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• 2010-09-08 13:32Baroness Greenfield criticises 'Taliban-like' Stephen Hawking Physicists like Professor Stephen Hawking who claim God has no place in the creation of the Universe ... read more »
• 2010-09-08 15:28ResearchGATE brings in strong funding round for ... Social network has 2,600 groups covering various projects and lab methods, and is backed by experienced investors ... read more »
• 2010-09-08 15:48Hammer attack school condemned by victim's mother Report finds Swindon school failed to recognise racist incidents before assault that left Henry Webster brain damaged ... read more »
• 2010-09-08 15:20Burberry's conquest of cyber space Burberry's conquest of cyber space continues with worldwide digital theatres. read more »
• 2010-09-08 15:45Easter Island: meeting the moai On a fashion shoot 2,000 miles from anywhere, Hilary Alexander encountered her first moai - one of ... read more »
• 2010-09-08 12:35GQ Men of the Year Awards 2010: ... It might have a been a night dedicated to the boys, but the glamorous female celebrities didn't ... read more »
• 2010-09-08 12:22George Bernard Shaw photographs uncover the larky ... Shaw's huge collection of photographs, many showing him in a new light, are to be made available ... read more »
• 2010-09-08 13:17Who sends their sick child to school? Half of parents admit they make their kids go to school even if they're not feeling well, ... read more »
• 2010-09-03 02:36Stephen Hawking: religious leaders dismiss 'God not ... The Archbishop of Canterbury has dismissed the conclusion by Stephen Hawking, the retired Cambridge scientist, that the ... read more »
• 2010-09-08 13:32Baroness Greenfield criticises 'Taliban-like' Stephen Hawking Baroness Greenfield, the leading scientist, has compared Professor Stephen Hawking to the Taliban for his claim that ... read more »
• 2010-09-07 18:13She Wears It Well: Sofia Coppola Stylish film director's fashion punt is a hit in Venice. read more »
• 2010-09-08 10:33Sorry Kate Moss, the kids say you're ... Sir Philip Green was listening to his teen fanbase when he sent the model packing, says Marion ... read more »
• 2010-09-08 10:34Mad Men and powerful perfumes Jane Cullen follows the scent of old-school aromas that channel the saucy vixens of the cult show. read more »
• 2010-09-08 11:20Vanity Check: Karlie Kloss read more »
• 2010-09-07 20:07'Mind-reading machine' can convert thoughts into speech A mind reading machine is closer to reality after researchers discovered a way to translate brain signals ... read more »
• 2010-09-07 20:27Prince of Wales's Start initiative: rubbish designs Orsola de Castro is the queen of `upcycling`, the hottest trend in eco fashion that turns offcuts ... read more »
• 2010-09-08 08:02'Broken Britain' rhetoric fuels fears about state ... Tories must stop linking poverty to bad behaviour, leftwing thinktank warns Tory "broken Britain" rhetoric has fuelled ... read more »
• 2010-09-08 01:01The world's top 100 universities, 2010 Cambridge is now the world's top university, according to a new report, which knocks Harvard from the ... read more »
• 2010-09-08 01:04Letters: Bac to the future for schools The news that Michael Gove is proposing an "English baccalaureate" to sit alongside GCSEs (Report , 6 ... read more »
• 2010-09-08 01:06Letters: Surfing the global digital revolution Today the Council for Industry and Higher Education's taskforce for the creative, digital and information technology industries ... read more »
• 2010-09-08 01:06Cambridge ousts Harvard as world's best university US college knocked off top spot for first time in seven years, while UK institutions 'struggle to ... read more »
• 2010-09-07 17:14Big body movements key to attracting women ... Running on the spot, windmill arms and spinning may attract ridicule on the dance floor but it ... read more »
• 2010-09-07 20:27Health and safety concerns are restricting children's ... Survey shows children brought up 'in cotton wool', when they need boisterous play, say experts A generation ... read more »
• 2010-09-07 21:30My son's experience in a French school ... As a new book lays bare the inadequacies of the French education system, Emily Barr relives her ... read more »
• 2010-09-07 16:42Trending: Shades of grey Camel might well be the colour for this autumn, but grey is enjoying a moment as the ... read more »
• 2010-09-07 17:05The General Social Care Council must be ... The agency was created to place greater value on the people who work with the vulnerable. It ... read more »
• 2010-09-07 17:11Little Rock Nine on the frontline With the death of Jefferson Thomas, one of nine teenagers to first test racial segregation in US ... read more »
• 2010-09-07 13:07Are you a man who has suffered ... If you have experienced depression following the birth of your child, G2 would like to hear your ... read more »
• 2010-09-07 12:22Top of the high-street shops Think high-street fashion is all the same? Think again. The best stores have a look that's all ... read more »
• 2010-09-06 18:56Vertical catwalk: Models drop in for high ... Dressed in specially modified outfits models put on a catwalk show with a difference on London's Oxford ... read more »
• 2010-09-07 13:16Vertical catwalk: Models drop in for high ... Dressed in specially modified outfits models put on a catwalk show with a difference on London's Oxford ... read more »
• 2010-09-07 08:30University staff should be encouraged to excel ... Excellent research is one thing, but for many academics, their time would be better spent doing what ... read more »
• 2010-09-07 09:00Mick Waters, curriculum guru, takes stock Mick Waters has probably changed secondary schools more profoundly than anyone in the past 20 years. Why ... read more »
• 2010-09-07 09:15International baccalaureate gaining ground in state schools State schools, even in difficult areas, are starting to adopt the international baccalaureate in place of A-levels ... read more »
• 2010-09-07 09:58Jefferson Thomas of Little Rock Nine dies One of nine teenagers to first test racial segregation at US schools in 1957 dies, aged 67 ... read more »
• 2010-09-06 20:52Labour leadership election: is David Miliband built ... Psychologists argue that we always pick a chief who can 'emote`, say Anjana Ahuja and Mark van ... read more »
• 2010-09-07 08:01Football managers in a league of their ... While teaching footballers management skills, Sue Bridgewater saw plenty of scope for research Although the football season ... read more »
• 2010-09-07 08:01Farmers for a fortnight Why does a posh agricultural college open its doors in summer to urban teenagers? It's 10 in ... read more »
• 2010-09-07 01:01Education letters Transparent academies, defending the A* grade and the problem with school IT See-through academies Last week Jeevan ... read more »
• 2010-09-06 22:47Michael Gove's free schools to teach etiquette ... Just 16 schools have won approval from the education secretary as part of a radical experiment in ... read more »
• 2010-09-06 22:44Free schools set out priorities: community, flexibility, ... . Parent groups driven by need for more places . Number of schools have strong religious flavour ... read more »
• 2010-09-06 20:59Hands up if you believe teachers know ... New research suggests that pupils should hold up whiteboards rather than hands to attract the teacher's attention. ... read more »
• 2010-09-06 14:55£50,000-a-year can buy you happiness - after ... Money can buy you happiness but only if you earn £50,000 a year - after that you ... read more »
• 2010-09-06 19:57Colin Austin obituary One of the world's leading scholars of ancient Greek texts Colin Austin, who has died of cancer ... read more »
• 2010-09-06 17:07Kate Moss kicks into a new gear ... Kate Moss's much talked about partnership with Topshop is far from over, as she launches new label ... read more »
• 2010-09-06 17:29The dead cat bounce and other stock ... The stock market can bring out some strange metaphors in people In struggling to make sense of ... read more »
• 2010-09-06 18:01Should twins go to different schools - ... It's a difficult decision to send your children to different schools - even if you think it's ... read more »
• 2010-09-06 16:32Pringle of Scotland competition: win a twinset ... One limited edition Pringle of Scotland cashmere twinset designed and customised by Tilda Swinton, worth £895, is ... read more »
• 2010-09-06 17:07Kate kicks into a new gear at ... Kate Moss's much talked about partnership with Topshop is far from over, as she launches new label ... read more »
• 2010-09-06 15:54Video: Michael Gove 'inspired' by new free ... Education secretary hails first 16 free schools, and promises teachers more freedom and 'sharper focus on underperforming ... read more »