Pop goes the president
Pop Idol -style television shows could be used to elect politicians. Plans are afoot in the US to develop a show that will hunt for untapped political leadership skills just as Pop Idol sought...
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Scientific truth is not the only truth out there
It is right for scientists to raise the Big Questions, but they are mistaken if they believe they can answer them all, argues Mary Warnock. Science and philosophy were once indistinguishable. It is...
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Freshers' maths skills tested
A new activity set to become a tradition in freshers' week is sweeping the country - maths tests. With concern mounting about the skills that mathematics A level provides, more than 200 maths,...
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Bell Labs man guilty of fraud
A young physicist forged research results on at least 16 occasions, according to an independent inquiry at Bell Labs in the US. Jan Hendrik Schön was named as the sole perpetrator of the worst...
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IoE teacher training saved by £3m funding boost
Ministers have found a £3 million rescue package to prevent one of Britain's leading teacher-training providers from abandoning the subject and starving schools of more than 1,000 recruits a year....
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Update: 13:10
A-level controversy report expected today The inquiry into this summer's A level controversy will recommend that some entries may have to be regraded, PA News reported today. Inquiry chairman Mike...
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Wretched rebuke to the West
The Price of Indifference
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A ÌÇÐÄVlogr who's not a Simpson for George
The Shield of Achilles
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Defiled by the menace of power
The Reckless Mind
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Life in the land of nods, winks and little shrugs
Italy and its Discontents
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An austere intellectual digger
Grahame Clark
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In space, is there no place like our home?
Our Cosmic Habitat
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Future forged by moonlight
The Lunar Men
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Radical quest for excellence
Making Harvard Modern
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Fearing gods with itchy feet
Mesopotamia