Minority languages conference
A conference looking at a host of "minority" languages ranging from Scots, Irish and Orcadian to Corsican and Portuguese will take place at the University of St Andrews later this week.
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How monkeys make friends in high places
CAPTION: L-R The Diana monkey and the putty-nosed monkey, who share living space in West Africa's Ivory Coast. CREDIT: Dr Klaus Zuberbühler
Erasing the Renaissance
A leading expert in Renaissance culture will today examine the likelihood that writers of the late sixteenth century had the equivalent to our modern notebooks and palm pilots.
Novel medical scanner begins trials
CAPTION: (Left)A SCREEN SHOT FROM THE SCANNER IMAGES A PAIR OF HANDS, (Right) DR DUNCAN ROBERTSON WITH THE SCANNER. CREDIT: Dr Duncan Robertson
Pushing modern art
CAPTION: Professor Peter Read CREDIT: Laurence Campa
Health inequalities
A lively debate on health inequalities will take place in St Andrews this week (Friday 19 March 2004).
Struggling to fit in
Ethnic minority women are forced to dress in a certain way to "fit in¿ at work, according to Scots management experts.
Wanted! – babies and toddlers
St Andrews psychologists are looking for young minds to take part in a hands-on study into child brain development.
A virtual field trip into the wild
CAPTION: A screen capture of the computer simulation which will allow visitors to make a lightning "virtual field trip" to two different wild chimpanzee communities. CREDIT: Steve Smart
The food of survival
CAPTION: Zebra finches - two male with a female (centre). CREDIT: University of St Andrews.