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2. March 2010
Call for EUROCORES Themes 2010
The ESF invites theme proposals for the creation of new EUROCORES Programmes Category: EUROCORES, Hum, PESC, EMRC, LESC, Soc, Soc, LESC, EMRC, PESC
19. February 2010
Visits grants in the history of pharmaceutics
ESF RNP in the humanities ‘DRUGS’ launches third round of its exchange programme Category: Research Networking Programmes, Research Networking Programmes, Hum, Hum, Homepage
17. February 2010
Listen to the natives for better environmental monitoring
Modern methods can answer a multitude of questions, but sometimes traditional techniques are superior. Authorities in northern Quebec, Canada, found this to their cost, when they relied upon statistical data to monitor moose populations. For many centuries the Cree, an indigenous group of people... Category: Homepage, Media Centre, Hum, EUROCORES
26. January 2010
EUROCORES Calls for Outline Proposals
Seven new EUROCORES Programmes have published their calls Category: EUROCORES, Hum, PESC, EMRC, LESC, LESC, EMRC, PESC, Hum, EUROCORES
29. November 2009
Big freeze plunged Europe into ice age in months
In the film, ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ the world enters the icy grip of a new glacial period within the space of just a few weeks. Now new research shows that this scenario may not be so far from the truth after all. William Patterson, from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, and his... Category: Homepage, Media Centre, Press Releases 2009, Hum, EUROCORES
29. September 2009
Evidence that animals can think about thinking
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27. August 2009
80,000 year old shells point to earliest cultural trend
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10. June 2009
ESF works with Scopus to expand arts and humanities coverage
First citation database to offer access to Arts and Humanities journals from over a thousand different publishers and content providers. Category: Hum, Media Centre, Homepage
23. December 2008
Muslims embrace performing arts to heal cultural rifts and reach out to their people
The Danish cartoon affair was an important milestone in Europe’s ongoing integration of its fast growing Muslim population. The fallout from this affair, along with other events such as the July 2005 bombings in London, has increased the urgency of achieving a long lasting accommodation between... Category: Hum, Soc, Exploratory Workshops, Media Centre, Homepage, Press Releases 2008
19. December 2008
How mirror neurons allow us to learn and socialise by going through the motions in the head
The old adage that we can only learn how to do something by trying it ourselves may have to be revised in the light of recent discoveries in neuroscience. It turns out that humans, primates, some birds, and possibly other higher animals have mirror neurons that fire in the same pattern whether... Category: Hum, Media Centre, Homepage, Press Releases 2008, Exploratory Workshops