Alleluia, God goes global
The spread of Enlightenment ideas was expected to lead to a decline in world faiths and the triumph of secularisation. But religion is flourishing and evolving, especially in the developing world...
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How rice and peas kept us warm for a few millennia
Man-made global warming 8,000 years ago may have helped stave off an ice age. Sumitra Rajagopalan reports Forget Kyoto. By the time Christ appeared on Earth, the planet was already belching enough...
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The key to life? Use your noodle
Concerned that Intelligent Design theory was an attempt to sneak God into science lessons through the back door, physicist Bobby Henderson proposed an equally plausible explanation for life, the...
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Snuggle up with a blood-soaked tale
The darkest storyteller of all was self-centred and a poor guest yet his grisly visions still thrill, says Julia Briggs When I was six, my father gave me a volume of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy...
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Proposed Council Decision concerning the provisional prohibition in Greece of the marketing of MON 810
Brussels, 31 Aug 2005 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning the provisional prohibition in Greece of the marketing of seeds of maize hybrids with the genetic modification MON 810 inscribed in...
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GMOs: Commission authorises import of GM-oilseed rape for use in animal feed
Brussels, 31 August 2005 The European Commission authorised today the placing on the market of the genetically modified oilseed rape known as GT73 for import and processing. This decision is valid...
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Blood test to detect prion traces
Brussels, 31 Aug 2005 An international team of researchers has succeeded in designing a biochemical technique that allows the reliable detection of malformed proteins that cause Creutzfeldt-Jakob...
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Report on the proposed regulation on the implementation of the deployment and commercial operating phases of the European programme of satellite radionavigation (link)
Brussels, 31 Aug 2005 FINAL A6-0212/2005 1.7.2005 Type of Procedure: Codecision procedure (first reading) REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the...
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EP Briefing 2005-09-05: €1 billion for Galileo satellite system
Strasbourg, 31 Aug 2005 Parliament's Industry Committee is backing the European Commission's plans to provide €1 billion over the period 2007-2013 to fund the final two phases of the Galileo...
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Commission Communication Responding to the Five-Year Assessment of Community research activities (1999-2003) carried out by high level independent experts (link)
Brussels, 31 Aug 2005 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Responding to the Five-...
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Commission clears acquisition of Leica MS by Danaher - M.3899
Brussels, 31 Aug 2005 The European Commission has granted clearance under the EU Merger Regulation to the acquisition of sole control of Leica Microsystmes AG (Leica MS) of Germany by Danaher...
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Critiques and rebuttals continue in UK open access debate
Brussels, 31 Aug 2005 The controversy in the UK over whether to make research papers available on the Internet free of charge has heated up over the summer, following an announcement by the UK...
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Belgian scientists discover new role for protein that counteracts formation of tumours
Brussels, 31 Aug 2005 Scientists from the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) have unveiled a breakthrough in cancer research. The researchers discovered the function of a...
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ESA warning: the South Polar ozone hole is making a comeback
Brussels, 31 Aug 2005 For another year, the European Space Agency (ESA) has been tracking Antarctic ozone hole growth. This year's hole is large for this time of year, based on results from the last...
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Do we need another NEST?
Brussels, 31 Aug 2005 The NEST-IDEA project, funded by the European Commission under its New and Emerging Science and Technology (NEST) programme of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), has launched...