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<jats:p>Its praises have been sung as an energy security bill and a jobs bill. But the American Clean Energy and Security Act passed last Friday by the U.S. House of Representatives is in fact milestone greenhouse legislation.</jats:p>

<jats:p> Two groups have infected ferrets with the new pandemic A(H1N1) influenza strain, and their papers, published online by <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> this week, confirm that the new virus is a bit more pathogenic than seasonal influenza but nowhere near as dangerous as the 1918 pandemic virus or H5N1 avian influenza. </jats:p>

<jats:p>A coalition of U.S. scientific societies and university organizations is urging Congress not to expand a $2.3 billion research program for small businesses. To succeed, however, the coalition must overcome one of the most influential interest groups in Washington and mend fences with legislators still smarting from a recent tweak to the program.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Proposed salary cuts and/or furloughs for all faculty and staff members are causing consternation at the University of California, one of the nation's largest public universities, with approximately 170,000 employees.</jats:p>

<jats:p> Highlights from <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> 's online daily news site, <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> NOW, this week include a device that lets researchers record brain activity while homing pigeons fly, more evidence of liquid water on Saturn's moon Enceladus, faster evolution in the tropics, and the oldest musical instruments ever found. </jats:p>

<jats:p>A House spending panel has rejected a comprehensive $115 million science education initiative from the Department of Energy (DOE) to train a new cadre of scientists pursuing basic and applied research on clean energy.</jats:p>

<jats:p>The usually low-key competition for the nearly $2 billion contract to provide logistical support for the National Science Foundation's $300-million-a-year Antarctic research program is heating up this year, with bidders running ads in cars and stations in the Washington, D.C., Metro system.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Local officials are betting that biotech will help wean Guangdong Province off its heavy dependence on cheap exports.</jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> Insider this week reported on the passage of annual spending bills for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's call for cities and states to start planning a massive vaccination campaign against swine flu, among other stories. </jats:p>