Take a look at taboo
It is ironic, if not irresponsible, to suggest we reassess our moral attitude to incest when we fear the family is under threat ("Heart steers head onto right track", THES , January 24). Our distant...
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New end to old story?
Bias against women in higher education is not new ("Bias cheats women out of places", THES , January 17). In the early 1970s, the Open University discovered that, despite its first-come, first-served...
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Green man's guidance
Susan Palmer and Bryan Sentes ("Saviours of souls", THES , January 17) could have insisted on the common outlook of the Raelian cult and the scientific establishment. Most geneticists oppose...
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Maggie is not of note
Graham Farmelo (Books, THES , January 17) repeats the assertion that "Margaret Thatcher deserves credit for the role she surely played in securing Faraday's place on the English £20 note". It is not...
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"I/A" item note: Public Access to documents - confirmatory application on documents about telecoms data retention
Brussels, 29 Jan 2003 Full text of Document 5045/03 No. prev. doc.: 5044/03 Subject: Public access to documents - confirmatory application by Mr Tony BUNYAN (1/03) Delegations will find enclosed a...
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UK public distrustful of government scientific advice
Brussels, 29 Jan 2003 A UK survey has found that the public are more likely to trust environmental or consumer groups than government advice on scientific issues. A poll for the University of East...
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US paper to WTO on access to genetic resources regime of US national parks (link)
Geneva, 29 January 2003 Access to genetic resources regime of the United States National Parks. Communication from the United States. Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights...
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Commissioners de Palacio and Busquin visit underground research facility for radioactive waste disposal
Brussels, 29 January 2003 In a few years time, all high-level radioactive waste in Europe should be buried deep underground. To check progress towards sustainable long-term nuclear waste management,...
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Forum on the relationship between healthy eating and healthy farming
Brussels, 29 Jan 2003 The second Agrosante forum on the relationship between healthy eating and healthy farming is taking place on 1 and 2 April in Beauvais, France. For several years, concerns about...
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Documents from the UK All-Party Parliamentary Internet Group Inquiry on Telecoms Data Retention
Brussels, 29 Jan 2003 The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group has held a public inquiry into communications data retention and the subsequent access to that data. It released its report at the UK...
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Statement of revenue and expenditure for European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST) (link)
Brussels, 29 Jan 2003 Full text of Document 205/03 Subject: Statement of revenue and expenditure for European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST) - Provisional...
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Update: 12:45
Graduate jobs slump Figures published today show a sharp drop in the demand for graduate employees. A survey by independent research company Incomes Data Services shows that employers cut...
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Today's news
Access debate moves to schools Poor secondary education rather than discrimination by universities is the main reason why fewer children from poor backgrounds go on to higher education, Tony Blair...
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Today's news
Pepys book wins Whitbread prize Claire Tomalin has won the 2002 Whitbread book of the year award for her biography Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self , beating her husband Michael Frayn for the £25,...
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Update: 13:10
US academics oppose attack on Iraq A group of academics from 28 American universities has returned from Baghdad to oppose any military attack on Iraq and foster exchanges of faculty and students...