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Despicable behaviour

Posted by: Editor in Health, Science Nov. 6, 2015, 12:36 p.m.

UK Minister talks out bill for off-patent drugs

A Westminster bill which would have ensured that out of patent drugs could have been provided cheaply to the NHS has been talked out by the Conservative Minister for Health. Alistair Burt MP spent twenty seven minutes talking which meant there wasn't enough time for a vote to be taken. Burt did this intentionally which suggests he thought the government would lose the vote.

Scotland from space

Posted by: Editor in Science Feb. 28, 2013, 9:35 p.m.

Astronaut takes snaps from his "bedroom window"

Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency, currently aboard the International Space Station, took advantage of clear skies above Scotland to take some stunning photographs.