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The British government last week defeated an attempt to reform its anachronistic Official Secrets Act, creating more problems for itself than it can hope to solve by June, as promised.
Making sure the night sky stays dark near astronomical observatories makes good sense. For radioastronomers the problem is more difficult, but the solution is the same.
Human influenza pandemics commonly arise by genetic reassortment between human and avian viruses in pigs. Yet global developments in aquaculture — the so-called 'Blue Revolution' — will mean increased colocation of people, ducks and pigs.
