Clawing at a life on land
At some 75cm across and capable of cracking open a coconut shell with its formidable claws, the land-dwelling coconut crab is your beach lounger's worst nightmare. Fortunately for the sunbather, the...
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Not mushroom left for pickers
The camera focuses on the small, white circle. The robot sizes up its target, then an arm extends downwards until the suction cup on the end is pressed against the helpless mushroom. It is captured...
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How green was my valley
World leaders pondering the possible consequences of man-made climate change would be wise to consider the fate of the Roman Mediterranean. Computer modelling has revealed that the now-arid region...
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The science of really useful matter
We are no longer limited to applying natural materials cleverly, we can make substances with the properties we want. Olga Wojtas reports An occupational hazard for professors is having to explain...
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Inquiring nurses to get funds
A new strategy will boost the nursing contribution to research and development. Claire Sanders reports The funding council has agreed to end the anomaly that was crippling both nursing research and...
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Long-serving revisionist researcher is sacked
A researcher at France's largest research organisation has been dismissed for revisionism. Serge Thion, who started working at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in 1971, was sacked...
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Staring into space
European leaders want to integrate public space efforts into other activities. Jane Marshall reports. Space is no longer a separate entity, and space exploration must be fused with other activities...
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No such thing as a perfect system
System Development
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Climbing the invisible wall
Berlin Metropolis - The Invisible Wall - The 'Jewish Question' in German Literature, 1749-1939
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Harpies, hydras and the fear of the past
A Geography of Victorian Gothic Fiction
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The last word on forewords
The Book of Prefaces
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Visions of Ilford and India
The Collected Poems of Kathleen Raine
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Indulge in a sweet feast of rewrites
The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, Volume III
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Bomb parents wonder what they did wrong
New technologies are creating new ethical dilemmas. Joseph Rotblat asks if an old one, the atomic bomb, still has lessons for the 21st century. Should scientists be concerned about the social and...