September 2009
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Editorial
- Not arguing with the REF - Ted Nield applauds a recent announcement by Science Minister Lord Drayson
- Drag act - Sarah Day asks why on Earth should a woman be more like a man to get on in science?
People
- Operation Colombia - Terrain may differ but geoforensics know no boundaries. Adler deWind reports
- Distant Thunder - To Hell in a handbasket. To coincide with the Annual Festival of the British Science Association, Nina Morgan reflects on an earlier religious divide...
- Online Special - Russell Black - geologist and artist
Geonews
- Moonwalk - The Giant Impact Theory of the origin of the Moon is in trouble. Ted Nield reports from the Meteoritical Society meeting in Nancy
- In Brief. Joe McCall reflects on oxygen in the ancient atmos, and the first meteorite tracked from fall to find.
Opinion
- POP goes the paradigm? Keith James and Antonieta Lorente think the Pacific Ocean Paradigm should be questioned for the Caribbean Plate.
Society at Large
- Changes to terms and conditions of Fellowship
- Accreditation News: Bill Gaskarth on being an external assessor - in Saudi Arabia
- Sponsor-a-Book! Update
Reviews
- Three new reviews by Doug Holliday, Phil Merrin and Steve Rowlatt.
Features
- Harappan collapse - Why did the Harappan Civilisation of the Indus River Valley fail? Failing rains, switching rivers or both? Peter Clift reports on continuing research.