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  4. The road from fruit and veg to purest iron

    Robin Butler welcomes a survey of Baroness Thatcher's early years One of the tasks delegated to the cabinet secretary by successive prime ministers is the vetting of mini-sterial memoirs. The idea is...

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  6. A very cool way to raise the dead

    Ralph Merkle wants to be frozen when he dies, because he believes his specialism of nanotechnology will one day be able to bring him back to life. Justin Mullins reports. Ralph Merkle wears a silver...

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  7. Hey scientist, we're special, so get used to it

    Humans are special beings, inside and outside nature. Scientists who cannot acknowledge this will never be able to fathom us, says Kenan Malik. It may not be too much to say that sociology and other...

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  8. Social science takes a place at High Table

    Sociology has finally made it to Oxford. Helen Hague meets Anthony Heath, who is set to put the subject at the centre of the university and the heart of policy Oxford University finally set up a...

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  9. In the new Russia, history students no longer see red

    Young Russian historians are far more interested in the domestic life of 19th-century peasants than in the forging of a Soviet superpower, reports Catherine Merridale. Teachers of history in Russian...

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  10. Why happiness is skin deep

    Skin disorders are not just a physical issue, their psychosocial impact can have tragic consequences, Linda Papadopoulos tells Anne Sebba. When "Nasty" Nick was expelled from the house in the hit...

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  11. Higher channels

    John Davies deconstructs the schedules (all times pm unless stated). Pick of the week Simon Schama's History of Britain reaches Richard II this week (Wednesday 9.30 BBC2), but fails to mention the...

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  12. Higher Channels

    Pick of the week Simon Schama greets Richard II in his History of Britain this week (Wednesday 9.00 BBC2), but there’s no room to mention the greatest poet of his reign, Geoffrey Chaucer. A...

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  13. Laurie Taylor

    From: The departmental secretary (Maureen) Subject: Emails As you will see from the circulation list I have included at the foot of this email, I am now writing to all academic members of this...

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  14. Public is right to be wary of GM, so let's open debate

    Britain's plant scientists are a diverse group, to judge from responses to our poll on the genetic modification of crops, but their concern at the public hostility they face is shared. The BSE crisis...

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