Travels in time put flesh on forebears
To comprehend the lives of the early humans who laid the foundations of civilisations, Steven Mithen sent a fictional observer to visit them Late one afternoon last October, I climbed a hill in...
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Brown promises billions to science Gordon Brown will make science and engineering the centrepiece of this summer’s spending round, announcing a policy review in the Budget to identify investment...
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Today's news
Brown promises billions to science Gordon Brown will make science and engineering the centrepiece of this summer’s spending round, announcing a policy review in the Budget to identify investment...
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What the Muslims can learn from Jews
Muslims are not alone in facing the pressures of finding a balance between national identity and diasporic ambitions. Over the past year, the vision of multicultural Britain that held sway for much...
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Making the world a smaller place
Brussels, 23 Oct 2003 An Austrian company is set to revolutionise communication between Europe's citizens with the launch of a large round screen which allows one-to-one, real time, oral and visual...
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Making the world a smaller place
Brussels, 23 Oct 2003 An Austrian company is set to revolutionise communication between Europe's citizens with the launch of a large round screen which allows one-to-one, real time, oral and visual...
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Europe sets out its strategy for nanoelectronics
Brussels, 01 Jul 2004 The Commissioners for Research and Enterprise and Information Society, Philippe Busquin and Erkki Liikanen, have welcomed a vision document drawn up by a high level group that...
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Making research careers more attractive: concrete steps leading to brain-gain results
Brussels, 30 June 2004 In a knowledge-based economy, where new ideas and scientific knowledge are central to innovation and growth, investment in human resources in science & technology (S...
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Eyes on the old East
The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650 - The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe. First edition
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Eyes on the old East
The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650 - The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe. First edition
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is taken from a work by a travel writer best known for his books about Asia: "I had been afraid of Russia ever...
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Malaysia to monitor student prostitutes
The Malaysian government has set up a committee to monitor foreign students who are tempted to engage in immoral activities, including prostitution, during their stay in the country. The move comes...
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EU project helps regions become more attractive in global communications economy
Brussels, 03 Oct 2003 An EU project has designed a database and toolkit aimed at regional actors, which provides information on how to prepare and implement regional development policies that make...
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EU project helps regions become more attractive in global communications economy
Brussels, 03 Oct 2003 An EU project has designed a database and toolkit aimed at regional actors, which provides information on how to prepare and implement regional development policies that make...
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Protests fail to save East Asian studies
The atmosphere was sombre this week at Durham University's department of East Asian studies. Despite very public protestations from former cabinet ministers, senior diplomats, eminent academics and...