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Phil Sharp-Alnylam Fund for Emerging Scientists to support MIT biology graduate students and faculty
It’s no question that graduate school in fundamental research was never for the faint of heart, but...
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Is the future of education outside universities?
In 1907, US historian Henry Adams first started circulating a memoir that would go on to be a smash...
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The 19th-century maths that can help you deal with horrible coffee
Imagine you have a pot of coffee that amounts to two cups’ worth. It has been brewed badly, so...
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Smart new book takes an axe to the myth of human exceptionalism
The Arrogant ApeChristine Webb, Abacus, UK; Avery, US
IN THE beginning, God made man in his image, granting him dominion...
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Women prefer to be prettier than a partner, but men want to be funnier
Would you rather be good-looking but with a plain partner or be unattractive yourself but with a hot date?...
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NHS gets go-ahead to make thousands of redundancies
Nick TriggleHealth correspondentPA MediaThousands of NHS staff redundancies in England will now go ahead after a deal was reached with the Treasury to allow the health service to overspend this year to cover the cost of pay-offs.The government said...
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Cradle of humanity is still revealing new insights about our origins
This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it...
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Hospital trust fined £500k over death of patient Alice Figueiredo
Alison Holt,Social affairs editor, The Old Bailey and James Melley,the Old BaileyFamily handoutMs Figueiredo was first admitted to the Hepworth Ward in May 2012 with a diagnosis including non-specific eating disorder and bipolar affective disorder.During her time on the...
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Air pollution in Indian capital Delhi closes schools, draws protests and a warning for the sick to escape
New Delhi - Authorities in India's capital have urged elementary schools to hold classes online, banned construction and urged people to work from home as the annual plague of air pollution hit the "severe" category...
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Nearly all NHS hospitals are missing cancer targets – is yours one of them?
Chloe Hayward, Nick Triggle & Daniel WainwrightBBC NewsBBC"He got his diary out, flicked through a couple of pages and gave me a date. I said, that's a Saturday. The surgeon said, yes, I work Saturdays," laughs Paul.Over in...
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Guinea-Bissau coup called a ‘sham’ by West African political figures
Senegal's prime minister and Nigeria's former president have both said they do not believe the ousting of Guinea-Bissau's president...