Pacific ocean link fails
An optic fibre cable that carries Australia's burgeoning Internet traffic across the Pacific Ocean failed for the first time last month - five kilometres below the surface of the sea and 2,000...
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Pill giants look to new patients
The emerging markets of China, India and Brazil will play a crucial role in setting the agenda for pharmaceutical firms worldwide, according to Richard Sykes, chairman and chief executive of Glaxo...
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Business schools set up quality mark
A group of top European business schools this week launched a European Quality Improvement System which aims to establish a clear and internationally recognised elite within the business school...
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Power dressing
Commodity and Exchange in the Mongol Empire
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Barbarity and the British palate
Fruits of Empire
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Short cuts lead to 'miserabilism'
A critical review of the socio-economic upheavals across Eastern Europe since the collapse of communism is emerging in universities in the region. The heady days of transition from strictly...
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Asians take pride in a place
Students who were born in Asia are winning places in New South Wales universities at up to three times the rate of their Australian or European-born counterparts, possibly because their parents place...
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Laying their dead to rest
As forensics provides clues about the victims of genocide, Thomas Laqueur considers the motives of those involved and asks whether dissecting a body is compatible with the relatives' need to mourn My...
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Napoleon's Persian 'passade'
Napoleon and Persia
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Spray to catch flu in nose
A new nasal spray that could help conquer influenza is being developed at Cardiff University's Common Cold and Nasal Research Centre, writes Iola Smith. The spray prevents flu viruses from clinging...
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Traces on the amber route
Europe Before History
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Incendiary device
Nationalism
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UN hit by vigilantes
The US and UK's unilateral strikes against Iraq have undermined the UN's mission, say Iraq represents a clear and present danger to the United States and the world. These words were invoked...
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Tiger's eyes
(Photograph) - Mahathir Mohamad, prime minister of Malaysia, one of the fast-growing so-called "tiger" economies of South-east Asia, this week launched the Malaysian Commonwealth Studies Centre at...
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A little guidance for mentors
Teacher Development