Western close-up must pan out wider
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You say social justice, I say political censorship
The pursuit of knowledge and freedom of speech are being undermined by campus activists, writes Daphne Patai Nothing is as destructive to higher education as threats from within - threats that derive...
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Native vegetables could help solve Africa's food crisis and boost weak rural economies
Washington, 31 October 2006 Full Report Powerful tools for tackling many basic problems in sub-Saharan Africa -- namely hunger, malnutrition, and rural poverty -- could literally spring from the...
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No taste for bella Italia
Italian politicians are concerned that the country's universities have missed out on the Chinese international student market. During a state visit to China, President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi called for...
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Conference on the phytopharmaceutical sciences and industry
Brussels, 05 Feb 2004 Phytopharm 2004, a conference devoted to the phytopharmaceutical sciences and industry, will be held from 21 to 23 June in Mikkeli, Finland. The event will feature lectures from...
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Conference on the phytopharmaceutical sciences and industry
Brussels, 05 Feb 2004 Phytopharm 2004, a conference devoted to the phytopharmaceutical sciences and industry, will be held from 21 to 23 June in Mikkeli, Finland. The event will feature lectures from...
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Canonical texts that resonate with the echoes of tongues
Literary Cultures in History
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European communication equipment for the ATV and the Eneide mission reaches the ISS
Paris, 03 Mar 2005 Preparations for the arrival of "Jules Verne", the first European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), and those for ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori's mission, took a step forward when...
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Latest research news
Magnetic fields set senses tingling Patients who suffer a stroke could get their movement and feeling back with the helping hand of magnetic pulses fired at their brains, according to new research....
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Big guns may win the battle but not the war
What wins wars? Jeremy Black finds superior arsenal is just one factor in determining which side is victorious Historians used to emphasise the material aspects of war - specifically the quality and...
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Take a board but keep the brolly
If drizzly old Blighty is getting you down, get networking and do your homework on research hot spots. But don't plan for a one-way overseas trip - you may want to come home, says Harriet Swain...
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Hot date that never was... must have been the make-up
Why Some Like it Hot: Food
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Alleluia, God goes global
The spread of Enlightenment ideas was expected to lead to a decline in world faiths and the triumph of secularisation. But religion is flourishing and evolving, especially in the developing world...
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Latest European research news
The full text of all important European statements, speeches and announcements on research - from the European Union and bodies such as the European Space Agency - appears here: · Closer S&T...
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Europe fights new TB on the rise in former Soviet Union
Brussels, 25 Nov 2004 Europe's first anti-tuberculosis centre, aimed at combating the spread of a new multi-drug resistant strain of the disease, opened in Riga, Latvia on 22 November. The official...