Cancer link trashed
Cellphone masts have been cleared of any link with childhood cancer by a study of 7000 British children – the largest study of its kind undertaken. Children who developed cancer between 1999 and 2001 were no more likely to have been born near a mast than healthy children (BMJ, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c3077).
Halfway to Pluto
The first mission to Pluto has passed a milestone. On 14 June, the NASA spacecraft New Horizons had covered half the distance to the dwarf planet. Despite New Horizons being the fastest object ever launched from Earth when it departed in January 2006,…
