Time...the final frontier
Time travel is more than mere fantasy. Some scientists believe it is theoretically possible. Physicist Paul Davies reports In a modest museum beside Waterloo Bridge in London stands an old-fashioned...
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I am not a number (of genes), I am an individual
Bad genetics and bad evolutionary psychology make for a dangerous cocktail, says Gabby Dover Dear Mr Darwin, I've been stimulated to write to you again. You might recall how I suggested that our...
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Looking at life funny side up
Are cartoons worthy of academic study? asks Jennifer Currie Studies of Andy Capp and saucy seaside postcards are more than just objects of amusement, says Nick Hiley. "They are worthy of serious...
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Non-sexist harassment
'The critical finding, in our view, was that Professor Xydeas treated his subordinates evenhandedly, that is badly, without discriminating between the sexes' Manchester University has been cleared of...
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Natfhe demands investigation
Lecturers' union Natfhe has called on education secretary David Blunkett to investigate The THES's revelations that Derby University admitted students to degree courses in Israel without agreed...
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Should an ivory tower turn fortress?
University life can give a false sense of security - drug abuse, vandalism and theft are constant worries. Claire Sanders reports on campus policing One day last month Alan Naylor, head of security...
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Knocking on EU's door
With massive government backing, Slovenia is developing a high-tech economy, say it's ministers. Michael de Laine reports. Proceeds from privatisation and massive government support are to be used in...
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Mariner marvel
History's greatest prehistoric mariners, the Polynesians, may have first gained their sea legs in the waters between Taiwan and China, a new archaeological study has suggested. Research into the...
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Science of spin
The days of conventional electronics could be numbered. Competing teams of scientists are preparing to announce the creation of memory chips that use the spin and not the charge of an electron to...
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Bay watch
Plutonium from Soviet underwater nuclear tests has contaminated life in an Arctic bay and spread in a plume to one of the world's most important fisheries. In the first scientific investigation in...
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The shooting
International scientists are attempting to shed light on the dynamics of the universe's mass. Paul Bompard reports from Rome One of the most ambitious and costly experiments ever attempted in...
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Researchers at the Gran Sasso laboratory
Researchers at the Gran Sasso laboratory believe they have detected particles that could explain one of the great mysteries of the universe. The details of the discovery will be announced this week...
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Cutting edge
The lives of Russia's street children mirror the post-communist society, in which adults are finding their way in an unknown world Since the start of the market reforms, the presence on the streets...
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The integron effect
Students do better when we focus on how they take in facts and turn them into wisdom, say Barbara Gorayska and Chris Lonsdale Students, looking slightly bored and hassled, file into a lecture theatre...
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Star turn
The manager of Bairds Malt near Edinburgh emerges to meet the coach-load of postgraduates from Heriot-Watt University's international centre for brewing and distilling. "Do you want a beer to start...