A dilemma in the way of science
THES writers report on changes to legislation on stem-cell research as nations struggle with their consciences. The UK was the first country in the world to pass laws to permit researchers to use...
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Buccaneers of imperial business
Business and Race Politics in British India, c. 1850 to 1960
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Stronger links will benefit Sri Lanka
Higher education in Sri Lanka would benefit from a more systematic partnership with government, rather than the current dependence on links among individuals, the country's ambassador to France has...
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50%? Done that, says top Scot
Prime minister Tony Blair wants 50 per cent of 18 to 30-year-olds in higher education by 2010. Yesterday, Iain Gray, Scotland's minister for enterprise, transport and lifelong learning, revealed that...
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Envisat concludes a busy second year in orbit
Paris, 02 Mar 2004 On the last night of February 2002 ESA's Envisat - the largest and most sophisticated Earth Observation spacecraft ever built - swapped the tropical atmosphere of French Guiana for...
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Envisat concludes a busy second year in orbit
Paris, 02 Mar 2004 On the last night of February 2002 ESA's Envisat - the largest and most sophisticated Earth Observation spacecraft ever built - swapped the tropical atmosphere of French Guiana for...
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Letter: Just intervention
Tzvetan Todorov ("A case of right over might", THES February 9) makes an interesting contribution to the debate on humanitarian intervention but some points should be made in response. Todorov's...
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Neanderthal still walks among us
Mapping Human History
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From today's UK Papers
Students sue Oxfordshire college for 拢100K damages A group of students has been cleared to sue Rycotewood College for damages after a judge ruled they had been denied the practical experience needed...
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Fat fingers, juicy pies and Uncle Sam's sorely embarrassing not-so little problem
The Future of Freedom
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Romano Prodi: Erasmus World Press Conference, Brussels, 17 July 2002
Brussels, 17 July 2002 Today the Commission adopted Erasmus World on a proposal from Viviane. There is a simple philosophy behind the project: "By opening our universities to the world, we open them...
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Today's news
Blue-chip talent to help poor schools Britain鈥檚 brightest graduates are to be invited to spend two years鈥 鈥渘ational service鈥 teaching in London鈥檚 roughest schools before heading off to lucrative jobs...
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Educated guess about social gain
Education and Development
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Iron fists in velvet gloves
Progress and tradition could go hand in hand in China but only if reformists will let them, Wang Gungwu argues. The Indian regional elections went well for the Congress Party in November, but perhaps...
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Falling fortunes of the lands of the rising sun
The Great Divergence