Cloned milk probe
The UK鈥檚 is investigating allegations that milk from the offspring of cloned cows is being sold illegally in the UK and elsewhere in Europe. The FSA says that although authorities in Europe and the US judge meat and milk from cloned animals and their offspring to be safe to consume, they are considered novel foods and so need special authorisation for sale.
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The sun is waking up. On 1 August, following a period of extended calm, two gigantic tubes of magnetism, filled with solar gas, exploded from the sun鈥檚 surface. As New 杏吧原创 went to press, this coronal mass ejection was hurtling towards Earth, posing a small threat to satellites and raising hopes of beautiful aurorae at the poles.
Who rules the waves?
Almost half the species in the oceans are molluscs and crustaceans, rather than more-conspicuous creatures like fish. Sea mammals and reptiles make up less than 2 per cent. So says the 10-year , which published preliminary findings this week (PLoS ONE, DOI: ).
Chiller-thriller in space
Scheduled activity aboard the International Space Station has halted as astronauts prepare to fix an ammonia-based cooling pump. The pump, which failed on Saturday, helps cool the station鈥檚 sun-facing surface, which is now reliant on a back-up cooling system. A spacewalk to fix the pump is planned for Friday.
Placebo booster
Convincing people with Parkinson鈥檚 disease that they were more likely to receive a real treatment than a placebo made them respond more positively to the placebo (Archives of General Psychiatry, ).