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The Swinnerton-Dyer questionnaire to British universities should be regarded not as a threat but an opportunity. For the first time in years, institutions have an incentive to be different from each other.
The latest report on the carbon dioxide problem deserves careful reading but does not settle the question whether there wilt be calamity. But its proposals for research should be taken up.
To mark the American Society for Cell Biology's meeting in San Antonio, Texas (29 November to 3 December) this selection features items used in cell biology
