Amorous ostriches
The courtship behaviour of ostriches towards humans is to be explained at a series of public events aimed at promoting science.
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Latest challenge fund development
The latest development in the £3 million Challenge Fund will be announced at a conference in Dundee today (Wednesday 4th March, 2003).
Royal Society of Edinburgh appointments
Two University of St Andrews academics have been elected Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE).
Discovery of UK’s newest plant species
Two plant scientists working at the University of St Andrews have reported the discovery of Britain's newest plant species.
Multi-million pound research funding
The University of St Andrews has been awarded over £5 million for investment in science and research.
Memory and the brain
One of the world's authorities on the neurobiology of learning and memory is to give a series of public lectures at the University of St Andrews.
Classics event in St Andrews
Two leading ancient historians will deliver lectures at the University of St Andrews this week (Wednesday 29th January, 2003), as part of a series of public events organised by the Tayside Classical Association.
‘Important’ find salvaged from 17th cent shipwreck
PHOTO CAPTION: Raising the gun with air bags. CREDIT: Dr Colin Martin.
Marrying your ‘parents’
Psychologists have found that humans select long-term partners who not only look like themselves, but look like their opposite sex parents.
Managing impact of environmental change
A new course aimed at meeting industry's demand for solutions to a growing number of costly environmental problems is to be launched by the Universities of St Andrews and Dundee.