Shadows of days gone by
A day of total luna-see: * Records of eclipses can be found in the ancient histories of Babylon, East Asia, Europe and Arabia. * The oldest report of a total eclipse is dated July 17, 709BC. * A...
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Thinness blights world
The global media is spreading eating disorders in non-western cultures, say Leicester University researchers. Psychiatrist Mervat Nasser, author of Culture and Weight Consciousness, claims that...
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Research in tropical animal health
Deadline: 31/08/2001
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E-outfits go the distance
After faltering in the dotcom downturn, e-learning providers are working hard to recover ground. As Stephen Phillips reports from San Francisco, many institutions are now focusing on professional...
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Romano Prodi: Erasmus World Press Conference, Brussels, 17 July 2002
Brussels, 17 July 2002 Today the Commission adopted Erasmus World on a proposal from Viviane. There is a simple philosophy behind the project: "By opening our universities to the world, we open them...
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Don's Diary
Weekend Combination of catching up on piles of reading marked "not urgent", domestic matters put off for weeks; and preparation for a visit to Kyrgyzstan. It is here, in Central Asia (formerly part...
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From today's UK papers
Daily Telegraph The government should stop attacking elite universities for failing to recruit more state pupils and focus instead on the failings of comprehensive education, says Anthony Smith,...
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Conceptual clarity but cock-eyed Coptic in hard-to-follow script
A History of Writing
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France lays out welcome mat
Foreigners who want to study in France should soon find it easier to take up residence and support themselves there. Education minister Jack Lang and minister of foreign affairs Hubert Vedrine have...
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Medicine proves bad for debtors' wellbeing
George Soros on Globalization
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Statement by Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation on behalf of the EU at the Pan-European Regional Preparatory Conference, Bucharest 7 - 9 November
Copenhagen, 07 Nov 2002 Check against delivery. Statement by Mr Helge Sander Danish Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation on behalf of the European Union Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen...
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Multi-use transit space to nowhere
Splintering Urbanism
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Suits for revolt and fashion to fight crime
The Supermodern Wardrobe - Made in Britain - Dress in Detail from Around the World
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50%? Done that, says top Scot
Prime minister Tony Blair wants 50 per cent of 18 to 30-year-olds in higher education by 2010. Yesterday, Iain Gray, Scotland's minister for enterprise, transport and lifelong learning, revealed that...
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The Black Death: was it caused by rats or viruses?
Biology of Plagues