Why I ...believe science needs the arts
It is right that statements by scientists that touch on ethical issues be scrutinised for departures from scientific objectivity. It is also sensible to be wary when scientific methods such as...
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Cutting edge: Joshua B. Smith
Stepping down from the relative warmth of the Land Cruiser, I crunch across the sand for about 15ft to what looks like part of a blackened, burnt-out log. I kneel down closer - close enough so the...
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Online archive celebrates a decade of data dissemination
The Los Alamos E-Print Archive has helped thousands of physicists and mathematicians worldwide to gain access to a wealth of research over the past ten years. Julia Hinde looks at its success. A...
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No bones about a dusty old dig
Despite extreme heat, archaeologists converge every year from July to September on a dusty Turkish plain. Dz¹³Ù²¹±ô³óö²âü°ì has become one of the world's busiest archaeological sites, but size can have its...
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Dz¹³Ù²¹±ô³óö²âü°ì
It is a 9,000-year-old, early Neolithic village - considered by some to be the world's first city. Some say it could have housed up to 10,000 people. It was unearthed in the 1960s and was found to...
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Clone ban 'disaster' for US
The reverse brain drain of researchers leaving the United States looks set to gather pace after the House of Representatives voted this week to ban all cloning of human embryos. The congressmen...
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Congress rethink on animal welfare laws alarms scientists
US scientists say animal welfare regulations under consideration by Congress could strangle medical research with red tape, writes Stephen Phillips. Plans to extend the US Animal Welfare Act (AWA) to...
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A-level in maths fails to impress
The lack of geometry in the new A and AS-level mathematics courses means students no longer have a suitable foundation for university science and engineering courses, according to a report published...
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Right formula
Andy Cartwright, a chemical and pharmaceutical sciences student at Sunderland University, has solved a problem that dogged experts at GlaxoSmithKline. He used the advanced analytical sciences...
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Scots take reins in e-science
British scientists took their first steps into a brave new computing world this week, following an award of £5.5 million to Edinburgh and Glasgow universities to set up a national e-science centre....
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No strings for Ken
Tory leader hopeful Ken Clarke's recent comments criticising the abolition of grants and the introduction of student tuition fees should come as no surprise. His penchant for beer, fags and...
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Taking a chance
The board of Channel Four directors that approved the Brass Eye "mocumentary" on paedophilia includes the master of Balliol College, Oxford, Andrew Graham, who was recently tipped as a possible...
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Blair urged to act now on student cash
Roderick Floud, president of Universities UK, has called on the government to review its student loans and tuition fees policy urgently. Professor Floud, who took over as president from Sir Howard...
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For the record
Drop in college enrolments Government figures published last week showed a 1.8 per cent fall in further education enrolments for 1999-2000 compared with the previous year. Some 705,300 students aged...
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Funding tied to rules on conduct
Renewed calls for a body to deal with allegations of scientific misconduct have been rebuffed by the Office of Science and Technology. The move came as the Wellcome Trust said that from October 2002...