Raw data dangers (1 of 2)
I read with interest the recent article by Darrel Ince, "Systems failure" (5 May). Unfortunately, I do not think such problems as those he discusses are uncommon with new analyses, but it is rare...
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Raw data dangers (2 of 2)
Your article "To get to the truth, open up" (Leader, 5 May) seems to reflect society's preconceived ideas about science and scientists, rather than the actualities of scientific research. Scientists...
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Funding - how predictable
Bravo, Baroness! Susan Greenfield is right that risk aversion in funding conflicts with "originality and independence of thought" ("Mighty oaks and little acorns", 12 May).To a less "distinguished"...
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Revealing documents
"'We are seeing an increase in the number of women taking the GMAT, driven mainly by Chinese women'" runs the caption to the picture accompanying your article "An upturn in the downturn for MBA...
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Shareholding academy
In the face of the current trend towards privatisation, should the academic and administrative staff of our universities be encouraged to buy their institutions in order to place their destinies in...
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Film review: Win Win
A high-calibre cast overcome a contrived storyline about a fresh start in middle age, says Duncan Wu
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TV review: Wonderland: The Trouble with Love and Sex
Gary Day is touched by an animated exploration of Relate's work with troubled or warring couples
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Peter Young, 1923-2011
Very tall, with a shock of white hair, Peter Young was a "cheerful, humorous and knowledgeable" engineering professor who also enjoyed choral singing.Born in Boston, Lincolnshire on 23 November 1923...
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Campus round-up
University of ManchesterShared remediesTwo pharmaceutical companies have teamed up with a university for collaborative research into inflammatory diseases. The University of Manchester,...
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Odds and quads
The linear écraseur chain - developed in Paris in 1850 for amputating limbs and tumours, and for castration - works by the gradual tightening of the chain loop, crushing tissue without causing...
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19 May 2011
Love over money - Will happiness and well-being become the economists’ measures of choice?
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Visa rules threaten overseas foundations, Study Group says
The UK’s £2.4 billion overseas student market could yet take a hit from government visa restrictions, according to a private firm that provides foundation courses.
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Tara Brabazon: Preservation orders
In a technological environment built on planned obsolescence, history matters, argues Tara Brabazon