Biology (32 total posts)

Global studies of the spread of Influenza

November 23, 2011
As the influenza season begins in the northern hemisphere I thought it a great time to draw your attention to two websites that hope to track influenza-like symptoms (ILIS) around the world. The first is Google Flu Trends at (www.google.org/flutrends ). This relies on...

GM crops

October 31, 2011
The much lauded potential  improvements in the worlds food supply through GM crops has come under question recently with a report by 20 Indian, south-east Asian, African and Latin American food and conservation groups representing millions of people. The report says...