The world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, takes delivery of its last superconducting main magnet and will be ready in the not so distant future. Wired.com is running several articles about the LHC ranging from the potential discovery of exotic particles to possible technical challenges and political implications that this project faces.

Following the footstep of the US Stem cell debate, the Australian government is about to decide on the fate of therapeutic cloning. Sydney Morning Hearld recently reported that Tony Abbot, the Federal Health Minister who also happen to be a devout Catholic is accusing scientist of "giving false hopes to sufferers of crippling diseases just to get "a leg up" in their research". Perhaps a preview of the type of debate that will be forthcoming in Australia.

A article in washington post reported the debate amongest scientist about the contribution of global warming to the intensity of the storms. The article noted the political impact and also the scientifc perspective from each side. It seems that whether or not global warming is contributing to the intensity of these storms, it has shown our lack of prepration to protect ourselves from natural disasters.