Ye olde 1st, 2:1 and 2:2
Catherine Belsey looks back to a time of assessment high priests and magical league tables... Documentary evidence is beginning to emerge of certain obscure rituals practised by our ancestors at the...
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Cutting edge: Tore Soderqvist
You can put a price on the earth's worth to humans, but it does little for understanding its true value or helping us to make policy. Early one morning in May 1997, I was on a train on my way to work...
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Enter advisers, stage left, with facts
Analysing science advice as a form of drama offers insight into its reception, says Stephen Hilgartner. The BSE tragedy demonstrates that the health of individuals and of public institutions depends...
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Painting is an illusion
Rembrandt's celebrated painting, The Anatomy of Dr Deijman , has been revealed as a piece of science fiction, writes Tanya Reed. The 1656 painting, on display at the Hayward Gallery, London as part...
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Earthquakes liquefy cities
Three Egyptian cities met near-biblical fates, as the ground beneath their buildings turned liquid and swallowed them, writes Steve Farrar. A team of archaeologists and scientists have pieced...
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In a weed lurk life's secrets
The sequencing of the first plant genome will herald a new era for plant sciences, writes Mike Bevan. On the face of it, there is little to distinguish thale cress, or Arabidopsis thaliana , from any...
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No more funny handshakes
In new research for the Hansard Society, Karen Ross argues that the biggest hurdletoequality is a lack of will. A report setting out the extent of women's involvement in the decision-making tier of...
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Latest UK news
Gap-year youth exploited Youngsters who work abroad or take a gap placement overseas are often exploited or paid low wages. A survey for BBC Essentials also found that one in 20 people questioned...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES The choice of Warwick - with its commercial culture - out of all the UK's 100-plus universities, to host a visit by president Bill Clinton and prime minister Tony Blair is symbolic of...
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Latest international news
Rector released from prison A Bolivian constitutional court has ordered the immediate release from prison and full reinstatement of Jaime Robles, rector of the Universidad San Francisco Xavier....
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A cure for catatonia
Clifford Geertz
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Put a brave face on it
Masks
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English exceptionalism
The Riddle of the Modern World
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Dispatches from the front
Scenes from the End - A War to be Won
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A global memoir of a short century
The New Century