Nuclear budget explodes
The US government spent $52.4 billion on nuclear weapons in 2008, according to US think tank the Carnegie Foundation. This is twice the total spend on science, space and technology, and 14 times the budget for energy research. While $47 billion goes towards maintaining the US arsenal, only $5 billion is spent on preventing nuclear threats.
Brown revolution begins
African scientists this week began a project to boost food production by compiling a digital map of the continent’s horrendously depleted soils. Launched by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture in Nairobi, Kenya, the map will show which…
