The Monkey鈥檚 Voyage: How Improbable Journeys Shaped the History of Life, by Alan de Queiroz
Are tales of incredible animal excursions nonsense or did they shape our world? asks Tiffany Taylor

Are tales of incredible animal excursions nonsense or did they shape our world? asks Tiffany Taylor

Editor鈥檚 Note: In some weeks, changes in higher education are of sufficient moment to warrant extended treatment. We are happy to devote this entire edition of The Poppletonian to just such a...

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UCL鈥檚 Michael Arthur plans to inject research element into all undergraduate courses

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UUK lobbies Parliament over immigration bill concerns

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We speak to the chief executive of Santander UK, who is the head of a scheme supporting the HE sector

A leading physicist who switched mid-career to acclaimed collaborative work in archaeology has died