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Pornography has infiltrated mainstream culture and threatens to escalate sexual violence. In her first article for a British newspaper, Catharine MacKinnon, who along with the late Andrea Dworkin led...
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Picking through the 'bleached bones' of leviathan
Dorrik Stowe's hunt for Tethys, a lost ocean that once dominated the planet, takes leads him from the Dolomites to the Himalayas The Tethys Ocean once dominated the Earth. Its vast waters were party...
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Little emperors' lifelines could be a gift for all
China's one-child policy lies behind the success of a public-private stem-cell bank. Geoff Watts explains The building looks innocuous enough - a five-storey marble-and-glass edifice standing in a...
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Campus curiosities. 05 Richard's follies at UCL
Among the jumble of Victorian, Edwardian and modern buildings that make up University College London's Bloomsbury campus is a scattered collection of architectural plunder that clearly belongs to...
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Top scorers play dirty in rae game
The rules of football are child's play compared with those of the research assessment exercise. While billions of pounds are at stake in both pursuits, one has regulations that must be understood by...
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Report on the proposed Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement for scientific and technological co-operation with Brazil (link)
Brussels, 18 May 2005 FINAL A6-0081/2005 4.4.2005 Type of Procedure: Consultation procedure REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement for scientific and...
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German research is thriving, says Research Minister
Brussels, 18 May 2005 German research is flourishing and the country's businesses are among the most innovative in Europe, says German Research Minister Edelgard Bulmahn. Speaking in front of the...
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Head of Unit calls for greater focus on rail research
Brussels, 18 May 2005 When ten new Member States joined the European Union on 1 May 2004, the land surface of the EU increased by a quarter to over 6.4 million square kilometres. Creating an...
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International team begins to map sheep genome
Brussels, 18 May 2005 Researchers from the UK, ߣߣÊÓƵ, New Zealand and the US are to begin work on mapping the sheep genome. Scientists believe that the results could lead to an improvement in...
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Information society technologies - fifth call for proposals
Brussels, 18 May 2005 The European Commission has published the fifth call for proposals under the 'information society technologies' (IST) priority of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). This is...
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Network-centric operating systems - call for tenders
Brussels, 18 May 2005 The European Commission's Information Society and Media DG has launched a call for tenders for a study on network-centric operating systems. The main objective of the study is...
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Satellites join watch on Naples' volcanic hinterland
Paris, 18 May 2005 The world's oldest volcano observatory has added satellites to its repertoire of instruments to monitor volcanic features flanking Naples. The result has been the most detailed...
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Oxford safety plan Oxford University is to complete its £18 million animal research laboratory by preparing large sections of the building off-site to protect builders from intimidation from animal...
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Latest research news
Koreans link with Scots in £18m deals A fledgling Scottish firm and the University of Aberdeen have firmed up two multi-million research deals with South Korean partners - the first of what are hoped...
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Draft Report on the proposed regulation on the European programme of satellite radionavigation (link)
Brussels, 17 May 2005 ***I DRAFT REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation of the deployment and commercial operating phases of the...