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There have been two recent references in your pages to physics at the University of Poppleton. While Laurie Taylor's reports might occasionally lead one to consider whether that struggling...
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'He did all that was possible - he saved 150 Jews'
Should Israel honour a Ukrainian who sheltered Jews from the Nazis - even if he backed the SS? Anne Sebba meets a man who thinks so Why would an Israeli, let alone a retired historian, fight for the...
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Genius rings out despite manuscript's missing notes
Mozart remains an elusive and frustrating figure to scholars 250 years after his birth, but his music still moves audiences, Christopher Wood discovers It's Mozart year. Forget for a moment that for...
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The list that launches couchside careers ... is growing in authority and relevance
Students of a subject are guided by textbooks that represent the consensus. Harriet Swain tracks the rise and fall of works in the psychology canon as the knowledge base expands and emphases shift...
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...is growing in authority and relevance
Miles Hewstone, who has helped edit 16 books, says texts have come a long way in presentation and suitability from the dull, monochrome volumes he remembers as an undergraduate The honour of...
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Big Brother's big chill on campus
With the Pentagon branding peaceful student protests potential threats to national security, Stephen Phillips asks if America's war on terror is leading to more surveillance of university activities...
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Biotech Crops: Safe, Effective and Unfairly Blocked By EU, says USTR, EU Moratorium on Biotechnology Not Based on Science
Washington D.C., 25 Jan 2006 Since the late 1990's, the EU has pursued policies that undermine the development and use of agricultural biotechnology. Beginning in October 1998, the EU adopted a...
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Call for expressions of interest in membership of EFSA's scientific bodies extended until 17 February (OJ link)
Brussels, 25 January 2006 Call for expressions of interest in membership of the Scientific Committee and scientific panels of the European Food Safety Authority (Deadline for expression of interest...
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Commission to take part in International Forum for new generation of nuclear research
Brussels, 25 Jan 2006 Janez Potočnik European Commissioner for Science and Research has signed the letter of accession of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) to the Generation IV...
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Agenda of the Working Party "Transport Intermodal Questions and Networks", 30 January 2006
Brussels, 25 Jan 2006 Full text of Document 267/06 1. GALILEO - Participation of third countries in the GNSS Supervisory Authority - Examination of draft Council conclusions = Doc. 5538/06 TRANS 19...
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Presidency List of topics on which there could be open debates at meetings of the Council
Brussels, 25 Jan 2006 Full text of Document 5363/1/06 Revision 01 Suite of documents 5363/1/06 - List of topics on which there could be open debates at meetings of the Council (Article 8 para 3 of...
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Children who use computers perform better, says OECD
Brussels, 25 Jan 2006 The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has published research compiled from its 30 member countries, including within the EU, suggesting that children...
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Animal testing targeted in action plan on animal welfare
Brussels, 25 Jan 2006 The European Commission has adopted an action plan on improving animal welfare, which includes a section on promoting alternative approaches to animal testing. EU Health and...
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COST workshop 'Food and health: the way forward', Brussels
Brussels, 25 Jan 2006 COST, the intergovernmental programme for European cooperation in the field of scientific and technical research, is organising a strategic workshop on 'Food and health: the way...
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Japan's ALOS in orbit: ESA will deliver its data to European researchers
Paris, 25 Jan 2006 ALOS, Japan's latest Earth Observation satellite, was successfully launched at 02:33 CET (10:33 Japan time) on 24 January. Environmental data and imagery from ALOS will be provided...