We will undermine the principle of equality'
Will it deliver designer babies to the wealthy or eradicate disease among the poor? Stephen Phillips ponders biotechnology's potential to shape our future, Francis Fukuyama (below, left) urges...
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Hungry for solid solutions
The greatest prize for humanity would be an end to poverty but there is no easy answer, writes James Mirrlees. Fifty years ago, health, peace and poverty reduction were the world's priorities, but...
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Why UK is going down the pan
To squat or sit, to flush or recycle, to accept top-down solutions or 'bottom-up' revolutions - toilet provision, or the lack of it, reveals a nation's soul, argues Clara Greed There is a great deal...
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Monday: a science lecture at Stanford. Tuesday: Japan. Wednesday: Hong Kong for an honorary degree...
'Back to Japan for more engagements and a lecture on Saturday. Monday: back to the UK for funding council meetings and then off to Poland for two lectures. Today, Wednesday, is the first time I have...
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The Trini Trinity is found on de line
The Internet
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Has Europe got what it takes to be the new US?
If the European Union is to fulfil its potential as a supranational democracy, it must offer its citizens freedom, security and, most of all, respect. Dennis Smith reports. Professors and politicians...
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Closer to our primal pulse
World Musics in Context
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Iron fists in velvet gloves
Progress and tradition could go hand in hand in China but only if reformists will let them, Wang Gungwu argues. The Indian regional elections went well for the Congress Party in November, but perhaps...
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Inky lines that can be more than words
The Art of Calligraphy in Modern China
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Helping the world to breathe more easily
In the battle against climate change, good intentions are not enough. Lobbyists must become more Machiavellian. Fred Pearce reports. Know your enemy." It has been Paul Harris's motto as United States...
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Royalty's rhyme and reason
The death last week of the Queen Mother was seen by many as marking the end of an era. But Declan Quigley argues that while the modern monarchy may have lost much of its influence, for many it...
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OU head leaves for challenge of Unesco's education effort
Open University vice-chancellor Sir John Daniel is to become assistant director general of Unesco, the United Nations' educational and cultural organisation, in Paris. Sir John said he was looking...
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Can this old house offer a new window on the world?
As Chatham House loses its director after a brief tenure, Claire Sanders considers the institute's challenges. When Chris Gamble, the first female director of the Royal Institute of International...
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Banal Catalans and Bossi Italians
National Identities
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Pacific heads try for Apec influence
An elite group of Pacific Rim university heads is attempting to increase its influence on the leading agency for open trade and economic cooperation among Asia-Pacific economies. The Association of...