Maths genius declines top prize
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Grigory Perelman, who claims to have solved one of maths' hardest problems, declines the prestigious Fields Medal.
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Nobel Prize-winner James Watson is suspended by his institution after comments on race and intelligence.
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The government has dropped plans to build a supercasino in Manchester, the BBC learns.
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Piergiorgio Welby is paralysed and speaks through a computer An Italian judge has rejected a request by a terminally ill man to have doctors switch off his life support machine.Comment
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Batsman Younis Khan turns down the chance to captain Pakistan at the ICC Champions Trophy in India.
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Akzo Nobel, the Dutch maker of Crown paint, says it has made a bid approach for UK rival ICI, but that it was rejected.
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Â· Maths and English hit by decline in trainees  Â· Shortfall will hit schools in summer of 2009
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For actor Hugh Grant, picking the winner of one of Britain's leading literary awards was as difficult as choosing who should land a top dog show prize.
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Too many maths tests from the age of seven are damaging pupils' enthusiasm and knowledge, a report says.
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Two Five shows discontinued Five has been hit with a Â£300,000 fine by regulator Ofcom in what is the biggest payout by a public service broadcaster to the regulator. It was found to have faked winners in live call-in competitions.â¦
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport today announced it had rejected a South Korean appeal to reduce Hamm to the silver and give the all-around Olympic gold to a gymnast who lost because of a scoring error.
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Science & environment: Decision follows cancellations after James Watson suggested black people are less intelligent.
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A leading museum has cancelled a talk by a Nobel Prize-winning scientist from the United States who reportedly claimed that black people are less intelligent than whites, it said Thursday.
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One of the seven great unsolved mysteries of mathematics may have been cracked by a reclusive Russian who is not remotely interested in the Â£560,000 prize his solution could win him, it emerged today.
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Sport: Athletics: Another British medal hope for world championships disappears with triple jumper's injury.
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A science expert says the Tomlinson report misses a chance to have all students study scientific thought.
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London's Science Museum has cancelled a  talk by a Nobel prize-winning geneticist who suggested black  people were less intelligent than white people.