Don't lose your head
As a recently appointed head of department, I found the story reporting that heads are taking on the role to get more time for their research rather disturbing ("Headed for frustration", August 31)....
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Cutting-edge degrees
Liz McDowell is reported as questioning the relevance in this day and age of grading students ("Don't weed out, help students blossom", September 7) and substantiates her argument by quoting non-...
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The new bohemia and why we must save it
London's vibrant cultural scene is also a multibillion-pound industry, but its survival is under threat as rising living costs break up the communities that power it, argues Elizabeth Currid. Among...
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Natural attractions and convivial conversation
Cambridge University - and the surrounding countryside - recently played host to a unique inter-disciplinary event that explored humans' relationship with the natural world. Leo Mellor reports...
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'None of us fits into neat little boxes'
Individuals who have been helped (or not) by social services aid in enlightening and assessing trainee social workers at Hertfordshire. Jak Peake reports It is Tuesday morning, and I am joining a...
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Core, what a scorcher - style 3
The new temperature is about as hot as the Sun's surface and the team from University College London believe their figure is the most accurate yet achieved.Volcanoes reveal the Earth's internal...
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Moon burial for geologist - style 2
US geologist Gene Shoemaker, killed in a 1997 car crash in Australia, is soon to become the first person to be buried on another planet.
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Asteroid makes close approach
Astronomers have tracked a large asteroid moving close to Earth.The 45-metre-wide (150 feet) space rock, travelling at more than 30 kilometres (18 miles) per second, came within 480,000 kilometres (...
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Seismic Threat to World Outlined style 1
After nearly a decade of work, an international team of earthquake scientists has produced the first estimates of seismic hazard levels for the entire world.At a meeting of the American Geophysical...
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Fossett sought via Google Earth + inline image
Mr Fossett went missing on 3 September after taking off in his single-engine Citabria aircraft from the Flying M Ranch near Yerington, Nevada. The trip was supposed to last a maximum of three hours....
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Flexing Muscle Sheets Made With Rat Heart Cells - Landscape
Imagine origami that can fold itself into the shape of a fish or a slug—and then swim or crawl around under its own power.Researchers at Harvard University have created thin sheets of elastic film...
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Moray Eels Grab Prey With "Alien" Jaws
Much like the fearsome star of the Alien movies, moray eels have a second set of toothed jaws that drag prey into their throats, a new study has found.In a series of experiments, scientists at the...
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New 7 Wonders vs. Ancient 7 Wonders - portrait
July 9, 2007—The 105-foot-tall (38-meter-tall) "Christ the Redeemer" statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was among the "new seven wonders of the world" announced July 7 following a global poll to...
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Geography: The lost world
More than 3,000 young adults in nine countries were tested on their geographical knowledge - with some alarming results.Despite a deluge of news about the prospect of a war against Saddam Hussein,...
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Swimming in chlorine byproducts
When athletes at this year's U.S. national swimming championships found themselves gasping for breath while competing at the indoor pool at Indianapolis University, event organizers said the culprit...