Treasure seized in Bassani battle
Unpublished manuscripts by the late Giorgio Bassani and an art collection allegedly worth Pounds 6 million are at the centre of a bitter legal dispute between the writer's children and an American...
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How to write a paper
Scientific papers need not be turgid. Geoff Watts gives a few tips on writing a page-turner that just might win you a reputation. Most scientific papers are less than exciting. Along with computer...
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is written by a former cabin boy: " Call me Ishmael... " The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's voucher and the...
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Making problems look like a million dollars
Stephen Smale
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Forgive and remember
No Future Without Forgiveness
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When Brit grit met German dithering
The Burning Blue
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Only a whimper in face of the big bang?
A Different Approach to Cosmology
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No table left unturned in varied life of science
The Correspondence of Michael Faraday, Volume Four
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Can't count them on one hand?
Five More Golden Rules
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Einstein's angelic thoughts
Einstein, Physics and Reality
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Sporting rivalry
Students can choose from almost 1,500 sports-related courses. But the tough competition for places means the discipline is no easy option, says Elaine Carlton The battle is hotting up in the sporting...
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On your mark, get set, grab...
Has campus sport turned into an elitist race for cash and a desperate exercise in profile-raising, or does the ideal of sport for all prevail? Alison Utley finds out University sport is suffering...
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New calls for new balls
Figures show that competitive sports are attracting more students than ever. And the growth is not just in the traditional team sports - there's been an explosion in minority and women's sports too,...
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No smarter than an ox?
They may be considered 'dumb', but sporting undergrads excel at juggling many demands, as Huw Richards finds out It was James Thurber who memorably defined the stereotype of the "dumb jock" in his...