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BSE blunder leaves consumers in doubt Scientists at the Institute of Animal Health in Edinburgh, who have been trying to find out if BSE has infected sheep, have mistakenly been testing the brains of...
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From today's UK papers
Scientists in key BSE tests used wrong animal brains An inquiry has been launched into how a crucial experiment into whether BSE has infected sheep fell apart in disarray after an astonishing mix-up...
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Netgazette
• University of Melbourne The following awards have been made: The Chemeca Medal , jointly awarded by the Institution of Engineers Australia Chemical College, the Institution of Chemical Engineers in...
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There's more to life than DNA
It wasn't just science James Watson hotly pursued, says Ian Wilmut. I am among the thousands of budding scientists who read the first volume of James Watson's autobiography, The Double Helix , to...
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How empire made the British at home
Geography Militant
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Signs of sacred or just decor?
Proceedings of the First International Symposium
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The tactics of Asia's top tiger
From Third World to First
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When you should count your spoons
Easy Money
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is taken from a work by a Nobel prize-winning mathematician: "In all history, nothing is so surprising or so...
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Tales to get bankers blushing
Reform and Recovery in East Asia - The Japanese Economy - An Economic History of Malaysia, c.1800-1990
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Capital idea for shared ownership
The Ownership Solution
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Fear of losing the US's marbles
The End of Globalization
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Flawed theories can cost billions
Marshall's Tendencies
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Laurie Taylor
Anything interesting in this week's THES ? Not really. There is another Don's Diary written by some lucky sod who's wangled enough conference expenses to get him to the South of France. And then...