Smallpox fears
Anti-bioweapons campaigners are among those trying to stop experiments with the smallpox virus being planned in the US. The experiments, which involve adding smallpox genes to related viruses (New Scientist, 20 November 2004, p 3), are up for approval by World Health Organization member states next month. The campaigners fear that new diseases could escape from the lab, and say the experiments are being pushed by the US government and a “highly politicised” committee of scientists.
Movies to go
Sony is to offer its top 500 movies as paid-for downloads, with versions available for mobile phones and portable…
