Why I ... think couples should have children
The current trend is to choose not to have children. All over the West birth rates are falling. And I am asking why. I have two different worries about this fall in population. My first anxiety is...
The current trend is to choose not to have children. All over the West birth rates are falling. And I am asking why. I have two different worries about this fall in population. My first anxiety is...
Universities should not lose their nerve after the near collapse of LCTM, says Andrew Murison There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth recently about the performance of a particular kind of...
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A competition aimed at helping bioscience students learn more about running their own business has been launched with backing from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. Called...
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Kam Patel listens to the man who once told Ken Livingstone to name a London park after his favourite all-female snails. Geneticist Steve Jones does not drive a Renault. He wants his life science...
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Mass protests were held throughout Turkey last Sunday against the ban on religious dress in universities and other public places. Organisers claimed two to three million people took part. In Istanbul...