“If I hadn’t left the room, I would have either blacked out or thrown up.”
The reaction of MIT biologist Nancy Hopkins to a speech by Harvard president Lawrence Summers, in which he suggested that women have less “innate ability” than men in science and maths (BBC news online, 18 January)
“Overweight, over budget and still on the ground.”
Reuters on the hype surrounding Tuesday’s launch ceremony for the double-decker Airbus A380 super-jumbo jet, which has yet to fly (18 January)
“Behind the glamour and glitz of the launch ceremony is the reality for residents. This plane will be one of the noisiest beasts in the…
