. As the Easter vacation approaches, many...
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Is it time for a third (world) way...?
Development economics has traditionally been skewed by a western focus but Chris Bunting reports on attempts to bring a fresh perspective to the issues Sustainable development does not often get a...
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US hit by creationist pox that silences 'e' word
Fundamentalist Christians have changed tack in their efforts to oppose the teaching of evolution. Stephen Phillips finds that they are making inroads in schools. The world's most technologically...
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Maths star from outside the fold
From the age of seven, Erik Demaine travelled with and was taught by his father - until Erik took over, aged nine. Jon Marcus met him at MIT, where the 21-year-old is an assistant professor on the...
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Excusez-moi, etes vous un terroriste?
In the US, national language competence is being fast-tracked post September11. But here, we're planning to let pupils drop foreign language learning at 14. This linguistic complacency is dangerous...
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A combination still to crack
A better grasp of the nature-nurture relationship may offer insights into crime, cancer and more, writes Michael Rutter. Until recently, behaviour genetics was mainly concerned with quantifying the...
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Inside the race of the century
Public science was key in decoding the genome, says Ian Wilmut. The events described in The Common Thread will be of profound importance to everyone. Knowledge of the sequence of the human genome...
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Living under the pharaoh's spell
Egypt of the Pharaohs - Egyptian Diaries - Reflections of Osiris - An Egyptian Bestiary
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Where matriarchs mix it up with bone hunters
Frontiers 01
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Battlefield for parents' genes
Evolutionary Psychology - Human Nature After Darwin
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Blinded by blindsight?
Out of Mind
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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 novel set in pre-war London by a prize-winning Australian: "Outside the station, people settled down...
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Closer look at staff minds
Organizational Psychology and Development - Well-Being in Organizations - Personnel Psychology and HRM
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Details obscure route of intellect
Biological Psychology