World / Science & Education
Irish team to tackle blight on potatoes
04.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
A joint North-South research initiative involving Teagasc and Queen's University will tackle the old enemy - potato blight - which continues to threaten today's crops, writes Anthony King
Ireland
Sciences
Why knowledge is the economic key
04.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
Investment in the knowledge economy is the key to Ireland's continuing success, according to Frank Gannon, director general of Science Foundation Ireland, writes Dick Ahlstrom
Ireland
Sciences
Awards for teachers who go the extra mile
04.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS will receive awards over the next few weeks in recognition of their efforts in promoting science. There are 654 schools included in the ceremonies this year, the largest number yet - and an increase of 30 per cent on last year.
Ireland
Sciences
How higher pay attracts bright students to medicine
04.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
UNDER THE MICRSCOPE: Why do those in science, technology and engineering earn less than medics?, asks Dr William Reville
Ireland
Sciences
'War Journal' has much to tell, much left unclear
04.06.2008 22:30
usatoday.com
The most fascinating chapter in War Journal: My Five Years in Iraq by NBC's Richard Engel isn't set in Iraq. Engel, 33, who has ...
USA
Books & CD
Book buzz: In Washington and at BookExpo
04.06.2008 22:30
usatoday.com
Scott McClellan's much-discussed book enters USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list at No. 20, while book editors at BookExpo America ...
USA
Books & CD
New in paperback
04.06.2008 22:30
usatoday.com
New England White by Stephen L. Carter (Vintage, $14.95, reprint). "The perfect smart summer read," writes USA TODAY's Deirdre ...
USA
Books & CD
Book roundup: Chick lit
04.06.2008 22:30
usatoday.com
These four books make for some fabulous summer reading.
USA
Books & CD
Rushdie's 'Enchantress of Florence' casts no spell
04.06.2008 22:30
usatoday.com
The best thing about Salman Rushdie's tiresome and confusing new novel The Enchantress of Florence is its lovely gold and orange ...
USA
Books & CD
Charles Dickens' desk sells for more than $850,000
04.06.2008 22:30
usatoday.com
Christie's auction house says the writing desk and chair Charles Dickens used to write Great Expectations has sold for just over ...
USA
Books & CD
Rose Tremain wins Orange prize
04.06.2008 22:30
usatoday.com
English writer Rose Tremain has won Britain's Orange Prize for fiction by women.
USA
Books & CD
British prime minister saves world in comic book cameo
04.06.2008 22:29
usatoday.com
The British prime minister's dull-as-dishwater image is getting a revamp from an unlikely source: U.S.-based comic book publisher ...
USA
Books & CD
Kin In Space. Social Viscosity In A Spatially And Genetically Sub-structured Network
04.06.2008 21:14
medicalnewstoday.com
It is a fundamental problem in evolutionary biology to understand how large societies - including humans - can arise and by what means they are stably maintained. To address this question we explored the role of structural mechanisms in a large Galápagos sea lion colony. Using modern social network approaches we find that the seemingly chaotic aggregation is well structured into social communities and cliques.
World
Biology
Eighties fashion 'violates laws of nature'
04.06.2008 20:17
telegraph.co.uk
Lopsided haircuts made popular by 1980s pop stars not only risk making those sporting them look silly but also go against the evolutionary process itself, according to a professor of mathematics. Roger Highfield reports.
Great Britain
Science & Education
Robot nannies threat to child care
04.06.2008 20:17
telegraph.co.uk
A warning that parents may be sorely tempted to give up looking after their children because of advances in childminding robots is issued today.
Great Britain
Science & Education
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