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The clockmaker who beat the stars
Longitude - The Charting of the Oceans
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The end of certitude
Beyond Science
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First impressions
This week's First Impressions comes from a novel by a good man who was born in West Africa: "My first act on entering this world was to kill my mother. I was heaved - a healthy eight pounds -...
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Chronology
Neolithic 7000 - 1700BC Histories: hunter gatherers became farmers around 7000BC. Main cultures: Peiligang and Cishan in north (6500-5000BC); Yangshao in centre and W along River Wei (5000-3500BC),...
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New discoveries from the early dynasties
Recent archaeological finds in China have revolutionised our understanding of that country's ancient civilisation. Some of the astonishing artefacts are on show at the British Museum, where on...
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The industrial revolution
The term "Bronze Age" is a leftover from the early days of archaeology when archaeologists thought that the use of this alloy of copper, tin, and lead marked a distinct stage in human history. But...
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Conference Timetable
The articles on pages I-V are based on papers to be presented this week-end at "Mysteries of Ancient China: New Discoveries from the Early Dynasties" at the British Museum in London. The...
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Questions in jade
GINA BARNES describes the artefacts unearthed at Niuheliang, a Neolithic site northeast of Beijing, which has been claimed as the ultimate source of Chinese civilisation Niuheliang, an unusual ritual...
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The mystery of the pits
The discovery at Sanxingdui of two pits filled with deliberately shattered bronzes, jades and fragments of gold and animal bone is the single most startling archaeological find of recent years. The...
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Bone of contention
Has the record of writing in ancient China been skewed because the more durable bone and bronze used for communication with the dead survived, while the bamboo and wood that would have been used for...
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Spit and say 'phew! lacquer'
Excavated manuscripts of the past 50 years allow a glimpse of the religious rituals of the classical Chinese civilisation's elite. Donald Harper reports on a lost religion Over the long duration of...
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Julian Axe
Julian Axe, former secretary and registrat at the medical college of St Bartholomew's Hospital, has been appointed secretary to the Imperial College School of Medicine.
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Honorary degrees
University of Strathclyde DLitt: Peter Howson, Scottish painter. DSc: Bob O'Connell, managing director of Merck Ltd LLD: Patrick Lally, lord provost of Glasgow. King Alfred's College, Winchester...
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Appointments
Human Genetics Advisory Commission Sir Colin Campbell, vice chancellor of Nottingham University is to chair a new commission. It will consider the broad social, ethical and economic consequences of...