17 Jan 2010

Relics unearthed in Spain show Neanderthals wore 'make-up' 50,000 years ago, suggesting they were capable of symbolic thought, according to recent reports. The species is believed to have hunted...

11:43AM
28 Jun 2009

When governments announce bailout plans or anything else, the media coverage is pretty much guaranteed to contain a quote from someone to say that they did not go far enough and someone else to...

8:22PM
26 Jun 2009

The Education Bureau has announced that creationism and intelligent design will form no part of the senior secondary biology curriculum.

8:34PM
29 May 2009

Don't derail mother-tongue policy reform with delaying tactics

We refer to your May 19 report on medium of instruction headlined 'Head of education panel urges rethink'.

12:33AM
22 May 2009

Evolution explains the complexity of organisms in an elegant way

1:50AM
19 May 2009

Staff integrity matters to highways chiefs

We refer to the article by Christine Loh Kung-wai ('Highways to hell', April 30).

2:09AM

The row over teaching creationism in school biology lessons has intensified after 64 people signed a statement calling for controversial curriculum guidelines to be retained.

2:39AM

The Education Bureau has issued a new statement about its guidelines on teaching evolution in biology lessons, declaring that creationism is not considered an alternative to Charles Darwin's...

6:03AM

A group backed by hundreds of supporters has called on legislators to press the government to scrap curriculum guidelines it says make Hong Kong 'a world-class laughing stock' by condoning the...

6:03AM

Blaming others for mistakes in English exam is immature and unfair

7:51AM

A wider view would show standards have improved at UK universities

I am writing to complain about the article 'Dumbing down in Britain reflects rank scandal of underperformance' (...

9:38AM

Stem-cell research can help heal

9:53AM

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