Boosting the boys 3
I must challenge the total misrepresentation of the work of myself and my colleagues in Yanina Sheeran's letter on dropouts (July 15). Our research, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in the...
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Science and terror
As the person whose research informed last week's article "Science blase on terror", (July 15) I wish to correct the impression given that I believe science is indifferent to terror. The article...
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No witch-hunt here
Your report from the British Society of Criminology conference ("Academics slam antisocial policy", July 15) gave a very one-sided account of the discussions on antisocial behaviour. Several sessions...
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Can't beat good book
Scientists will be affected by the low significance given to books by research assessment exercise panels ("Will RAE be wooed by weight of words?", July 15). In previous RAEs, science monographs and...
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Darwin's documents
The article on the Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded project, The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, (Who Got That Cash, July 1), was incorrect in stating that it would include all...
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File under R(ubbish)
Our local university college, Chester, has just been awarded university status. I recently called there to see a friend and as we left his office I noticed a wastebasket containing a box file...
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A lunatic knight who tilted the land of literature
In 1605, an unknown Spanish author published a novel that rewrote the rules of literature. Michael North asks why generation after generation has fallen for Don Quixote There is an apocryphal tale...
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Do all aliens need to be rooted out?
Foreign plants are vilified for upsetting natives and vandalising landscapes. But few deserve such bad press, says Steve Farrar War has been declared on alien invaders. Egged on by newspaper...
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'I have to succeed now. If not, all guns will be pointed'
Anna Fazackerley meets an outspoken young scientist whose passion for studying mental illness at a molecular level is stirring up the research establishment and winning 'eccentric' backers It was the...
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When the hugs don't work...
Should institutions be able to seek ASBOs for students? asks Michael North At 6am one Sunday, Vivienne Hillier opened her door and was "hit by a wall of sound". The noise came from a house 100 yards...
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Campus curiosities (10): Edward Jenner's cow, St George's, University of London
When Edward Jenner arrived at St George's Hospital in 1770, the student found himself in the middle of a smallpox epidemic. Most of its victims, who were crammed four to a bed in candle-lit wards,...
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The phoenix may yet soar on a wing and a prayer
With most Iraqis now ready to embrace democracy, it is time to take a deep breath and jump, says Brendan Simms Whether Iraq is another Vietnam is hotly debated around the world. Perhaps, however, a...
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Europabio Disappointed with EU Work on Biotech Patents (link)
Brussels 19 July 2005: Uncertainty reigns as biotech patents remain unharmonised The EU Commission has published its long awaited 2nd report (1) on the EU Biotechnology Patents Directive (Directive...
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Address by UNICE President, following presentation by Commissioner Potocnik of new key figures on Science, Technology and Innovation in Europe (link)
Brussels, 19 July 2005 Disappointing economic performances in the EU have reflected the declining trend in our growth potential which is currently below 2% (compared to 3.5% in the US). The EU is...
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S&T key figures reveal China breathing down EU's neck
Brussels, 20 Jul 2005 The European Commission published its 'Key Figures 2005 on science, technology and innovation' on 19 July, revealing stagnation in research and development (R&D)...