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Revelations about research universities that have charged the US government for yachts and other baubles have made new rules on indirect research costs inevitable. None too soon. But will the new rules be fair and flexible?
The most effective way to stop the killing of elephants is to ban the ivory trade. All other options keep ivory in the marketplace and thereby encourage demand for ivory and its products.
That Gallo's AIDS virus may have been contaminated with the French strain has always been on the cards, but now it seems that even the original French virus was contaminated. Will this put an end to past squabbles?
