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India Unbound
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Continuing our series of Big Science Questions, Mark Buchanan asks if we are in a post-evolutionary age, and Michael Ruse looks at our role in change. It is tempting to suppose that in this modern...
The greatest prize for humanity would be an end to poverty but there is no easy answer, writes James Mirrlees. Fifty years ago, health, peace and poverty reduction were the world's priorities, but...
Hinduism and Ecology
Will it deliver designer babies to the wealthy or eradicate disease among the poor? Stephen Phillips ponders biotechnology's potential to shape our future, Francis Fukuyama (below, left) urges...
To squat or sit, to flush or recycle, to accept top-down solutions or 'bottom-up' revolutions - toilet provision, or the lack of it, reveals a nation's soul, argues Clara Greed There is a great deal...
'Back to Japan for more engagements and a lecture on Saturday. Monday: back to the UK for funding council meetings and then off to Poland for two lectures. Today, Wednesday, is the first time I have...
The Internet
Progress and tradition could go hand in hand in China but only if reformists will let them, Wang Gungwu argues. The Indian regional elections went well for the Congress Party in November, but perhaps...
If the European Union is to fulfil its potential as a supranational democracy, it must offer its citizens freedom, security and, most of all, respect. Dennis Smith reports. Professors and politicians...
World Musics in Context
In the battle against climate change, good intentions are not enough. Lobbyists must become more Machiavellian. Fred Pearce reports. Know your enemy." It has been Paul Harris's motto as United States...
The Art of Calligraphy in Modern China