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Contradictions built into Britain's system of higher education seem to have persuaded the government towards structural change. One ingredient should be freedom — even the freedom for institutions to become extinct.
With the screening in several countries of a film on the subject, the controversy over Margaret Mead's work in Samoa rumbles on. Underneath the thunder and lightning, considerable anthropological issues are at stake.
While physics may remain the art of representing difficult problems as simple, even the simplest complicated problems appear to have the practitioners bemused.
The spring of the year brings a flurry of product introductions: this season's best includes a phenol-free DNA extraction kit, an LC/MS that can handle haemoglobin, and a benchtop robot that does the drudge jobs without complaint.
Business links between Europe and the United Kingdom are increasing and barriers to mobility of labour are coming down. There are new opportunities for both employers and individuals.
