Past Coverage

• Astronomers Get First Direct Observation of a Planet Outside the Solar System - November 26, 1999
• Astronomers Reap Rich Crop of Extrasolar Planets, Finding 5 in 'Habitable Zones' - December 10, 1999
• With a Wink, a Star Reveals Clues to How Planets Are Born - July 5, 2002
• Scientists Catch Glimpse of Planetary System Aborning in Gas Cloud - July 23, 1999
• A Plethora of Planets - February 15, 2002

Featured Commentary

• The Berkeley Protest: Fresh Anger in the Footsteps

  The students protesting the big tuition increase at the University of California impress Murray Sperber, who was in their shoes 45 years ago.

• Teaching Matters: Creating Lives in the Classroom

  Online avatars bring German history to life for students at Stanford. Edith Sheffer explains.

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  A Fine Legal Mess: When Student Groups Collide With Anti-Bias Policy

  Can a college compel a student group to abide by antidiscrimination rules that violate its religious views? The U.S. Supreme Court isn't saying, writes Robert M. O'Neil.

Campus Viewpoint

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The University of Hong Kong (HKU) was founded in 1911. It is both Hong Kong's first university and an internationally respected centre of intellectual learning and pioneering research discoveries.

HKU has close to a century of...