Commission wields scissors at red tape
Much needs to be done to make mobility between different European Union countries a reality for researchers, according to a study undertaken for the European Commission. The report, released by the...
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Cutting Edge: Dave Barlow
The development of gene therapies may bring relief to those with cystic fibrosis or Aids and can also give rise to a little wine tasting. Gene therapy has the potential to treat many...
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Royal Society has 'free hand' to run inquiry
The decision to leave the running of the scientific inquiry into foot-and-mouth disease to the Royal Society was welcomed this week despite widespread criticism of the government for ruling out a...
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US fears costs of ruling on cell lines
US scientists fear that President George Bush's decision to limit publicly funded human embryonic stem-cell research to existing cell lines could put universities at the mercy of private suppliers....
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Latest UK news
University admissions off to busiest start ever A quarter of a million higher education places were confirmed within the first few hours after students received their A level...
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Latest international news
British Council abandons Zimbabwe The British Council confirmed it has closed its offices in central Harare, which shut temporarily for security reasons earlier this year. Staff are working from the...
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From today's UK papers
Guardian The writer Gore Vidal yesterday compared the executed Oklahoma bomber Timothy Mcveigh to Paul Revere, the hero of American independence. Times It is time to abandon the AS-level mess and...
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How to be a capitalist and stay fairly civil
Robert Sugden travels the 'third way' with a faithful yet uneasy guide. Anthony Giddens has been one of the most prominent participants in recent debates about the future of social democracy; his...
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel about gang warfare: "Hale knew they meant to murder him before he had been in Brighton three...
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More than a piece of bad news wrapped in a protein
The Invisible Enemy
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Evolution and the football hooligan
Human Natures
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Easy to warm to cool, solitary gene genius
The Tangled Field
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Spiny genitalia and other skilful mating devices
Promiscuity
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Nature's fabric stretches to all sizes
Why Elephants Have Big Ears
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The Black Death: was it caused by rats or viruses?
Biology of Plagues