A crusade for better scholarship
The Crusades
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Amnesia makes variety the spice of death
The Condor's Shadow
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Exercises in eternal delight
The Energy of Life
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Gay the gorilla and the secrets of gender
Biological Exuberance - Sexing the Brain
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How to prepare an egg
Design for a Life
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Search for polymath's elementary particles
Strange Beauty
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The position of missionaries
Missionaries, Rebellion and Proto-Nationalism
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Up to speed in the human race?
Sudden Origins
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The life processes brought to life on CD-Rom
Principles of Biochemistry - Molecular Cell Biology
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On the tyranny of the alphabet
Written Language and Literacy
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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 Cambridge Scrutineer: "In 20th-century England not onlyeveryone can read, but it is safe to addthat...
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Bug that bears the mark of death
While researching a strain of typhoid wreaking havoc in Vietnam, British scientists made a chilling discovery. At the heart of the typhoid bug they glimpsed the Black Death. Steve Farrar reports. It...
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The men who were born to run
Are black athletes inherently better at endurance running? On the eve of the London marathon, Jennifer Currie reports on a controversial theory. When Matthew Birir, Patrick Sang and William Muturol...
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Barefoot and female
Although the Victorians would have us believe otherwise, athletics was not invented as a gentlemanly pursuit. According to Peter Radford, professor of sport science at Brunel University, any mention...