Stethoscopes and lies
In an alarming study, many future doctors said they falsified patients' documents when under pressure. Duncan Campbell reports Many future doctors and medical researchers say they are willing to...
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Galileo finds a cousin of Kilauea on Io
A volcano similar to Hawaii's Kilauea has been photographed on Jupiter's moon Io by the Nasa space probe Galileo. The active crater, known as Prometheus, is several times larger than its terrestrial...
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Aerial sights of battle sites in your hand
The latest aircraft created by an aerospace engineering team at the University of Florida can climb and bank - and can almost fit in the palm of your hand. The successful testing of a 15cm latex and...
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Forget the punch-bag - invest in a pet
They have been credited with helping the sick recover and bringing couples closer together. Now keeping a pet has been shown to lower blood pressure levels in over-stressed people better than drugs...
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GM threat to US monarch reassessed
The potential threat posed to the monarch butterfly by pollen from genetically modified corn has become something of a green cause celebre in the United States. However, preliminary results of...
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Say a little prayer for your health
Saying a little prayer can make you feel good. Psychologists from Sheffield Hallam and Ulster universities have found the more often a person prays, the better their sense of well-being. The research...
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Sauropod skeletons found in Saraha
The discovery of more than 20 tonnes of dinosaur remains in the Sahara desert has exposed a remarkable survivor of a line of giant plant-eating sauropod. A team lead by Paul Sereno, a palaeontologist...
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When trust slips
Quality will not improve if complaints reform puts lecturers on the defensive, writes Frank Furedi Students arriving on campuses this autumn will have found they have larger classes, less contact...
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How to fight solitary confinement
WHAT: Watching fellow students solve problems is invaluable, says John Lee,but technology threatens to stifle such vicarious learning. WHY: Today's students spend less time on campus and more time...
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African academia ravaged by Aids
Deaths of academics from Aids are wiping out key areas of specialist knowledge in African universities in an epidemic that threatens to stifle regional development, Commonwealth leaders meeting in...
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Natfhe rails at 'endemic discrimination' in pay
Women academics earn, on average, Pounds 4,300 less than their male colleagues, according to figures released this week. At the London Business School, the pay differential in 1997-98 topped Pounds...
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Royal Society bid for more money to improve academic pay
The Royal Society today called on the government to provide more money to improve academic pay and conditions. Responding to the Bett report on academic pay and conditions, a Royal Society working...
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Conrad Russell
'He has recently said of power: "Like sex it is necessary and may be delightful. Like sex it is unlawful when not based on consent"' It is ironic that Conrad Russell should receive the largest number...
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On the move
Oona King, Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, has been elected to the board of the British Council as vice-chair. She replaces Peter Mandelson, who had to forgo his recent appointment after being...
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Glittering prizes
Jurgen Baumert, professor of education at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, has received the first European Latsis Prize, worth 100,000 Swiss francs (Pounds 40,000). The...