Now bring on the big boo-word
Home was Windsor Castle, school was Eton and Freya Stark was his godmother, so how did Malise Ruthven get his fascination with Islam and fundamentalism? Anthony Freeman finds out No religion...
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What enriches the poor and liberates the oppressed?
Globalisation - so stop protesting and learn to love it, argues Jagdish Bhagwati. With all the noise made by vast numbers of anti-globalisers, most politicians may be forgiven for thinking that this...
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Night of the Ig wannabes
Some dream of the Nobel, some the letters FRS, but for those who really want to cut a dash in science only one award counts - an Ig Nobel. Geoff Watts surveys a cultural phenomenon. Hallelujah! You'...
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Passionate observer who wants everyone to feel the earth move
A boyhood fascination with the natural world sparked Richard Fortey's interest in the geologies that have shaped human development. Harriet Swain meets a hands-on adventurer. Richard Fortey leads the...
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Now bring on the big boo-word
Home was Windsor Castle, school was Eton and Freya Stark was his godmother, so how did Malise Ruthven get his fascination with Islam and fundamentalism? Anthony Freeman finds out No religion...
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Detailed rules for EU registers of GMO information (link)
Brussels, 3 March 2004 Commission Decision of 23 February 2004 laying down detailed arrangements for the operation of the registers for recording information on genetic modifications in GMOs,...
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Report on the proposed directive on the approximation of laws regarding the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes (link)
Brussels, 03 Mar 2004 REPORT on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Council Directive 86/609/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative...
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Revised Text of Draft Council Conclusions on the European Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) (link)
Brussels, 03 Mar 2004 Full text of Document 6893/04 Suite of documents 6893/04 No. prev. doc.: 6592/04 TRANS 83 MAR 26 AVIATION 47 RECH 31 Subject: Draft Council Conclusions on the European Global...
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Europe and Basic Research - Draft Council Conclusions (link)
Brussels, 03 Mar 2004 Full text of Document 6868/04 Suite of documents 6868/04 Delegations will find attached revised draft Council conclusions, following the meeting of Coreper on February 2004....
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POLICY, EVENT - Encounters of the modern biology kind
Brussels, 03 Mar 2004 Since Crick and Watson uncovered DNA's double helix 50 years ago, science has witnessed a surge of discoveries in biology, culminating in new fields of research, technologies...
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Counting on knowledge - How to Measure the Benefits of Science
Brussels, 03 Mar 2004 Science is becoming a world system, driven by the quest for knowledge and a desire to share it through greater collaboration. The EU's – indeed, the world's – goal of creating '...
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Today's news
Students face EU fight for places Extra money will have to be put into universities to protect places for home undergraduates following a predicted leap in numbers of students from the ten countries...
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Putting the horse before the cart
Brussels, 03 Mar 2004 Basic research brings enormous benefits to society and is one of the most cost-effective investments governments can make, the European Commission maintained during a recent...
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What do heat waves and ice ages have in common?
Brussels, 03 Mar 2004 This is not a joke. Europe appears to be getting hotter but – instead of raising fears of rising mercury – a trans-Atlantic research team will spend the next four years studying...
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Marie Curie Actions - Between 1 March and 5 April 2004, you are invited to contribute actively to the development of the Marie Curie website by responding to an online questionnaire
Brussels, 03 Mar 2004 Page link DG Research http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/i ndex_en.html