Analysis of aggression among animals reveals a basic set of conditions under which more or less all species, especially those towards the upper end of the evolutionary scale, resort to inflicting...
Lis Howell had a lot to learn when she went from a career in the media to lecturing in journalism, and her management experience did little to prepare her. It was a closing door that brought it home...
Autism appears to be on the increase, but the condition's cause is still a mystery. Among the current suspects, reports Adrian Mourby, are diet, genes and vaccines. The recent controversy over a...
I know that my University of York colleagues regard my trip as the academic wheeze of all time. Round-the-world, ten countries, cruising conditions etc, etc. All true. But - and I expect no sympathy...
Well, I wasn't alone, and it should really have been an evening, but you know old Fidel. We were told 24 hours earlier that the Commandante would see us the next evening: a spontaneous gesture that...
Liz Doig reports on a scheme that offers a semester of study while travelling from the Bahamas to Japan. It might sound like a breeze but James Walvin (below and right) explains why it is not all...
The violent labour pains that accompany star birth have been revealed by a supercomputer study, writes Steve Farrar. In a cosmic feeding frenzy, nascent stars appear to battle with each other to...
The workings of life are bound up in the intricate folds of the long-chain polymers known as proteins. Yet science has been unable to predict how each one should shape up, writes Steve Farrar. Now a...
Social scientists with specialist knowledge of 'dangerous' peoples are increasingly valuable in the fight against terrorism, but is it ethical to spy on your subjects? Chris Bunting reports In...
Tiniest particle may hold key to dark matter The lightest known particle in the Universe has been weighed for the first time. Scientists from Cambridge University have calculated that the neutrino,...
Brussels, 10 April 2002 The EU's scientific steering committee adopted two opinions on BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) on 5 April, agreeing a strategy for testing small ruminants for BSE if...
Brussels, 9 April 2002 Today, the Commission is proposing a new multiannual programme for actions in the field of energy, "Intelligent Energy for Europe" (2003-2006), to follow on from the current...
Brussels, 10 April 2002 An international workshop focusing on European research management will take place in Turku, Finland on and 28 May. The event will focus on three key themes: the Sixth...
Brussels, 10 April 2002 - Recent opinions of SSC on BSE-related Issues, 09 April 2002 - Opinion on safe sourcing of small ruminant materials (adopted on 04-05 April 2002) - Suggested strategy to...
Brussels, 10 April 2002 Statement