Findings from the AAAS
Julia Hinde reports from the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Anaheim, California Gum disease linked to premature births US scientists have provided what may be...
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Pacific ocean link fails
An optic fibre cable that carries Australia's burgeoning Internet traffic across the Pacific Ocean failed for the first time last month - five kilometres below the surface of the sea and 2,000...
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Peace offerings
The Challenge in Kashmir - The Crisis in Kashmir
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How exams reflect life
It seems to be agreed that traditional exams, whatever their failings, are at least one of the more objective forms of assessment (THES, June 7). Much criticism is based on the idea that they are "...
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Global positions on cartography
Framework for the World
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City sights in traditional Islamic garb
Islamic Urban Studies, Historical Review and Perspectives - Dictionary of Islamic Architecture
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Cost forces out over-25s
A SHARP drop in the number of mature students applying for higher education cast a shadow this week over the government's claims that its policies will not jeopardise lifelong learning. Figures from...
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Rise of Anglo-Chinese
In this part of the world, it is commonplace to argue that English is important to the Chinese because of its usefulness in trade and finance. Anyone who is bilingual in Chinese and English can...
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Look who's over here
Over a fifth of postgraduates are overseas students. Mark Nye looks at the attractions of studying in the United Kingdom THE SCRAMBLE for a university place for Michaelmas entry is in full swing but...
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Don's Diary
Sunday Arrive in Hong Kong. It has been three years since I returned to the United Kingdom after 18 years in Hong Kong and a year since my last visit. Red flags proclaim China's ownership. Later this...
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From tiger to poodle?
At midnight on June 30, 155 years of British rule in Hong Kong cease. The handover to China raises complex questions for the colony's institutions, economy and citizens, with Hong Kong's thriving...
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The new face of recession
NO FINANCE minister can ever talk publicly of "the next recession". To do so is, at best, to admit that the government's policies cannot prevent it and, at worst, to invite the opposition to accuse...
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A wine for each occasion
UK higher education has several brands. Making them uniform would be bland and boring, argues Mike Thorne IT IS hardly surprising that the Quality Assurance Agency is floundering with the post-...
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Man's ascent in epidemic leaps
Plague, Pox and Pestilence - Epidemics and History
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Exact bequest of a star-struck empire
Angkor Wat