February 8, 2005
- Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announce the discovery of a star moving out from the centre of the Milky Way at over 1.5 million mph: twice the galactic escape velocity. The gravitational pull of a supermassive black hole at the galaxy's centre may be the cause of the star's exodus. (New Scientist) (Wired) (CfA Press Release)
- In China, the Ministry of Agriculture announces that it has developed a vaccine against bird flu spreading to humans (New Ratings) (BBC)
- Professor Ian Wilmut and King's College London scientists, have been given approval to clone early stage human embryos to study motor neurone disease (MND). This is the second time that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority of the United Kingdom has issued a therapeutic cloning licence. (BBC)
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