First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is by a former prisoner and exile: "At 5am, as usual, reveille was sounded - a hammer banged against a rail...
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Genetic equation doesn't add up
The Maths Gene
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Recognising parts of the body that make up the mind
The New Cognitive Neurosciences
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Safe havens that housed cruelty
Prisoners of War
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Cinderella finds liberation
Stepchildren of Nature
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No clear victor in nuclear debate
Parenting
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Past history and 2001 hall of fame
Psychology in Britain
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Hitler and Jesus: how should science diagnose them?
Prophets, Cults and Madness
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You'll always be my baby
Overprotective parents rob their children of independence and keep them infants into their university years, argues Frank Furedi. In the course of doing the research for my book Paranoid Parenting ,...
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And on your right, the site of the Morecambe slave boy's grave
Forget the medieval castles, British history has a darker side. Alan Rice embarks on an alternative UK study trip. The European Grand Tour has been a staple for American tourists ever since the late...
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English takes India from Raj to riches
Information technology giants are beating a path to India's door because of its low costs and competence in the language of computing, Shreesh Chaudhary writes. English should be India's official...
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Legislating copyrights and wrongs
Teresa Hackett reports on how new EU copyright regulations try to balance the needs of right-holders and users. It has been described as the most lobbied piece of European legislation. After three...
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If it's for the public good, shouldn't the public pay?
In the first in a series on intellectual property rights, Alison Goddard reports on the debate over private interests versus public good. How does one strike a balance between the public good of free...
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Latest international news
Students show solidarity for Macedonian rebels Ethnic Albanian students from the University of Pristina have marched through the Kosovan capital to show solidarity for the rebels in Macedonia. Jobs...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times A new material created at the University of Leipzig combines the mechanical properties of rubber with the electric properties of a liquid crystal, paving the way for new designs of...