Call it a spoof, call it a stunt, but Greenpeace’s cheeky ‘Special Edition’ of the International Herald Tribune was a masterclass in attracting attention in an age of information overload.
The enviro-lobby gave out 50,000 copies of its fake 8-page IHT in capital cities across Europe today, handing them out at train stations and in central [...]

Oh dear. As if the debate on nanotechnology were not complex enough, it now seems companies are quietly burying references to nanomaterials contained in consumer produts. Until recently, branding something as containing ‘nanotechnology’ was seen as a plus - a marketing boost. Now though, a new pattern is emerging.
Consumer groups in Norway, the UK and [...]

Close the airports, lock up your children, stockpile tinned food and quarantine the next person who sneezes - we’re headed for an all-out flu pandemic!
The WHO is preparing to raise the swine flu (sorry, A/H1N1 influenza) outbreak to level six on its six-point pandemic scale. This is it. This is red alert - the first [...]