10 male students have never washed their own clothes, according to a survey by building society Abbey National. Girls are cleaner, but not that much more because almost 30 per cent have never used a washing machine either. Only 12 per cent of new students have cooked for themselves on a regular basis, with 52 per cent planning to exist on a diet of takeaway burgers, pizzas and kebabs. The worldwide fall in salmon numbers could be hitting the health of forests.
New research suggests woodlands depend on dead fish in rivers for fertiliser.
Ecologists are now being told to take more notice of how woodlands and the rivers which flow through them depend on each other. Honeybees and Asian weaver ants are different to most other insects because they can switch between small hooks and sticky footpads. The findings will be used to help build miniature robots designed for medical procedures. Books on Afghanistan are topping bestseller lists in shops across the UK since the atrocities nearly three weeks ago. A book called Jihad, by ex-SAS soldier Tom Carew, about his experiences in Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation is now selling 15,000 copies a week.