Fear grips Iranian academics
Assassination of physicist Masoud Alimohammadi heightens tensions in Tehran
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UK physicists warn of brain drain over funding freeze
Programme cuts could lead to "irreparable damage" to the county’s reputation
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Web life: Galaxy Zoo Mergers
Galaxy Zoo 2 – the latest incarnation of the mass-participation galaxy hunt
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Pakistani astronomers shine a light on the skies
Saadat A Siddiqi and Muhammad Sabieh Anwar describe how a series of astronomy events in Pakistan over the past year could help to boost the public's interest...
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How not to salt popcorn, and other mad experiments
Things you definitely shouldn't try at home
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Cargo-cult training
João Magueijo says that training courses to help new lecturers are pointless and a waste of money
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Developing-world research hub unveils new director
Costa Rica-born physicist to head the International Centre for Theoretical Physics
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Sustainability made simple
Niall MacKay and Roger Edgar assess what the UK government's new climate adviser has to say on energy
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Web life: Clim’City
Try the game that lets you stave off climate change
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Saudi Arabia opens huge new university
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology inaugurated with $10bn endowment
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