When the melting pot boils over
Riots and Pogroms - Charred Lullabies - Leveling Crowds - The Colors of Violence
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Highs, lows and the status quo
The ̽»¨ÊÓƵ Asia University Rankings 2014 show nations jockeying for position in a highly competitive environment. Here’s a snapshot of the runners and riders. Click image to enlarge
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Why China didn't colonise Europe
Guns, Germs and Steel
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Down under on the up
There is compelling evidence that in the competitive business of attracting overseas students to study in its universities, Australia has "got it right". For example, Australia is the most preferred...
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In search of Adam
Ancestral Passions
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Search for Sixties' soul
As mailings from the Rutgers University Alumni Association have been reminding me, it is 25 years since my graduation. Given my own reaction, I am sure that the arrival of "reunion announcements"...
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Bandicoots and dodos
Conservation and Biodiversity - The Song of the Dodo
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Here's looking at EU
Should Britain be at the heart of a federal Europe? Martin Holmes protests at such a future but Helen Wallace can see advantages. Three arguments have been advanced in favour of a federal/integrated...
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The influence of valence
Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry II: A Review of the Literature 1982-94. Editors-in-chief: Edward W. Abel, F. Gordon A. Stone and Geoffrey Wilkinson. Pergamon Press. £2,795.00 (14 volumes)....
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The influence of valence
Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry II
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Foresight study puts biology in top place
Biology will be the dominant science of the 21st century and Britain should commit itself to a big drive in research and exploitation of areas such as ageing and disabling degenerative diseases, the...
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Averages, dispersion and global variation
How far have national systems gained or slipped since 2013-14? What are the vital statistics of the typical top 400 institution? Dominance of US institutions in the top 400 is evident, although...
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Tectonic efficiency
Fluids in the Crust - Subduction Zone Magmatism
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To oink or to buu?
Sound Symbolism
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Kabul campus countdown
It is springtime in Afghanistan where Kabul University has been de-mined and is ready to open. Christine Aziz reports There is very little left of Kabul University. Destroyed and mutilated buildings...