Lima: kidnappers get 20 years
Six gang members who kidnapped the former rector of the University of Particular, Inca Garcilaso de La Vega, at gunpoint and held him for a ransom of 2 million soles (£397,000) in December 1998 have...
Six gang members who kidnapped the former rector of the University of Particular, Inca Garcilaso de La Vega, at gunpoint and held him for a ransom of 2 million soles (£397,000) in December 1998 have...
A bid to bring a sense of community to American students could work well in the UK, writes Gordon Marsden. "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." President...
Ground-breaking research into worms could be vital for the environment and life itself Earthworms have been studied closely for more than a century. Charles Darwin produced a book on the creatures...
At some 75cm across and capable of cracking open a coconut shell with its formidable claws, the land-dwelling coconut crab is your beach lounger's worst nightmare. Fortunately for the sunbather, the...
The camera focuses on the small, white circle. The robot sizes up its target, then an arm extends downwards until the suction cup on the end is pressed against the helpless mushroom. It is captured...
World leaders pondering the possible consequences of man-made climate change would be wise to consider the fate of the Roman Mediterranean. Computer modelling has revealed that the now-arid region...

We are no longer limited to applying natural materials cleverly, we can make substances with the properties we want. Olga Wojtas reports An occupational hazard for professors is having to explain...
A new strategy will boost the nursing contribution to research and development. Claire Sanders reports The funding council has agreed to end the anomaly that was crippling both nursing research and...
A researcher at France's largest research organisation has been dismissed for revisionism. Serge Thion, who started working at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in 1971, was sacked...
European leaders want to integrate public space efforts into other activities. Jane Marshall reports. Space is no longer a separate entity, and space exploration must be fused with other activities...
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