Insecticide: Christopher O'Toole
(Photograph) - Insecticide: Christopher O'Toole, entomologist at the University Museum in Oxford, has just published a book, Alien Empire, exploring the lives of insects and how they affect humans....
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On the trail of Einstein's wave
British and German astronomers are joining forces to build a device to detect gravitational waves, one of the few predictions by Einstein that has so far eluded confirmation. Gravity waves are...
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Danger in appliance of science - Klug
Royal Society president Aaron Klug has warned the Government against over-centralisation in setting priorities for the science base. Sir Aaron said this week that the over-emphasis by Government on...
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Cut to the quick
The search for cuts is reaching new heights at the Open University where noticeboards are carrying an advertisement for the post of guillotine operative.
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Cold snap
Temperatures in the Heriot-Watt University lecture theatre housing the conference remained stubbornly icy, much to the astonishment of delegates who sent the following message to the conference...
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OU favours firm approach
Business school executives at the Open University are introducing company-style seminars in a move which could make the good old tutorial a thing of the past. This summer, the 1,250 first-stage...
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Death, as we know it
The Persistence of Purgatory
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Life, but not as we know it
Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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Krishna as divine Michael Jackson
Media and the Transformation of Religion in South Asia
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Cleanliness and godliness
The Religious Culture of India
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Faithful voices
The Word of Islam
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Ballots and bullets
Launching Democracy in South Africa
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From Tubby and Biffy to Honecker and Kohl
The New Germany - The Federal Republic of Germany at Forty-Five - Anatomy of a Dictatorship - Changing Enemies - The Russians in Germany - German Politics 1945-95 - Germany Unified and Europe...
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a writer who found fame with a parrot: "I dreamt that I woke up. It's the oldest dream of all, and I've just had it." The winner of last week's competition, who...
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Speaking Volumns: Gulliver's Travels
Jim Riordan on Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels . As an "expert" on Russian affairs, I was once pleased to respond to a request to update Gulliver's Travels. Since the result brought more...