“I don’t understand the mentality at all. People feel very disappointed with the photographer.”

Mark Carwardine, chairman of the judging panel of the prestigious wildlife photographer of the year competition, comments after this year’s winner is stripped of his prize for allegedly using a model animal (Guardian).

“The items represent significant human space flight technologies, processes and accomplishments from NASA’s past and present space exploration programs.”

NASA is inviting schools and museums to request artefacts from its space programme that they want to have in their buildings. Nature would like the ‘Extravehicular Mobility Unit Suit’ please (pictured right).

“Wind turbines and solar cells on the roof achieve little or nothing and are what I describe as eco-bling. It’s just about trying to say to the general public, ‘I’m being good, I’m helping the environment’.”

Doug King, of the University of Bath, criticises would-be green homeowners and claims small wind turbines on private houses are nearly useless (Times).