1. "I thought for sure men would be germier," the professor of soil, water and environmental sciences said.

2. Desktops are ‘400 times germier than any toilet seat‘ Email newsletter Enjoy our blogs Benedict Brogan‘s blog Baz Bamigboye‘s blog Breast cancer blog Fashion blog Sport blog Peter Hitchens Money blog The average office desktop harbours 400 times more bacteria than the average office toilet seat, according to new US research.

3. Headlines Alzheimer‘s cure ‘may only be five years away‘ Shoppers tricked by ‘healthy‘ food labels ‘Smoking police‘ to patrol bars Grandmother lay dying in hospital with maggot–infested wounds The indoor plants that are happy to put down roots outside Grand Canyon of Mars: pictures from 150 miles up Watercress hailed as an anti–cancer ‘superfood‘ Iraq: What SHOULD have happened Farmer‘s daughter in forged will case is ‘selfish and vindictive‘ says judge Blair‘s nuclear power plans ‘illegal‘ Soldier‘s postcard arrives '0 years late Desktops ‘400 times germier than toilet seat‘ UN unveils new symbol for radiation risk EXCLUSIVE: watch the web‘s most amazing video MORE NEWS A senior Bishop today said he was hopeful that talks in Tanzania could avoid a split in the worldwide Anglican Communion.

4. Headlines Alzheimer‘s cure ‘may only be five years away‘ Shoppers tricked by ‘healthy‘ food labels ‘Smoking police‘ to patrol bars Grandmother lay dying in hospital with maggot–infested wounds The indoor plants that are happy to put down roots outside Grand Canyon of Mars: pictures from 150 miles up Watercress hailed as an anti–cancer ‘superfood‘ Iraq: What SHOULD have happened Farmer‘s daughter in forged will case is ‘selfish and vindictive‘ says judge Blair‘s nuclear power plans ‘illegal‘ Soldier‘s postcard arrives '0 years late Desktops ‘400 times germier than toilet seat‘ UN unveils new symbol for radiation risk EXCLUSIVE: watch the web‘s most amazing video MORE NEWS A British performance artist plans to crawl round New York for three days nonstop wearing a George Bush mask and a sign saying ‘kick my ass‘ on his bottom.

5. Gordon Brown: He‘s happy, but the EU isn‘t Headlines Alzheimer‘s cure ‘may only be five years away‘ Shoppers tricked by ‘healthy‘ food labels ‘Smoking police‘ to patrol bars Grandmother lay dying in hospital with maggot–infested wounds The indoor plants that are happy to put down roots outside Grand Canyon of Mars: pictures from 150 miles up Watercress hailed as an anti–cancer ‘superfood‘ Iraq: What SHOULD have happened Farmer‘s daughter in forged will case is ‘selfish and vindictive‘ says judge Blair‘s nuclear power plans ‘illegal‘ Soldier‘s postcard arrives '0 years late Desktops ‘400 times germier than toilet seat‘ UN unveils new symbol for radiation risk EXCLUSIVE: watch the web‘s most amazing video MORE NEWS European Union officials are showing dread at the Eurosceptical tone of Britain‘s prime minister–in–waiting, Gordon Brown, and fear he may dash efforts to revive the bloc‘s stalled constitution.