European Commission hopes for big science funding uplift The European Commission sets out how it wants to spend €100bn (£87bn) on science in the next EU budget. Source
A manifesto to save Planet Earth (and ourselves) Scientists Simon Lewis and Mark Maslin believe humans are not on an inevitable course to self-destruction. Source
Meet the nuns helping save a sacred species from extinction The axolotl - a salamander unique to Mexico - has almost been wiped out by pollution and over-fishing. Source