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21/05/2009

Quentin Cooper looks at the maths of scrappage, the evolutionary history of flowers and the science of Ida, the supposed missing link between the primates and the other mammals.

Quentin Cooper looks at the maths of scrappage, the government's 300 million-pound scheme for paying you 2,000 pounds to scrap your 10-year-old car. Is it actually any good for the environment?

As flowers bloom at Chelsea, we look at the evolutionary history of flowering plants and their social insect partners - the bees.

And as the news agenda was briefly dominated by the announcement of the spectacular fossilised remains of a small eocene mammal - named Ida by her discovers - Quentin looks at the scientific credentials of some of the grander claims being made, and at the high-profile manner in which the announcement was made. Can she really be the supposed 'missing link' between the primates and other mammals? Or is it more of a case of a missing link between the media and science?

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