“We don’t want to discourage companies from making legitimate claims but want to reinforce the fact that they have an obligation not to mislead.”

Chris Smith. chairman of the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority on upholding a complaint against a Shell advert that claimed Canada’s oil sands were a ‘sustainable’ energy source (The Guardian).

Wooden stargazing

“Northumberland’s glorious new timber observatory fits beautifully into its forest surroundings,” writes Jonathan Glancey in the Guardian.

Appropriate researcher names: Christopher D. Bird has just published a paper on using video to study rooks.

‘How wildlife fared in the Yellowstone fires’

The Salt Lake tribune rounds up how creatures did in the 1998 fires.

‘Ancient Beavers Take Silver in Log-Chomping Olympics’

Researchers prove modern beavers are better log-munchers than their ancient cousins and Science prove that you can shoe-horn an Olympic reference into anything if you try hard enough.