It is likely that anyone familiar with Spanish, Portuguese or Jewish history will have come across the case of the Marranos or Conversos, Iberian Jews who were forced to convert to Catholicism under...
The story of how genetic profiling revolutionised forensic science enthrals Charalambos P. Kyriacou
"We love death the way you love life." These words uttered by Shehzad Tanweer, one of the London suicide bombers, in a video issued on the first anniversary of the attacks on the city's transport...
Goth, it seems, is having a bit of a moment. Last season's catwalks were full of dark and sinister confections, subsequently copied by high-street retailers from Urban Outfitters to Marks &...
COMPUTER SCIENCE- Complexity: A Guided TourBy Melanie Mitchell, professor of computer science, Portland State University. Oxford University Press, £14.99. ISBN 9780195124415Mitchell offers a tour d'...
Expensive textbooks put the brakes on higher education for many students in developing nations. But a project aiming to make such books available for free via the internet could change all that,...
Elsevier wants to foster web tools that 'improve' science by making the oceans of data online more navigable. Zoë Corbyn reports
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At the Royal Society's new Science Policy Centre, James Wilsdon can push his ideas, says Zoë Corbyn
The scandal over MPs' expenses may have little impact on voter numbers, says an expert on the public's faith in politics
Jeremy Harbison and Gerry Mallon have been named the two new pro-chancellors at the University of Ulster. Both have been members of the university's governing council since 1994. Mr Mallon, 39, who...
How to thrive in recession - create a market in university course futures. Richard Middleton has a modest proposal
The QAA makes some sound recommendations, but it ducks the most troublesome issues, say Geoffrey Alderman and Roger Brown
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Another student claims to have sold her virginity to pay her way through college. Alina Percea, an 18-year-old Romanian, says she raised £9,000 from the online sale, having sex for the first time...