First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a meditation on death by a physician: "In the deep discovery of the Subterranean world, a shallow part...
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Breathing life into a symbol of death
Human Bones
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Flight of fancy for the field
Birds Britannica
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Monkey business and the hunt for early man
The Complete World of Human Evolution
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Old ideas shimmy in flashy clothes
What Makes Biology Unique?
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Twists and turns in our evolution
Biology - Life - Biology - Biology Today
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Putting a little less flesh on bare bones
The Juvenile Skeleton
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Behavioural excellence
Essential Animal Behavior
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Hot date that never was... must have been the make-up
Why Some Like it Hot: Food
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Testicle belts and other nerve-racking encounters on path through life
The Ape in the Tree
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Cover-up claims over debt research
University vice-chancellors were accused this week of suppressing vital research on student debt during the run-up to the May 2005 general election in order to avoid criticism of the Government's...
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Minorities win more top jobs in academia
Ethnic minorities are slowly beginning to claw their way into the upper echelons of academia despite still being underrepresented in senior ranks. Figures compiled by the Association of University...
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'Computers will never supersede the need for universities'
Brian Ford, visiting professor at Leicester University, says technology adds a new dimension to learning In a Google search of e-teaching, Leicester University rates pretty highly, Brian Ford, the...
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On the move...
* Lora Nicolaou , director of urban strategies at the design consultancy DEGW, has been appointed head of research at Greenwich University's Urban Renaissance Institute at Medway. * The University of...
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V-cs call on peers to fight corner
Vice-chancellors have mobilised peers to defend academic freedom as the Terrorism Bill enters the House of Lords on Monday, writes Tony Tysome. The move comes amid fears that issues affecting...