Sphinxlike organ retains its mystique
Possessing Genius
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A conundrum of the sexes
Brain Gender
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Talk is tough when hands are tied
Hearing Gesture
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Half a second to stop being wicked
Mind Time - Wider than the Sky
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A sparky study that tests your blind obedience
The Man who Shocked the World
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Glass for gazing at ourselves and aliens
Mirror Mirror
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Free with all options: emptiness
The Paradox of Choice
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Will soaps or science open others' minds?
Madness Explained
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Mental mappers work in a world turned upside down
The Space between Our Ears
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First Impressions
This week's competition, to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work about a theory that changed physics: "In your schooldays most of you who read this book made acquaintance with...
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Lottery cash fears put pressure on Greenfield
Fears of an embarrassing gap in the financial plans of the Royal Institution are casting doubts over the future of its director, Baroness Susan Greenfield. Members of the governing council believe...
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Fast-track plan for starred A levels
New A-level grades, including a top A**, could be introduced within three years as part of reforms to the 14-to-19 exam system, ministers will be told. The Times Higher has learnt that Mike Tomlinson...
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'It's true, it is more difficult to prise the last secrets out of nature'
Lyn Evans has spent most of his career at Cern, which this week marked its 50th anniversary. Dr Evans will take the particle physics laboratory into its next half-century and will oversee the...
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On the move...
* Brian Waggett has been elected president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers for 2004-05, succeeding Judith Rowley. He has served as an executive member since 1994 and as branch secretary...
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Big 15 to tackle RAE gamesters
Hefce recruits top names to oversee 2008 research exercise. Anna Fazackerley reports Fifteen "big name" research figures were this week appointed as chairs of the main panels in the new-look research...