Hotline established
India and Pakistan agreed on Sunday to set up a telephone hotline between their foreign ministries to reduce the risk of accidental nuclear conflict. The move is a sign of improved relations between the two states, which have lived under the threat of nuclear war since their tit-for-tat nuclear tests in 1998.
SARS plea
The world’s top SARS researchers have begged US authorities not to make the SARS virus a “select agent” subject to stringent security controls, saying this would hamper urgently needed research (New Scientist, 15 May, p 4). But others think the urgency is fading:…
