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The United States administration must f inda better way of saying what it believes should be done about the prospects of global climatic change. By blowing cold and then hot in Washington last week, it alienated both enemies and friends.
All being well, the Hubble Space Telescope will now be in orbit. The achievement is the culmination of 20 years of politicking and caps a triumph for astronomers over bureaucrats.
The discovery of components for a huge gun apparently being assembled in Iraq has caused a sensation, and has stimulated endless speculation about its nature. Here is some more
