Search starts for the funny bone
Why did the psychologist cross the road? To start an investigation into the science of humour. Richard Wiseman, senior lecturer in psychology at Hertfordshire University and reader in the public...
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Latest international news
Indonesian rector assassinated The rector of Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, has been assassinated by hit-men. Dayan Dawood, 55, was shot on Thursday just after leaving the...
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Latest UK news
BA conference highlights algae fears Poisonous algae are being shipped around the world in the ballast tanks of cargo vessels, delegates at the British Association's Festival of Science heard today....
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From today's UK papers
Guardian Plato's Republic has been voted the greatest work of philosophy, despite the fact that most modern thinkers would rubbish almost all of what he said. Independent Two hundred people have...
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Open door to study haven
Courses designed to accommodate the needs of strictly observant religious groups are in great demand. Caroline Davis reports. If Muhammad won't come to the mountain, the mountain must come to...
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Business is booming for courses with a conscience
Despite the president's views on the environment, demand is high for business courses that focus on corporate responsibility. Sarah Murray reports. If students at US business schools have their way,...
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In the right place for the wrong reason
A clash between science and religion has placed US universities on the political agenda. But, reports Stephen Phillips, higher education has more fundamental issues to which it would like President...
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You have to get dirty if you want to clean up
US universities are learning that lobbying is the key to their long-term financial health. The hotly contested stem-cell debate shows the growing willingness of US universities to step down from the...
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Corporations and activists square up on the internet
"We are at an important juncture for press freedom - the global corporate 'monoculture' has never been more powerful, but its success is generating massive opposition," says David Edwards, associate...
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The press is free to do just as it is told
Market forces and obedience to authority are shaking the once mighty champions of democracy, argues David Cromwell What is being reported blandly on the front pages," wrote American linguist and...
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Rousing the boiling frog
John Adams finds that the rise in crime may be linked to the fall in picnics. David Garland begins by asserting: "We quickly grow used to the way things are." His description of our contemporary...
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Crumbling decay and cockroach tea cures
Inventing New Orleans
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Soul-searching in the Homeric man
Flesh and Spirit in the Songs of Homer
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The tide turns on nature's 'master'
Dams and Development
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Modern metropolitan maladies
A Companion to the City