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<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> Insider this week reported on how the investigation into the death last week of Yale pharmacology graduate student Annie Le has affected research at the building where she worked and the Environmental Protection Agency's plans to devise new controls on agricultural runoff, air pollution, and sewage to protect the Chesapeake Bay, among other stories. </jats:p>

<jats:p>A Chinese-born scientist, one of the leading researchers in the field of next-generation display technologies, has been fired by DuPont, which alleges he attempted to steal company secrets.</jats:p>

<jats:p> The <jats:italic>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</jats:italic> has retracted a paper based on embargoed data deposited in dbGaP, the National Institutes of Health's database of genotypes and phenotypes. </jats:p>

<jats:p> The <jats:italic>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</jats:italic> will discontinue an option for submitting papers that often put prestigious scientists in an awkward fix with colleagues and, at its worst, editors admit, allowed some scientists to subvert peer review and shoehorn dubious papers into print. </jats:p>

<jats:p>In July, the College Board unveiled the first piece of a major revision of the science syllabi for the Advanced Placement (AP) program, a suite of high school courses intended to mirror introductory college courses that students can receive college credit for passing.</jats:p>

<jats:p>This week, Merck and the U.K. biomedical charity Wellcome Trust established a nonprofit vaccine development institute to be based in India.</jats:p>

<jats:p> Highlights from <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> NOW this week include a way to forest the desert, a solution to the mystery of the disfigured skulls in the Chilean desert, birth control for stars, and brain scans for schizophrenia. </jats:p>

<jats:p>A nonsurgical sterilant could reduce the global population of homeless dogs and cats, but there hasn't been money to develop one—until now.</jats:p>

<jats:p>This spring, a seemingly routine gamma ray burst triggered a worldwide race to catch a glimpse of the early universe.</jats:p>