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<jats:p>Fossil theft and smuggling are rampant in China, and scientists welcome tougher enforcement. But a draft regulation intended to crack down on illicit trade would impede fieldwork and make paleontologists more vulnerable to the whims of local officials, scientists fear.</jats:p>

<jats:p> In this week's issue of <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> (p. <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/325/5943/998">998</jats:ext-link> ), a team of Japanese researchers describes a novel type of gene that promises lasting resistance to rice blast fungus without degrading grain taste. </jats:p>

<jats:p>Researchers are grumbling about the way the new U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E), which is part of the Department of Energy, is handling its first round of grant proposals.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Physician-geneticist Francis Collins, the new director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), laid out his priorities this week, spending his 1st day on the job speaking to his staff and reporters.</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 evidence that dogs can't read human minds, a study that used cell-phone calling data to map subjects' social networks, weight loss for batteries, and the evolution of the taste for bitter food. </jats:p>

<jats:p> Two new developments, one of which is described in a <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1173759">paper</jats:ext-link> published online this week by <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> , have brought genetic engineers closer to a major goal: routinely manipulating sets of genes and even whole genomes. </jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> Insider this week reported on a plan to restore U.S. national forests, a blue-ribbon review of the U.S. human space program, and the new undersecretary for science at the Smithsonian Institution, among other stories. </jats:p>