Brussels, 14 Aug 2003 Summary: The Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) uses its advanced crop yield forecasting system to predict the effects of the persisting drought on this year's harvest in...
Brussels, 14 Aug 2003 By 2040, many people will be working from home several days a week, and when planning their holidays, will be limited to a certain number of 'air miles' per year to reflect the...
Brussels, 14 Aug 2003 As discussions regarding the potential applications of nanotechnology become more frequent, research results from around Europe are bringing some of these possibilities to life...
Brussels, 14 Aug 2003 The European Commission has published a call for tenders related to a study aimed at improving and networking energy RTD (research and technological development) information...
The Hedgehog, The Fox, and the Magister's Pox
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a book that was the author's favourite among his own books: "Whether I shall turn out to be the hero...
The Double Life of Dr Lopez
The Future of Freedom
Complications
The Future of Human Nature
The Age of Consent
A Dictionary of European Anglicisms - English in Europe
Dear Maureen Well, here I am at last relaxing in this out-of-the-way spot in the Gers (I've been here two days and still haven't seen a single soul). Not that I'm complaining about such solitude. I...
If this is results day, it must be time for the annual exchanges on the dumbing down of A levels. This year, however, the argument has moved on a stage: the focus is on proposed reforms of the exams...
Kathi Diamant's curiosity about a shared surname led to 20 years' study of the mysterious life of Kafka's last love that revealed new insights into a literary icon and a remarkable woman of strength...