Fossil find puts 'Lucy' story on firm footing

New fossil evidence seems to confirm that a key ancestor of ours could walk upright consistently - one of the major advances in human evolution.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12412662

Chernobyl

We were talking about the effects of the Chernobyl disaster, and today I came across these articles...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9387000/9387395.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11023530

http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0016862

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6946210.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7949314.stm