From today's UK papers

FINANCIAL TIMES

John Wood, dean of engineering at Nottingham University, has been appointed chief executive of the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils.

Researchers in Canada and the United States have provided the strongest evidence so far that the right prefrontal cortex, an area the size of a billiard ball in the brain's frontal lobes, sets humans apart from other primates.

THE GUARDIAN

Leaders of Sheffield University's student union have enraged members by slapping a "censorious" ban on the controversial rapper Eminem.

The president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, is withdrawing a libel case he brought against Stephen Ellis, a British academic at a Dutch university, for alleging that he is a cannibal, and against The Times newspaper for repeating the allegation.

THE TIMES

Students' opinions should help determine whether their lecturers receive pay rises, higher education minister Baroness Blackstone has told the House of Commons education select committee.

British scientists and companies have been offered £33 million by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council to help them develop the benefits of gene discoveries.

MISCELLANY

Pregnant women may risk a miscarriage if they take commonly available painkillers, research suggests. (All papers)

Researchers from University College London and the British Antarctic Survey have detected for the first time ominous signs of ice thinning in western Antarctica. (All papers)