The UK government has approved plans to start drilling for gas off the coast of Scotland in the North Sea. Prime Minister Andy Burnham says the project will ´safeguard hundreds of jobs and help keep millions of homes warm this winter.´
A former passenger on the cruise ship MV Hondius has fallen ill in Switzerland, Swiss authorities report. South Africa confirms that the virus on board is the Andes virus, the only strain of hantavirus that is transmissible between humans. Meanwhile, three passengers are being evacuated.
New research should provide an answer to that question. -Historically, fish have hardly been considered animals, I think it is important to change that. If we see fish as animals, we might start to respect them more. That's what Marco Vindas says, who researches the behavior of fish, and is currently working on a world-unique project in Norway.
