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<jats:p>Although many scientists say geneticist Francis Collins will make a superb director of the National Institutes of Health, a discussion about whether Collins's very public religious views will influence his leadership of NIH has been playing out on blogs.</jats:p>

<jats:p>President Barack Obama's announcement last week that he had chosen Francis Collins to lead the National Institutes of Health ended months of speculation and ignited a volley of flattering remarks from researchers and biomedical groups.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Marcia McNutt, president and CEO of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, was nominated last week to be the next director of the U.S. Geological Survey.</jats:p>

<jats:p> On page 318 of this week's issue of <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> , researchers describe a new technique to decipher the entire mitochondrial genomes from five Neandertals. These genomes show relatively little genetic diversity among Neandertals scattered across Europe and Russia. </jats:p>

<jats:p>India's first moon probe, Chandrayaan-1, has suffered a critical malfunction that jeopardizes the remainder of the mission. The spacecraft, which entered lunar orbit last November, can no longer orient itself with high precision.</jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> 's online daily news site, <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> NOW, this week exonerated birds as the source of the 1918 flu pandemic, showed how cats manipulate their owners and swearing eases pain, and described flexible fibers that act like cameras, among other stories. </jats:p>

<jats:p>Last month, 16 residents of Blanding, Utah, were arrested and accused of stealing prehistoric Indian artifacts from public and tribal lands, the culmination of a 2.5-year-old undercover investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of the Interior that netted 24 alleged looters in the archaeology-rich Four Corners region.</jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> Insider this week reported on congressional appropriators' approval of nearly all of the president's $4.94 billion request for the Department of Energy's Office of Science, as well as their skepticism about Energy Secretary Steven Chu's plan to fund eight large energy research centers, and other stories. </jats:p>

<jats:p>Researchers have linked a growing number of chronic diseases to the metabolic disorder known as insulin resistance; two general theories have emerged about its mechanism.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Obama's nominee for NASA administrator is trying to rally public support on the eve of the moon landing anniversary as an expert panel and Congress worry that NASA has lost its way.</jats:p>