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Posted on 18th February 2010No Comments
Freaking out over the flu

Panic, anxiety, scaremongering, conspiracies… but just a few months on, and swine flu seems to have been all but forgotten…

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Posted on 16th February 20101 Comment
COP15: a European challenge

Jo Leinen, Chairman of the European delegation in Copenhagen, spoke to Caroline Azad prior to the conference about the difficulty of reaching meaningful solutions and Europe’s aims at Copenhagen.

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Posted on 15th February 2010No Comments
Want to discover a new species? Try your local pond

Scientists are finding a treasure trove of minute, single-celled organisms in ponds on a wildlife reserve in Dorset.

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Posted on 15th February 20102 Comments
Is the truth out there?

The chance of detecting extra terrestrial life is now greater than ever before, Lord Martin Rees told scientists two weeks ago at a Royal Society conference in London.

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Posted on 15th February 2010No Comments
Posted on 9th February 20101 Comment
No scan, no flight

In the wake of the attempted aircraft bombing on Christmas day, compulsory full-body scans have been introduced by the UK government as part of pre-flight security checks on passengers travelling from Heathrow and Manchester airports.

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Posted on 8th February 20102 Comments