Astronomers may have accidentally nudged the universe closer to its death by observing dark energy, two astronomers suggest, based on quantum theory.
Scientists from around the world yesterday urged the United Nations to ban reproductive cloning of humans.
Prepare to be afraid, very afraid. The Government has set up a special unit to find out when the next horseman of the apocalypse will gallop through the neighbourhood. Killer asteroids, doomsday plagues and a morbid fear of something nasty lurking in the lab were once the sole preserve of the feverish minds of science fiction writers. In the past few days, however, the Government has announced that it will turn to sci-fi in a big way to anticipate catastrophes.
The British Royal Society recommends the Biological Weapons Convention as the best way to dealt with the threat of biological warfare and terrorism.
Dr. John Harris, a professor of bioethics, warned recently that better treatment of disease could lead to "generational cleansing" as people live longer. The elderly could be condemned to death by suicide or euthanasia after an allotted lifespan as medical advances raise the maximum age beyond 120.