Findings: Taxonomists add inflation
The number of living species is estimated to be between 5 million and 15 million, while the number of endangered species increases daily, writes Caroline Davis. But we could be worrying about...
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'One of the kids might find a cure for cancer'
University should be an option for everyone, writes Harriet Swain The challenge: take a dozen ten and 11-year-olds from one of the most disadvantaged schools in Hull - some with special needs and...
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Selling science to the youngsters
To appeal to kids, it's got to be fun, reports Sue Law Mr Potatohead, model dinosaurs and plastic bead bracelets sound a far cry from the complexities of molecular biology but they are part of the...
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Catch 'em when they're young
Universities, under pressure to meet the government's 50 per cent participation target, are building closer links with schools to try to encourage even the most unlikely candidates to consider...
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Will Ratty ever return to our riverbanks?
Britain's water vole population has been decimated in recent years, but one man is on a mission to bring it back. Steve Farrar reports The boy who spent hours nosing around the countryside of...
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'Ariel Sharon promised peace with security and has decidedly failed to deliver either...'
Despite attempts to find a settlement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the situation has gone from bad to worse. Avi Shlaim argues that it is time for the United States to impose a solution - if...
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The little bit of the UK we tend to forget
Many people think of England and Britain as one and the same, but devolution may drive England to take on a separate identity. Huw Richards reports Call a conference on devolution and you can hardly...
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Animal welfare: Commission supports research into better conditions for animal breeding and better food quality
Brussels, 24 April 2002 Where does our beefsteak come from? How are animals fed and treated? In the aftermath of the mad cow and other food scare crises, European consumers are more and more...
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Commission decides to prolong current State Aid framework for Research and Development
Brussels, 24 April 2002 The European Commission has decided to prolong the existing State Aid framework for Research and Development(1) without any modification until the end of 2005. This decision...
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Commission opinions clear plans to dispose of radioactive waste from one French and two German nuclear power plants
Brussels, 24 April 2002 Commission Opinion of 22 April 2002 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste from the Socatri decontamination and uranium recovery plant (IARU) at the...
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COST research action on fire loss to historic buildings
Brussels, 24 April 2002 Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a concerted European research action designated as COST Action C17 "Built Heritage: Fire Loss to Historic Buildings."...
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COST meeting discusses future structure and approves research projects
Brussels, 24 April 2002 European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - COST Secretariat. Summary of conclusions. 147th meeting of the COST Senior Officials Committee held in...
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Call for proposal for a European Community/Japan pilot cooperation project in the field of higher education (link)
Brussels, 24 April 2002 Useful documents: Guidelines Application Forms Explanatory Note on Budget
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ESA takes a new look at the Moon
Paris, 24 April 2002 Thirty years after Apollo 16’s lunar module, Orion, landed at the western edge of the Descartes Mountains on 21 April 1972, there is still much that we don’t know about the Moon...
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European students design a satellite
Paris, 24 April 2002 Throughout this week, the European Space Agency (ESA) is playing host to a group of forty young engineers and scientists from all over Europe, who will co-design a satellite. The...