鈥淚t鈥檚 a matter of time before resistance to artemisinin is widespread. The concern is that it will spread before we can develop a new drug to replace it.鈥�
Biologist Glenn McConkey of the University of Leeds, UK, warns of malaria鈥檚 growing resistance to the most effective anti-malarial drug (The Guardian, London, 29 May)
鈥淗owever profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence.鈥�
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President Barack Obama on the murder of George Tiller, a prominent abortion doctor (BBC online, 1 June)
鈥淚t probably was the single most important event as far as media consumption on the internet is concerned. You can argue that everything that happened since has been a reaction to Napster.鈥�
Internet media analyst Phil Leigh will be celebrating Napster鈥檚 10th anniversary this month (San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June)
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NASA鈥檚 John Callas on the response to the Mars rover Spirit being stuck in the soil again (Universe Today, 29 May)
鈥淚t鈥檚 not often you get a chance to bring back a species which has been lost.鈥�
Malcolm Ausden of UK charity The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds on plans to reintroduce the short-haired bumblebee to the country (Country Life, London, 1 June)
