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The meltdown metaphor has taken hold: threats of nuclear meltdown at four stricken reactors in Japan, talk of financial meltdown, and political meltdown linked to it as well – first and foremost this week in Germany. … Read More »
Wreckage of the helicopter reported missing late on Thursday has been found 100 kilometres from France’s Dumont d’Urville base, with no signs that any of the four men on board have survived. … Read More »
Australian and United States aircraft have gone to the aid of a French helicopter downed in Antarctica. … Read More »
Hungarian authorities say that discharge of toxic sludge from the burst tailings dam mat Ajka has been dissolving in the Danube River to levels not harmful to aquatic life. … Read More »
A new law passed by the European Parliament this week (8.9.10) is to reduce the use of animals in scientific experiments. … Read More »
Progress towards an integrated broadband communications network in Europe brings up comparisons with Australia, where the future of broadband has been fought-over, in the election campaign. … Read More »
British scientists have found a huge star in the Tarantula Galaxy, hundreds of times bigger than the Sun – and said to be the biggest star ever found. … Read More »