“We took this very seriously, but the evidence suggests that this is a naturally occurring virus, not a laboratory-derived virus.”

Keiji Fukuda, WHO deputy director general, rejects suggestions that the current H1N1 virus came from a lab (NY Times).

“This is the first evidence that monkeys, like people, have ‘would-have, could-have, should-have’ thoughts.”

Ben Hayden, of Duke University Medical Center, comments on new research published in Science (AFP).

“The long-term impact of West Antarctica is not be [sic] as serious as previously believed. But 17 million people in Bangladesh alone would be displaced by a sea level rise of 1.5 metres.”

Jonathan Bamber, of Bristol University, says melting of Antarctica’s ice sheet won’t be quite as bad as we thought, although it will still be pretty bad (Reuters).