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<jats:p>Federal belt-tightening has driven a wedge between those who favor a more aggressive approach to lobbying—rating lawmakers, rallying the troops at the first sign of danger, and raising a war chest to promote science among the corridors of power—and those who worry that such politicking will jeopardize a half-century of bipartisan support. At stake is the size of future research budgets.</jats:p>

<jats:p>While much of the government operates in a glare of publicity, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), which forms expert panels that advise the government on scientific matters, has always worked behind closed doors. But that may have ended last week, when a U.S. court ruled in favor of an animal-welfare group that had argued that meetings and documents of an NAS panel should have been publicly accessible.</jats:p>

<jats:p> When David Ho learned that <jats:italic>Time</jats:italic> magazine was considering naming him “Man of the Year,” he prayed that another candidate would win. </jats:p>

<jats:p>Popular magazines have been trumpeting the power of new drug cocktails to defeat the AIDS virus. But can the new therapies really fulfill popular expectations? Researchers fear a backlash against medical science if the impact of the drugs wanes.</jats:p>

<jats:p>About 100 scientists and public health experts from around the world gathered in Dakar, Senegal, last week to kick off what could become a new, coordinated program to attack the disease in Africa. Much of the impetus for the initiative came from Harold Varmus, director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and Maxime Schwartz, director of France's Institut Pasteur, who both attended the meeting. Varmus said the focus of the new initiative would be on building up research capabilities in Africa. A smaller session is expected to be held later this year to nail down funding commitments.</jats:p>