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Australian prime minister John Howard's refusal to apologise to the indigenous community for injustices caused during more than 200 years of white occupation has triggered demands from academic and...
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Jobless PhD-holders threaten to go on hunger strike
More than 200 unemployed PhD-holders have held a protest outside the office of the Jordanian prime minister for more than a month. They say they will go on hunger strike soon if there is no...
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Wealthy Harvard to lose president
Harvard president Neil Rudenstine has announced his resignation after helping America's top university to raise $2.6 billion (Pounds 1.7 billion) during an otherwise largely uneventful nine years as...
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Tax raises fears about student debt
Australia's goods and services tax, due to be implemented on July 1, will add A$300 million (Pounds 115 million) a year to the debt that university students incur under the Higher Education...
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Financial support for Latin studies in question
The Argentine government has said it is considering withdrawing $10 million (Pounds 6.8 million) in financial support for Latin American studies at United Kingdom higher education institutions as a...
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Cutting edge
Understanding why the anxiety-sensitive think the worst of innocuous sensations could shed light on panic disorders We have all been in situations where we may be more conscious of bodily sensations...
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An alternative to laboratory mice
The discovery that some common diseases use the same genetic tricks to attack different species may prove good news for scientists and laboratory mice alike. Researchers should now be able to conduct...
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Theory put beauty before physics
It took scholars a long time to accept Nicholas Copernicus's claim that the Sun and not the Earth sat at the heart of the solar system. But analysis by Owen Gingerich, a historian at Harvard-...
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Epilepsy cause may be found
Chemical "short-circuits" that link webs of brain cells together may be the culprits behind epileptic fits. Computer simulations have provided a remarkable insight into the causes of the debilitating...
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Media distorts drugs reporting
Television and newspaper reports tend to exaggerate the benefits of new medicines while ignoring their risks and costs. A study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, reveals that...
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Navigating by mental maps
Using vast computing power and evolutionary theory, researchers are gaining insights into the brain's complex circuitry, writes Geoff Watts. If one bit of the brain is damaged by a stroke, injuring...
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Russia fears Putin's economy could cost the earth
Putin has caused outrage by axeing the environmental protection agency to save money. Nick Holdsworth writes. Russian scientists and ecologists have reacted angrily to President Putin's decision to...
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Fact joins hands with faith in Rome
Research can add to the glory of God, is the pope's message to scientists. Paul Bompard reports. Surrounded by the baroque magnificence of St Peter's Basilica, Pope John Paul II received 2,500...
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EC backs research network
The European Commission has agreed to provide e80 million (Pounds 49.8 million) to help create a high-speed, high-capacity internet infrastructure to connect the national research and education...
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Report 'muddies' spending review
The links between teaching and research go beyond the simple view that "good research is necessary for good teaching", according to a study commissioned by the funding council. The finding will muddy...