Promises and threats of the knowledge-based economy: The need to place scientific knowledge at the heart of economic and social policy has underlined some of the limitations of focusing on trade liberalization. Developing countries should be a prime beneficiary

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There is a need to place knowledge, particularly scientific knowledge at the heart of economic and social policy. The idea of using technical knowledge as a source of wealth and power is not new to many countries, but in some major European economies the main role of scientific knowledge in the economy has been depicted as largely instrumental, and only recently has the strategic value been fully acknowledged. The World Bank has reported that the dangers of the global knowledge-based economy include tension created by the increasing 'knowledge gap', and the key rests on commitment to combining scientific excellence and social equity.

Economic aspects, Science and technology policy, Developing countries, Science

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Last resting place of a thylacine

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A photograph of the den of the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf (Thylacinus cynocephalus) taken in 1902 is the first to be definitely authenticated. The photograph was taken by W.H.D. Le Souef, who was director of the Melbourne Zoo and who acquired the animal for shipment to Antwerp. Though no photographs of the specimen survive, there is good evidence that it was captured from the Triassic sandstone cave pictured. Until now, confirmation of photographic validity has rested on unconfirmed thylacine sightings.

Australia, Natural history, Tasmania, Zoological research, Tasmania, Australia

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The end of the last theorem?

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Andrew Wiles of Princeton University has proved Fermat's last theorem. Since the seventeenth century when the theorem was first formulated, many have tried to prove it but with no success. The major difficulty of the theorem was that it was an independent result with an obscure origin. The opinion of a major mathematician, Gauss, that difficult equations like Fermat's are aimed at slowing the development of mathematics has been disproved by Wiles achievement.

Research, Achievements and awards, Fermat's last theorem, Wiles, Andrew

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