Basque bird flu
Spain has found its first case of H5N1 flu in a great crested grebe in the Basque country. Since grebes from that area do not migrate and the bird was far from poultry farms, it was probably infected by another wild bird. This suggests the virus was present in birds migrating to Europe in spring, despite the absence of widespread outbreaks.
Pre-emptive creationists
The Seattle-based Discovery Institute launched a press campaign on Friday to preserve the creationist curriculum in Kansas schools. Last year the Kansas board of education changed the school curriculum to include a religion-friendly definition…
