Spreading the seed money
A new masterplan for environmental research in Ireland is
getting a €100m injection, writes
Dick Ahlstrom p
Getting a new perspective on the country's forests
Monitoring our forests can be difficult from the ground, but satellite technology offers a bird's eye view, writes Danielle Barron. p
Wiping science out of the White House
The Bush administration has pushed science to one side, but Dr Michael Stebbins wants to bring science out of the cold and back into US politics, writes Mark Rodden. p
When IQ results are not black and white
Under the Microscope: The science Nobel laureate James Watson recently made "off-the-cuff" remarks at a public forum to the effect that tests have shown that black people are less intelligent than white people. p




