First seeds of civilisation
It was a turning point in human history, the moment when a group of Levantine farmers first sowed seeds of barley before returning at the end of the growing season to reap their harvest. Scientists...
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Mr Erkki Liikanen: "G?ANT - the benefits of Europe's Broadband Research Network", Global Research Network Summit and G?ANT Commissioning event, Brussels, 22 May 2002
Brussels, 22 May 2002 Ladies and gentlemen, It gives me particular pleasure to close this event, and to send you away from here with a sense of the immense contribution that G?ANT - and research...
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Family china may be chipped but it is still very much in use
Chinese Big Business and the Wealth of Asian Nations
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Tuned in to vibes of the global tribes
Ethnomusicologists are looking to the future as much as to the past in exploring diverse musical traditions, says Michael Church. Cometh the hour, cometh the man: the fact that we know so much about...
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We cannot even define them, let alone name them...
...so how can we make war on those we call terrorists? asks David Whittaker The rhetoric from Washington about "taking out" terrorism is a predictable response provoked by the anger and grief that...
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Bangkok: the new Vienna
Global Sex - Travels in the Skin Trade
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Badly aimed canons and when to blow off
A Short History of Sociological Thought. Third edition - Sociological Lives and Ideas - Durkheim. First edition - Anthony Giddens - The Civilizing Process. Second edition
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Trading in the veil for a sword
The Begums of Bhopal
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Divergent views of a Chinese sage
An Introduction to Confucianism . First Edition
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Out of India
Contemporary South Asia (three times a year) - South Asia Research (two issues a year)
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Fight the right war
We must not let the battle against terrorism turn into a clash of civilisations, writes Azzam Tamimi These are difficult times for Muslims worldwide, but in particular for those in Europe and America...
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What keeps all of Britain's colours from the screens?
Ethnic minorities find the UK film and TV industry shut to them, says Sara Wajid, but Geoff Watts reports on an experiment proving that racism is not hard wired. Twelve years after the rap group...
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MSG: the countdown begins to a new era in European weather forecasting
Paris, 12 July 2002 A new generation of more sophisticated weather satellites that will produce more precise data in a shorter time than its predecessors is poised for its first launch. Meteosat...
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Educated guess about social gain
Education and Development
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CryoSat – a satellite with an icy mission
Paris, 08 February 2002 On 8 February the ESA Director of Earth Observation, José Achache, signed the contract confirming that Astrium will build the new European environmental and climate satellite...