Five millennia of colourful cultures
A History of India. Third Edition - Modern South Asia. First Edition
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Vitamin pills are a waste of money Vitamin pills are a waste of money and have no effect in combating disease, cancer or any other illness, while wider use of cholesterol-lowering drugs would reduce...
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Modernity ushered in with a bang
India's Nuclear Bomb - New Nukes
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Germany encourages brain gain with 21.5 million euro prize fund
Brussels, 23 January 2002 Germany is attracting talented young foreign researchers to the country with a 21.5 million euro prize fund. The Sofja Kovalevskaja awards will be presented for the first...
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Our world not beyond repair
Globalisation and its Discontents
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Sterling Group trades on quality
The gloves came off in higher education this week after a group of United Kingdom universities advertising themselves as elite institutions revealed plans to target the domestic market. The Sterling...
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Lucy Blue
How a love for old boats led to the Red Sea coast of Egypt, and the excavation of one of the ancient world's major trading centres. For someone who has always been obsessed with old boats, a career...
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Allies to focus on industry
Canada and the United Kingdom have formed a partnership to encourage bilateral contacts. Its origins lie in a joint declaration signed in 1997 by prime ministers Tony Blair and Jean Chr茅tien that...
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Dragged in from the cold
Captain Scott - Pink Ice
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Dragged in from the cold
Captain Scott - Pink Ice
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Perth
The jailing of two students in Singapore for consuming cannabis at an end-of-exams party in Perth could damage Australia's image in Asia, according to Curtin University deputy vice-chancellor John...
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Today's news
Scientists grow 鈥渟pare-part鈥 organ Scientists have succeeded in growing a 鈥渟pare-part鈥 organ for the first time, leading to hope for new cancer treatments. A research team at Monash University in...
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From first bud, drug ban was a real hash
International treaties to curb cannabis trade and use have been built on the foundations of shaky science and imperial politics, writes James Mills. As British doctors prepare to prescribe a new...
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European DataGrid is a step closer to reality
Brussels, 13 Nov 2002 The European DataGrid (EDG) project, which promises scientists unprecedented computing power to tackle major challenges, such as modelling climate change or analysing genomic...
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Brisbane
Queensland, Australia, plans to invest Aus$0 million (Pounds 108 million) over ten years to make the state the "biotechnology hub of the Asia Pacific region". Aus$20 million is earmarked for new...