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The discovery of a Neolithic corpse in an alpine glacier in 1991 attracted widespread attention. What has happened in the eighteen months since then reflects badly on European science.
The UK government finds itself in a tangle over energy policy. That reflects the Conservative party's own agenda in dealing with the coal and nuclear industries since it came to power in 1979.
Britain is a glutton for the reorganization of its research enterprise. There have been two major upheavals in the past 30 years, in the early 1960s and in 1972. Soon there will be a third.
What is it that defines an animal? The definition provided here, made on the basis of developmental biology, suggests methods for resolving phylogenetic problems.
Progress towards an international moratorium on the testing and development of nuclear weapons has been slow and tortuous. The time is now ripe for a treaty to be agreed.
Patriot missiles were returned to the Gulf last week. But they were not the reason for the unexpectedly low casualty rate when Saddam attacked Israel with Scud missiles in 1991.
To interpret the activity of living human brains, their neuroanatomy must be known in detail. New techniques to do this are urgently needed, since most of the methods now used on monkeys cannot be used on humans.
This year's commemorative cornucopia includes sunspots, the cotton gin and some stimulating acronyms. And a new award, 'the year of the anniversary', is introduced.
