Soft subjects suffer low esteem
Scientists and the public share doubts about research, but findings in social science are least respected, say Richard Wiseman and Caroline Watt A few weeks ago we conducted a survey of delegates and...
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Going public will bolster global profile of UK science
Lloyd Anderson surveys the British Council's efforts to foster partnerships and raise awareness of UK creativity The United Kingdom is highly regarded for education, but it falls into a second...
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Martian 'meteorites' feel the heat
The hunt for "missing" Martian meteorites has been boosted by a successful mission to put similar terrestrial rock fragments into orbit and then subject them to the rigours of re-entry, writes Steve...
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Russians lack cash for study
MOSCOW Russian students wishing to study abroad are more than 100 times more likely to gain grants or financing from education and training programmes in the United States as in Britain, university...
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Cybercafe
(Photograph) - Celebrity chef Nick Nairn samples dishes from a local Asian company, Mrs Unis Spicy Food, to launch a high-tech sensory evaluation suite at Queen Margaret University College in...
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'Red tape' threatens drug research in UK
Pharmaceutical research in the United Kingdom faces a slow death if the new National Institute for Clinical Excellence turns out to be a red-tape garotte, leading academics have warned. Amid the row...
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Subject panels in need of 'users' to get funding
Funding for research in languages, maths, law, geography and psychology may suffer because the panels assessing them for the next research assessment exercise do not include industry and public...
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A deity called Elvis
International Journal of Cultural Studies - Cultural Values
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Time to Karl up and die
The Philosophers
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Pasteur is good, but don't forget pastor too
The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine
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Young genius, old fool
The Enigma of Giorgio de Chirico
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Brief history of life, the universe and everything
Destiny or Chance
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Peter Singer - moral hero or Nazi?
Singer and His Critics - Ethics into Action
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Deepening the Derridean fog
Derrida
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Self emerges from the myths
Consciousness in Action