WELL, that smelled nice... a large helping of Chelsea humble pie was dangled under our noses. It was swiped away almost immediately and replaced by what I can only imagine was camel droppings on a bed of penguin vomit.

AN American biologist has stepped into the shoes of Baron Frankenstein by breathing life into a bacterium using genes assembled in the laboratory.

Nebraska’s supreme court has ruled that electrocution is cruel and unusual punishment, outlawing the electric chair in the only US state still using it as a sole means of execution.