THE Plough, also known as The Big Dipper, is one of the most well-known monuments in the night sky. It earned its named for its shape, with four bright stars making up a bowl and three bright stars ...

Imagine catastrophe. The end of civilisation. This complex, intricate modern world of ours is finished. Don't worry about why. Maybe it was swine flu or nuclear war, killer robots or the zombie ...

It's easy to get misty-eyed about the plough (In praise of… the plough, 15 October); it has after all played a large part in feeding the world for millennia. It is also responsible for destroying ...

Asked for his assessment of the French Revolution, 200 years after the event, the Chinese leader Zhou Enlai famously responded: “It is too early to say.” Something like that long view of history ...

combined company will have more firepower to compete in a drug industry that faces slumping sales, tough generic competition and intense pricing pressures. Merck also hopes to expand its presence in ...