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  1. Reality check 2

    As a graduate, I am not prone to student-hating prejudice. But when I am repeatedly woken in the middle of the night by my student neighbours and sworn at when I ask them to keep the noise down, my...

    #Letters

  2. The rise and fall of 'silent girly-girls in G-strings'

    'Raunch culture' and the hypersexualisation of youth have exposed women to sex at a younger age, leaving them dissatisfied and insecure. Angela Phillips believes a return to feminist discourse on...

    #Features

  3. Must science always end up on the altar?

    As a cardinal seeks excommunication of those involved in stem-cell research, Michael Ruse surveys the Catholic Church's record on stifling discovery Earlier this month, Cardinal Alfonso López...

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  4. Important notice: a brain has two sides

    Gone are the days of unadulterated arts or science study at university. Today's campuses offer a multitude of degree combinations that cross the arts-science divide. C. P. Snow would have been proud...

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  5. At the sharp end of the facts, not the fiction

    In April, the UK saw its first measles-related death since 1992. Stephen Phillips charts a worrying fall in vaccine uptake, in particular among the well-heeled For immunologists, it is the best and...

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  6. 'In the UK, you find you're on your own'

    Are universities more interested in foreign students' fees than their welfare? Tony Tysome asks the experts It's been a five-hour train journey to Plymouth and I have no idea where I'm going when I...

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  7. Debate is about to get personal

    Do students need formal processes by which to plan their development, or does this constitute hand-holding? Opinion is split, finds Harriet Swain Battered and embittered by the reactions of reluctant...

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  8. Eurochambres Position Paper on R&D Tax Incentives

    Brussels, 12 Jul 2006 SUMMARY OF EUROCHAMBRES' POSITION We believe that the provision of guidelines by the Commission on a harmonised framework on R&D tax incentives can be beneficial in...

  9. US scientists crack Galileo codes

    Brussels, 12 Jul 2006 A group of US scientists has cracked the so-called pseudo random number (PRN) codes of Galileo, Europe's first global navigation satellite, despite efforts to keep the codes...

  14. Global dynamics of Venus northern hemisphere

    Paris, 12 Jul 2006 On 20 April 2006, after its first 9-day, elongated orbit around Venus, ESA's Venus Express started to get closer to the planet, until it reached its final 24-hour long orbit on 7...

  15. Today's news

    Lecturer who said 'blacks were inferior' retires early A university lecturer who was suspended after claiming black people were intellectually inferior to whites has taken early retirement. Frank...

    #News