Bits & pieces

Down's Syndrome Association launches website for students: The DSA and St George's Hospital Medical School, London, have teamed up to launch a new resource for medical students and health professionals. It is designed to help educate and combat discrimination about Down's syndrome and other learning disabilities. The venture has the full backing of the Department of Health and can be found at www.intellectualdisability.info

Belgian university to teach euthanasia: The Belgian Free University, Brussels, is planning to teach medical students euthanasia. It comes after the Belgian senate passed a euthanasia bill. It could only be a few months before the bill becomes law (it must be passed by the Chamber of Representatives) and the university wants to make sure that doctors are able to perform euthanasia correctly.

New online revision service launched: Mindwarp Pavilion, a UK company set up by a former medical lecturer, Danny Ruta, has launched a web based revision service for students. The learning tool is based on over 15 000 mind maps that have been created from popular undergraduate textbooks, including Clinical Medicine by Kumar and Clark. Mind mapping was developed by Tony Buzan and has been called the "Swiss army knife of the brain." Visit www.mwpavilion.com or www.nusonline.co.uk for further information.

Gross new exhibition at Science Museum: "Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body" starts at the Science Museum, London, on 11 May. The exhibition is mainly for children and uses animatronics, computers, and interactive displays to teach about the body's less pleasant functions. "Burp, fart, and sniff your way to understanding the human body," says creator Sylvia Branzei, a microbiologist and children's author. For more information visit www.sciencemuseum.org.uk