Alexander the Great and the War in Iraq: An Interview with Children's Author Katherine Roberts Blogcritics.org
Katherine Roberts graduated with a First in Mathematics from Bath University and has worked with computers, racehorses, and in a pet shop. Her short stories have appeared in magazines such as Take A Break and in anthologies of horror fiction. Several of them have won awards and prizes. Two of her earliest fantasy stories, "A Gift from the Merlee" and "Death Singer," eventually grew
Genome DNA research enlists numbers crunchers International Herald Tribune
Thirty years ago, Nick Patterson worked for the code-breaking British agency that unscrambles intercepted messages. Today, at 59, he is tackling perhaps the toughest code of all — the human genome.
A Cryptologist Takes a Crack at Deciphering DNA?s Deep Secrets New York Times
Nick Patterson, a self-professed ?data-guy,? explores the link between humans and chimpanzees.
Higher education in Asia: Really old school International Herald Tribune
For all the talk about the rise of Asia, are the continent's countries ultimately constrained in their potential to be great nations by their lack of top-flight systems of higher education?
Really Old School New York Times
For all the talk about the rise of Asia in the ?knowledge age? that we live in, are these countries ultimately constrained in their potential to be great nations by their lack of top-flight systems of higher education?
Alexander the Great and the War in Iraq Ohmynews
I take "writer" to mean "story teller." Writing, telling or singing stories will be part of their life, whether or not they make any money from doing it
Geobiologists Solve 'Catch-22 Problem' Concerning The Rise Of Atmospheric Oxygen Science Daily
Cyanobacteria, which are known to have evolved the ability to turn water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight into oxygen and sugar, and are still around today as the blue-green algae and the chloroplasts in all green plants. But researchers have long been puzzled as to how the cyanobacteria could make all that oxygen without poisoning themselves.
Ancient Astronomical Device Technologically Ahead of Its Time TechNewsWorld.com
An international team led by Cardiff University professor Mike Edmunds has unraveled the secrets of a 2,000-year-old computer that ancient Greeks used to plot the movements of the sun, moon and the stars. Known as the "Antikythera Mechanism," after the place where it was found, is said to be more valuable than the Mona Lisa.
Enigma of ancient world's computer is cracked at last AFP via Yahoo! News
A 2,100-year-old clockwork machine whose remains were retrieved from a shipwreck more than a century ago has turned out to be the celestial super-computer of the ancient world.
Enigma of ancient world’s computer is cracked at last by experts using state-of-the-art technology Kathimerini
Photo: The Antikythera Mechanism (r), a mysterious bronze device recovered from a Roman-era shipwreck in 1901 and named after the location of its discovery.
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