In with the new
What will the sciences look like in 1997 and who will be the people to watch? Graham Lawton, in the final part of the series, spots the projects to watch CELL DIVISION In Cell division is a delicate...
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In with the new
What will the sciences look like in 1997 and who will be the people to watch? Graham Lawton, in the final part of the series, spots the projects to watch SOLAR NEUTRINO EXPERIMENT Some 6,800 feet...
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Red, white and blue
What is British art? Marcia Pointon thinks the answer should be found in the new Tate Gallery The Tate Gallery is facing its greatest challenge since the collection opened its doors to the public in...
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In with the new
What will the sciences look like in 1997 and who will be the people to watch? Graham Lawton, in the final part of the series, spots the projects to watch The big biological news of 1996 looks likely...
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In with the new
What will the sciences look like in 1997 and who will be the people to watch? Graham Lawton, in the final part of the series, spots the projects to watch The new year will be one of celebration for...
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The Qu'ran's call to arms
Jonathan Benthall examines zakat, the Muslim tradition of alms-giving It is a mass-produced plastic model of the octagonal Dome of the Rock shrine in Jerusalem. Two circular strips of paper glued...
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Warwick bares all on air
Warwick University has agreed to subject itself to the intrusions of a fly-on-the-wall radio series. But Simon Midgley finds the natives sanguine about such exposure In a rare warts-and-all...
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Heads or tales?
It's the story of a desperate gamble, of suspense and of survival in a cut-throat world. And that's just the course. Tony Tysome meets some of the budding writers on Liverpool John Moores University'...
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New Year Honours List
Privy Counsellor Eric Forth, MP for Mid Worcestershire and minister of state, Department for Education and Employment. Knights Bachelor Thomas Leon Blundell, FRS, for services to the Biotechnology...
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Leaders of the pack set the pace
Our economic performance has improved markedly only since we started to offer opportunities for advanced professional and vocational training to a much larger slice of the population Nineteen ninety-...
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A world full of brave new ideas
LAST week's research assessments show that despite complaints of limited resources, many British academics are doing terrific research. This week and next, The THES is looking at where the best...
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Bachelors who miss the party
Institutions should help hard-up graduates pay the spiralling cost of attending their graduation ceremonies, argues Gail Chester. Across the country over the last few months, new graduates should...
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00 VII?
Was Leonardo Da Vinci Machiavelli's informer? Tim Cornwell examines the evidence. A new book by a political philosopher reads, in stretches, like a CIA hunt for a double-agent within its ranks. A...
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Season's eatings
'Tis the season of goodwill and gluttony when college and campus tables groan with slabs of Christmas pudding and melt-in-the-mouth brussels sprouts. But not everyone joins in this festive time with...
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Beware devils wielding whips
Anyone emerging wanly today after the excesses of Christmas can console themselves with the thought that at least it was a lot shorter than Christmas in central and eastern Europe. The season there...