The alternative is to halt research, or nationalise drugs firms, which isn't going to happen. So perhaps reluctantly, and with great control we must let the would-be gene patenters have their way. Free fruit for school pupils. Thousands of pupils across the country will get free fruit every day in a health drive which is set to become as important for improving diets as the introduction of free school milk. Chewing over the facts on food safety .
Food is an issue that can divide people and provoke polarised views.
Sermons on science from a royal soapbox. The difference between William Blake and Prince Charles is that Blake was denouncing the scientific principle per se and not, as the Prince and Mr Porritt are doing, suggesting bogus science as an alternative to true science - and delivering their pronouncements from the unanswerable heights of Highgrove. Sunday Telegraph . UK media discourage women from breast-feeding. Media portrayals of breast-feeding as problematic, difficult and as the choice of the wealthy and celebrities may discourage many women in the UK from choosing this method of infant feeding, results of a study suggest.