Where did we come from? The radical answer proposed by Fred Hoyle and I in the late 1970s was that we came from space. Our genes and those of all living forms on Earth were brought here by comets,...
Australia could be turning the corner on its skin cancer epidemic. Julia Hinde explores the research frontier Up to two out of every three Australians will develop skin cancer during their lifetime....
The eyes are not the only windows of the soul. Research by a team of scientists is seeking to confer equal status on the ears too, at least as far as identifying individuals is concerned. Experts at...
Perhaps we have not got eyes in the back of our heads after all. A series of experiments that appeared to show that people innately knew when they were being stared at from behind may in fact have...
A global tug-of-war between the Earth's two hemispheres may lie behind the so-called mini ice age that chilled medieval Europe. Research by British and American experts has revealed a possible...
A humane response to 'complex emergencies' is not enough. Martin Ince reports on why a clear purpose for action is vital You will know from the television news what a "complex emergency" is, and you...
Students need trade unions, according to a survey of undergraduate working trends by the Trades Union Congress. Approximately 70 per cent of the 311 students who took part in the Students@work.2000...
A charge of "rampant egotism" was this week levelled at Britain's academics by the former chief executive of the Industrial Society and personnel director of the London Stock Exchange. Rhiannon...
Government and industry need to plough more into education, training, research and development, trade and industry secretary Stephen Byers said this week. But Mr Byers, who spoke at the Knowledge...
A new underclass could be created in Northern Ireland, Queen's University's vice-chancellor George Bain has warned. Professor Bain said that many people could be excluded as employment shifted to...
Danish students in Britain are paying full tuition fees because they are deemed to receive too much money from their own government. International student officers from British universities,...
Pressure mounted this week for a second Dearing-style independent review of higher education, as vice-chancellors and students set a collision course over top-up fees. Student union leaders who...
* Students owe universities thousands of pounds in emergency loans made to tide them over until their Student Loans Company cheques arrived last term. At Staffordshire University some 150 students...
* Three-quarters of colleges awarded staff a pay rise of 3 per cent or more last year, according to an Association of Colleges survey. It found that "almost" nine in ten colleges made a pay award for...
(Photograph) - * David Potter (above), chairman of Psion, has sold just over 1 per cent of his shares in the company for more than Pounds 65 million. He still owns 14 per cent. Dr Potter left...