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The British government's much-delayed response to the Warnock Committee's report on the manipulation of human embryos would unwisely let parliament decide whether research is to be allowed.
The European Science Foundation has an enviable record in breaking European national chauvinism, but is now having to turn away good proposals. It needs a much bigger budget.
Earlier this year, at the University of Cambridge, Steven Weinberg gave a talk at the Tercentenary Celebration of Newton's Principia. This is what he said.
