“One of the ways that animals learn what’s good to eat in the world, is on the basis of what mom ate during pregnancy.”

Steven Youngentob, of the State University of New York in Syracuse, comments on his research showing that alcohol may taste sweeter to rats if their mother drank while pregnant (New Scientist).

“Hi my name is Christine Shrock, I’m 18 and my project is Effects of Lid Dynamics on the Binding of MDM2 to the Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 with Implications for Cancer Therapeutics.”

Scientific American catches up with the finalists of the Intel Science Talent Search, “the Super Bowl of science” or “the baby Nobels”.

“Jerry and Ben just haven’t stopped flirting. The fact they have turned out to be gay has played havoc with our breeding plans.”

Grace Rawnsley, of the Wetlands Trust in the UK, explains a setback to a programme to breed two male and one female New Zealand Blue Ducks (Chester Chronicle).