In 1948 researchers from Pennsylvania State College found that the majority of people they surveyed put psychology at the bottom of a list of careers they would like their children to go into. Forty...
Nigeria is appointing many of its former heads of state - some of them linked to brutal military regimes - as pro chancellors of its 34 universities. Tunde Adeniran, the minister of education, said...
Social scientists at Aberdeen University have accused the company behind the BBC's social experiment Castaway 2000 of creating heroes and villains to conceal their own manipulative, behind-the-scenes...
Britain's international academic reputation suffered a further blow this week when the Quality Assurance Agency expressed doubts about universities' overseas activities. In an audit of Britain's...
Excrement is a growing area in archaeology. Miles Russell explains the power of poo. Ever stopped to think about poo? I do not mean in a deviant way (though obviously that is entirely your...
What is the nature of the perfect relationship and can it be recreated in virtual forms? Is the internet a blessing or a curse? Is face-to-face interaction suffering as a result? Two recent US...
The man who once said that Spanish science was in a 'critical state' will now lead its biggest research body. Rebecca Warden reports. Rolf Tarrach's reaction to being appointed head of Spain's...
A Himalayan earthquake that could result in unprecedented loss of human life is overdue, according to geologists. They have calculated that a swath of territory along a 600km line stretching from...
A way to turn embryonic stem cells into the cells at the heart of the immune system raises the prospect of new cancer therapies and improved transplant technology. Paul Fairchild, Herman Waldman,...
In 1888, the Tasmanian government offered a bounty on the thylacine 'tiger'. Bob Paddle charts a tragic extinction. In unseasonably early spring weather for Hobart, the last known thylacine died of...
Scotland's first chair of community education knows how difficult the informal learning route can be - he left school without a single qualification. Ted Milburn talks to Olga Wojtas. Ted Milburn,...
Sue Law meets a charismatic lecturer who enlivens relativity with doses of Star Trek . Complex equations and abstract concepts may not sound the most promising material for a lively lecture. But...
Public concern about the possible health hazards associated with the use of depleted uranium in munitions has led Brian Spratt to chair the Royal Society's working group on depleted uranium. The 53-...
Michael Blatt , former professor of biological sciences at Imperial College, London, has been appointed to the regius chair of botany at the University of Glasgow . Michael Clarke , pro vice-...
Anthony Challinor , of the University of Cambridge, has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society 's Michael Penston prize for his PhD thesis on the cosmic microwave background. The University of...