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Surveys have revealed the unpopularity of Germany as a place for young foreign scientists. In response, Germans need to improve conditions suffered by academics; foreigners need to think more realistically about the country and its inhabitants.
Can people contract neurodegenerative disease by eating beef products contaminated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy? Experiments with transgenic mice give cause to think that the answer may be 'no'.
