Student scientists from the United States and around the world are converging in South Africa this month in what is likely to be one of the largest-ever international gatherings of teenage researchers. The conference, which takes place June 22-27 at the University of Cape Town, is organized by GLOBE, a worldwide science and education program operated in part by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR).

A white paper issued by an American Academy of Arts and Sciences panel urges the strategic targeting of research dollars to support early-career scientists. University of Maryland president C.D. Mote, Jr., is a member of the panel that wrote ARISE - Advancing Research in Science and Engineering: Investing in Early-Career Scientists and High-Risk, High-Reward Research.

A team of scientists from Bristol took Jersey schools by storm in a week of hands-on science events on the island at the beginning of April.

Explaining how novel engineering techniques could save the world from global warming, and imagining a future where you can buy the complete sequence of your genome to find out how you might die, won two young budding science writers the Science Challenge 2008 last night, in a grand final ceremony held at the Science Museum.

A scientist in favor of banning a chemical was taken off an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chemical safety board, while others in the chemical industry, in favor of not banning similar chemicals, remain on similar boards.

Two more members of the Department of Earth Sciences are to receive notable awards, hard on the heels of Professor Geoffrey Eglinton's recent triumph.

A group of Turkish education experts will be visiting primary schools in the region this week [11 to 15 February] to gather information about Bristol University’s science engagement activities. It is hoped that the fact-finding exercise will help them develop their own outreach programmes to take back and employ in primary schools in rural parts of Turkey.

Leading scientists, an administrator, a philosopher and a soprano are among an international group of six men and women who will receive honorary degrees from Oxford University this year, subject to the approval of Congregation. The honorands will be awarded their degrees at Encaenia on Wednesday 18 June 2008.

To honor the memory of the famous 18th century scientist Carl Linnaeus, who developed the modern classification of plants and animals, Japanese and Swedish royals joined celebrations Wednesday.

ABC science broadcaster Robyn Williams and animal behaviour expert Professor Stephen Simpson will help the University of Sydney's Macleay Museum celebrate the 300th birthday of revolutionary Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus this month.