LYNDSAY MOSS - HEALTH CORRESPONDENT
(lmoss@scotsman.com)
THE government yesterday bowed to pressure from scientists to allow the creation of hybrid animal-human embryos for stem-cell research.
A white paper published last year proposed banning the use of hybrid embryos amid fierce opposition to the research from pro-life groups. But yesterday, the draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill reopened [...]

By Dick Allgire
In the old days in The United States of America, a journalist didn’t have to get permission to conduct an interview in a public place. But this is a new America, a place where armed security agents watch your every move and require their permission to exercise what used to be [...]

By Paul Rincon - Science reporter, BBC News
The Southern Ocean is an important natural carbon sink
One of Earth’s most important absorbers of carbon dioxide (CO2) is failing to soak up as much of the greenhouse gas as it was expected to, scientists say.
The decline of Antarctica’s Southern Ocean carbon “sink” - or reservoir - means [...]