The week in books
Isabella De' Medici: The Glorious Life and Tragic End of a Renaissance Princess by Caroline P. Murphy, associate professor of Renaissance art, University of California, Riverside. Faber and Faber, £...
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The quest for a new New Deal
Howard Davies appraises the sound economic and political sense behind Paul Krugman's latest work
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Guilty Robots, Happy Dogs: The Question of Alien Minds
It's a decent bet that right now there are more guilty "robots" roaming the internet on the lookout for your unguarded e-mail address than there will ever be real robot canines patrolling our homes...
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Blubberland: The Dangers of Happiness
Blubberland is Elizabeth Farrelly's name for the state of mind induced by the excesses of the consumer society. It is also a place, usually sprawling outside cities, of shopping malls, gated...
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Top 10 academic bestsellers: Blackwell, Southampton
1. Remedies for Torts and Breach of Contract by Andrew BurrowsOxford University Press, £39.95. ISBN 97804069772672. Law Express: Contract Law by Emily Finch and Stefan FafinskiPearson Education, £9....
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A human among the immortals
Christopher Eyre on an attempt to enliven a history of the pharaonic era with an ordinary girl's life story
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In Defense of Dolphins: The New Moral Frontier
"Swimming with dolphins" regularly tops lists of things that people would like to do before they die. Part of the appeal arises from the popular view of these animals as symbols of intelligence and...
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Gladstone: God and Politics
Alistair Campbell said, "We don't do God", but, as we know, Tony Blair did. Few prime ministers have consciously made their political decisions in the light of their religious beliefs but one who did...
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingARCHAEOLOGY- Rome and Environs: An Archaeological GuideBy Filippo Coarelli, professor of Greek and Roman antiquities, University of Perugia, translated by James J. Clauss,...
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Newcastle University - Mutation implicated in eczema
Scientists at Newcastle University have found a gene mutation that is an important cause of eczema and dry skin in children. A faulty version of the gene, filaggrin, causes the condition in 4 per...
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University of Keele - Magnets used to target tumours
A cancer treatment using microscopic magnets to enable human cells to target tumours has been developed by researchers. The new magnetic targeting technique has been developed by a team from the...
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University of York - Beer time on conference agenda
Academics who tell their bosses that they are in the pub instead of attending a conference could probably expect to be hauled over the coals. But that is what a group of University of York staff have...
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University of Birmingham - Hydrogen fuel on tap on campus
England's first hydrogen gas-fuelling station has been opened at the University of Birmingham's Edgbaston campus. It is situated in the department of chemical engineering, where research projects are...
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University of Aberdeen - A digital take on everyday life
Research into secret prisons in Afghanistan, a sci-fi movie assembled from CCTV footage, and ball bearings used to represent deaths reported on the web are all part of a major conference on digital...
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University of Cambridge - Free web access to Darwin papers
Charles Darwin's original version of the theory of evolution is being published on the web. The first draft of the paper was among thousands of the scientist's papers being made available online by...