A history of birthday surprises for geologists
Age does matter when we're talking about earth, finds Cherry Lewis. How old is the earth? In 1899 the age favoured by most geologists was 100 million years (Ma), although estimates ranged from 3...
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Put the fizz in physics
The physical sciences are often seen as hard and boring but one of the 24 learning and teaching support subject centres is aiming to change all that. Sharon-Ann Holgate reports. Do you want to make a...
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Adjustment to UK student life
Walking into a crowded student union bar can bea daunting experience for a Chinese student, coming from a culture where bars are not necessarily socially acceptable. Although Chinais changing and...
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Star Turn
Using computer simulations of molecular structures has enabled students at Essex University to visualise chemical processes and has improved their grades. Jennifer Currie reports. Teaching life...
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Wales will let you lord it for just Pounds 30,000
Social climbers with up to Pounds 30,000 to spare are being offered the chance to impress their friends with a bona fide aristocratic title in a money-making scheme being run by the University of...
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V-cs attack NHS revamp
Vice-chancellors have warned that proposals to change the way the National Health Service trains its staff and plans staffing could undermine the expansion in medical education announced last week....
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Liverpool archaeologist joins rush to rescue Turkish slice of history
Archaeologists from around the world are engaged in a desperate race to save the ancient city of Zeugma on the Euphrates River in southern Turkey. Mosaics regarded by archaeologists as some of the...
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its openingsentence, is from a contemporary US novelist who calls himself a "failed ascetic": " He speaks in your voice, American,...
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Close eyes and see
Sight Unseen - Representation and Recognition in Vision
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Diving into an ocean of wonders in pursuit of the marvellous
The Artificial Kingdom
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A history of hostility to power
An Intelligent Person's Guide to Liberalism
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Brief lives of some star performers
Johannes Kepler and the New Astronomy - On Tycho's Island
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How to get your profile on to a biscuit
Defining Features
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No business sense, but plenty of genius
The Man Who Invented the 20th Century
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They're some jolly good fellows
Metals and the Royal Society