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<jats:p>Iceland's deCODE Genetics announced earlier this month that it has enough cash to keep going for only a few more weeks. Halting its research efforts would bring to an end a remarkably productive run in the search for genes underlying common diseases.</jats:p>

<jats:p>The processing of electronic waste in China may create problems that dwarf other cases of environmental contamination, scientists argued at a symposium on flame-retardants in Beijing on 22 August.</jats:p>

<jats:p>A standalone center for underrepresented minorities and women engineering students at the University of California, Berkeley, has been merged into a larger student services office, raising questions about the school's commitment to diversity.</jats:p>

<jats:p> 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/1176620">paper</jats:ext-link> published online this week by <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> , a research team of primarily Chinese scientists reports on the use of modern genomic analyses to probe the domestication of the silkworm. </jats:p>

<jats:p>A new computer model might reveal how sea and air currents amplify small changes in the sun's output into major swings in global climate.</jats:p>

<jats:p> Highlights from <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> 's online daily news site, <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> NOW, this week reveal that people walk in circles when lost, lightning can travel up, paleontologists discovered a runway used by the flying pterosaur, and astronomers may have finally discovered how spiral galaxies form. </jats:p>

<jats:p>Catherine Cesarsky, the departing president of the International Astronomical Union, warns against the dangers of excessive planning in astronomy.</jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> Insider this week reported on the University of California's ever-evolving budget plans, the unpredictable behavior of the novel H1N1 virus, the departure of two dozen pathologists from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, and other stories. </jats:p>