“It’s disappointing that some have chosen to misrepresent a serious piece of work that aims to support Britain’s poultry industry and ensure that ducks are kept at the high welfare standards which consumers expect.”

A spokesman for the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is unhappy about criticism of a study being portrayed as showing that ‘ducks like water’ (The Herald).

“We are at a turning point in ESA’s human spaceflight activities. Last year, with the launch of the Columbus laboratory and the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle, ESA became a fully-fledged member of the International Space Station partnership.”

European Space Agency Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain unveils his new astronauts, who are Italian, German, Danish, British and French.

“Antimatter atoms exist, but it is very difficult to make them. It would take us billions of years to produce the amount which is used in the film.”

Rolf-Dieter Heuer, director-general of CERN, says the science in forthcoming movie Angels and Demons is not entirely accurate (Reuters).