Mars probe may hinder science
GROUND-BREAKING space projects planned by the European Space Agency could suffer if the agency also launches a mission to Mars, scientists claim. ESA, which faces a cut this year of about 3 per cent...
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Sir Ron looks to blue chips
A DOZEN top companies have been asked by Sir Ron Dearing to take part in a novel loan scheme to fund expensive university laboratory kit and maintenance. Sir Ron, whose inquiry into higher education...
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Malaysian PM appeals for cyber city partners
ACADEMICS are lagging behind business in taking up the opportunities offered by Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC). During his visit to the United Kingdom last month, Malaysia's prime...
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Two more choose smart card
Edinburgh and Nottingham universities are following the lead of Exeter and York in launching a smart card as a move to the cashless campus. The card, which uses the Mondex electronic payment system,...
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Watchdogs lose French court battle to ban English on Web site
Georgia Tech Lorraine, the European platform of the Georgia Institute of Technology, this week won a court case after two French watchdog bodies filed a suit alleging it had violated French law by...
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Trek through space to discover the wholly trinity
3-D photography is the Holy Grail for computer graphics researchers. Toby Howard assesses how far they have come and where they plan to go It is gratifying when undergraduates come to the front at...
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Now is the time for radical action
Skill shortages are here again. Employers are whingeing about lack of suitable staff. There is talk again of recruiting overseas. Salaries are going up faster than inflation. Poaching is back in...
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Overheads must be paid for
FUNDING councils, research councils, companies, charities: they all agree that research needs expensive equipment. They part company, however, on who should provide it. The urgency of this issue,...
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Feuding pawns of empire
Triumph of the Lack of Will - Croatia - The Serbs
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The 1.5-million-year-old
The Wisdom of Bones - The Neanderthal Legacy
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Peeking at tomorrow
Evolution Isn't What It Used To Be
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A living planet for how long?
Biodiversity II - In Search of Nature
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Doing the hoka-hoka
Good Natured - Bonobo
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Adam, Eve and Uncle Albert
Patterns in Evolution - Darwin's Dreampond
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Ethics of evolution sans selfish genes
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