Alfred Kinsey was a taxonomist obsessed. Having already made his mark in the study of gall wasps, he later turned to the study of human sexual behaviour after being asked to teach a marriage guidance...
Jo-Ann Wallace finds that a lack of personal detail clouds an otherwise valuable biography
Alba, an albino bunny born in February 2000 at France's National Institute for Agronomic Research, had an unusual trait along with her pink eyes and white fur. Thanks to the addition of a gene for...
The 'engineers of human souls' occupied a unique role in the Soviet Union, finds Harold Shukman
ARTS AND DESIGN- Public Speaking in the City: Debating and Shaping the Urban ExperienceBy Janet Stewart, director, visual culture masters programme, University of Aberdeen. Palgrave Macmillan, £55.00...
AustraliaPerformance 'compact' unveiledThe Australian Government is to tie teaching and research performance to negotiated "compact agreements" with universities in an effort to encourage distinct...
Some fear that Europe-wide university classification will hamstring institutions. Phil Baty reports
Institute of Animal Health to benefit after years of neglect. Zoe Corbyn reports
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE REPLACEMENT, REFINEMENT AND REDUCTION OF ANIMALS IN RESEARCHThe NC3Rs has funded 13 grants, worth a total of £4.5 million, at UK establishments. The research will advance...
Neil Simco's prior experience setting up a university bodes well for the future University of the Highlands and Islands
The Royal Society has announced the winners of its 2009 awards, medals, royal medals and lectures. The UK's independent academy for science presents the awards annually in recognition of research...
A student from Bournemouth University is organising a touring exhibition of original costumes worn by Sixties singers the Supremes. Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs, who is studying for a masters in museum...
A lecturer in education has won first place in the women's division of the Saltfree Double Dip 2009 freediving competition, the UK's national freediving championship. Kattie Lussier, an academic in...
The new Queen Margaret University campus at Musselburgh is worth £77 million to the UK economy, a study has found. Research by the University of Strathclyde revealed that every £1 million QMU spends...
An academic will use his stint on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square this week to lecture on how engineering is changing the world. As part of Antony Gormley's art project, John Robinson, head of...