The women and men behind the mission to Mars
The landing site Dave Rothery, senior lecturer in earth sciences at the Open University On December 26, Beagle 2 will come to rest on the barren surface of Mars. By then, the first phase of Dave...
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Stars in our eyes obscure the view
Space travel is a risky business. Martin Rees considers who might be prepared to leave Earth to explore the heavens. The disintegration of the space shuttle Columbia in February this year reminds us...
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A ship's evolution from globetrotter to coastguard
The vessel that carried Darwin on his voyage around the world and gave its name to the British Mars lander has been lost for a century. Robert Prescott reports on the effort to find the Beagle. The...
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The unholy market kills divine life of the mind
As Charles Clarke's recent statements made clear, the search for knowledge through contemplation as an end in itself is under threat. If it is lost, argues Andrew Louth, our very notion of...
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Stung by Oddfather's funny turn
The admission by a US Mafia boss that he duped experts into believing he was mentally unfit for trial has put forensic psychiatry in the dock, writes Stephen Phillips. It was like night and day. The...
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No dinos or dodos will be resurrected
The study of ancient DNA is fascinating enough that it needs no flights of fancy, says Alan Cooper, the head of Oxford's new centre devoted to the subject. Claire Sanders reports. When it comes to...
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Eyes opened, but not by high-brow
Managerial Economics. Second edition - Applications, Strategy and Tactics. Ninth edition
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Strife is swept under the carpet
International Human Rights Law - Textbook on International Human Rights. First edition
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Talk of the town
Town and Country Planning in the UK. Thirteenth edition
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Women's relationships that it's time to reclaim
The Lesbian History Sourcebook
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Plus and minus of a brief too wide
Cultural Studies
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Fighting the good fight
Journalism Online. First edition - An Introduction to Journalism
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Time for a good old get-together
Philosophy of Logic - The Blackwell Guide to Philosophical Logic. First Edition - Introduction to Logic. First edition
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Multi-mind blossoms
The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Science. First edition - Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Readings. First edition
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Disarm with detail or bludgeon with bluff
A Routledge Literary Sourcebook on Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman - A Routledge Literary Sourcebook on William Shakespeare's Othello. First edition - A Routledge Literary...