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Science 15 February 2002:
Vol. 295. no. 5558, p. 1212
DOI: 10.1126/science.295.5558.1212a
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UNITED KINGDOM:
Parliament Takes Aim at Royal Society

Adam Bostanci

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.--A showdown is looming between Britain's oldest and most respected scientific institution and the U.K.'s House of Commons. Responding to long-standing concerns over elitism and discrimination against women at the Royal Society, the Commons' Select Committee for Science and Technology has launched a probe of how the society and similar institutions should use public money and how they elect members.

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