Review of the year
December
The last month of 2014 arrived with the revelation that a former Nasa scientist, working at a university in Malaysia, has used nanotechnology and stevia to devise a way for bees to carry specially formulated pollen to produce honey for diabetics (pictured).
Still trending is the story about the consultation call by the antipodean regulator that paves the way for the approval of GM corn in Australia and New Zealand.
And a “fatally flawed” review of homeopathy by the Australian research council has touched a nerve among those who believe good science should be practiced by public bodies even if the subject is polarising, like homeopathy.
