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Protests greet mother killer's arrival
Gina Grant, the 19-year-old straight-A scholar who bludgeoned her mother to death as a young teenager, has enrolled at Tufts University in Massachusetts along with 1,200 other freshmen. But while she...
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Nuclear rationale rethought
Huw Richards reports from the American Political Studies Association's conference in Chicago. "Who's next?" asked satirical songwriter and Harvard mathematician Tom Lehrer, as the small group of...
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Gift trapped
Patients and their families often give gifts to nurses as a way of evening out the balance of power, according to research from the University of Hertfordshire's School of Health and Human Sciences....
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Comfort factor wins students
A survey at Indiana's Purdue University says it all about the needs of the modern American student. A sample of 6,000 college rooms found 3,000 answering machines, more than 5,000 televisions, close...
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Right-wing grip on talk radio
Huw Richards reports from the American Political Studies Association's conference in Chicago. President Clinton has problems that even Britain's beleaguered John Major never dreamt of as he attempts...
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Parties share thoughts
Huw Richards reports from the American Political Studies Association's conference in Chicago. Conventional wisdom about the history of party politics in the United States is largely based on the...
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Legal landmarks
Huw Richards reports from the American Political Studies Association's conference in Chicago. The United States Supreme Court, guardians of the country's constitution, does respond to external...
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Gene screen debate call
Kay Davies, the leading geneticist, yesterday called for a national debate on the implications of genetic testing for the individual and society. Launching a Ciba Foundation discussion on the issue...
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Why we need heroes
Aisling Irwing reports from the British Association for the Advancement of Science festival at Newcastle University. The study of top sports performers has a valuable role to play in research into...
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Plankton break law of survival
Aisling Irwing reports from the British Association for the Advancement of Science festival at Newcastle University. Nature may operate more like a hippie commune than a Darwinian free market in some...
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Molten granite speed shifts
It was once assumed that molten granite took thousands or even millions of years to travel from its source deep within the earth to just below the surface. But this movement could take place over a...
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Engineers look north
Aisling Irwing reports from the British Association for the Advancement of Science festival at Newcastle University. By the end of the century the north-east of England should have a network of...
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Jellyfish take sting out of crop disease
Aisling Irwing reports from the British Association for the Advancement of Science festival at Newcastle University. A jellyfish gene has been transplanted into a plant to make it glow when it is...
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Smokers hear of cancer antidote
Aisling Irwing reports from the British Association for the Advancement of Science festival at Newcastle University. Smokers could avoid getting cancer by taking a chemical that zaps the carcinogens...