Good for your health? 2
The vivisection fraternity has had it too good for too long. It has been avoiding a real scientific debate on animal experimentation for decades, hiding behind the "your-child-or-the-rat" argument...
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Good for your health? 3
It is difficult to understand why individuals such as Marlene Thomson (Letters, July 2) distort the truth about the value of animal experiments to medical research: "Cardiovascular systems... of...
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Unmask Gats
The perspective on the General Agreement on Trade in Services presented by Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin (Opinion, July 2) is misleading. Although Vincent-Lancrin may be correct in saying that no country...
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No easy answers
Readers may have been puzzled by your eye-catching headline last week "'Bums-on-seats' policy leads more students to drop out" because the story failed to identify the source of the research from...
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Fraud, pure and simple
Mike Reddy seems confused about plagiarism ("Why I..." July 9). Assessment and education may not mix well, but if we are obliged to mark work, we should be fair about it. Fairness means recognising...
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Celebrate UK appeal
It is unsurprising that young researchers are flocking to the UK ("UK enjoys a brain gain in young talent", July 9). We have one of the most open, corruption-free university systems in the world. The...
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Lap dancers' union
May I clarify the report on my research into the unionisation of sex workers ("Lap dancers will seek to unionise, says academic", July 9). I did not argue that a unionised environment would allow...
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Poor show
Despite the main theme of his article being the effect of tax on the wealthy, William Rubenstein expresses surprise that "little is known about the very rich in the 20th century compared with other...
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Marxist, yes, with a touch of bourgeoisie
Weak, not strong, states pose the greatest threat to our security, insists Francis Fukuyama - a man who wears his fame lightly, as Brendan Simms found Francis Fukuyama is one of the best-known...
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Haven't we travelled down this road once before?
As Britain anticipates a possible withdrawal from Iraq, Huw Richards experiences a nagging sense of deja vu. "British casualties in Irak have practically ceased, and a really settled and stable civil...
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Cue the praying hands and ill-informed bow
Well-intentioned ignorance characterises British attitudes to foreign students, says Ayako Yoshino. About two years ago, while researching my PhD, I spent a few days at a provincial library. Every...
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Like it or not, we are in it together
What has the EU done for us? Andrew Gamble counts the benefits. An imbroglio, according to the Oxford English Dictionary , is a state of confused entanglement. It seems an apt term for the European...
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A city choked by its history
Liverpool's lung cancer rate is twice the national average. A new research centre will tackle the problem locally. Ross Davies reports. This summer, George Xinarianos, a research fellow on the...
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Today's news
Hawking rethink solves black holes riddle In an announcement that has sent waves of excitement through the rarefied world of astrophysics, New Scientist reports today that Stephen Hawking claims to...
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EU and Israel seal their agreement on GALILEO
Brussels, 14 July 2004 On 13 July, negotiations between the European Union and the State of Israel reached final approval and agreement on the European satellite radio navigation programme was signed...