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<jats:p> The 2010 edition of <jats:italic>Science and Engineering Indicators</jats:italic> omits any mention of evolution and the big bang in its chapter on public attitudes toward science and technology because they forced the public to "conflate knowledge and beliefs." </jats:p>

<jats:p>Last week, more than 500 French researchers signed a letter asking French Science Minister Valérie Pécresse to disavow former science minister Claude Allègre's scathing attack on the climate research field by publicly expressing her confidence in French climate science.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Last week, a federal judge in New York City used sweeping language to invalidate a handful of human gene patents, casting doubt on hundreds more.</jats:p>

<jats:p> On pages <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/328/5975/195">195</jats:ext-link> and <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/328/5975/205">205</jats:ext-link> of this week's issue of <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> , researchers describe a group of fossils found since 2008 in Malapa cave north of Johannesburg and dated as early as 2 million years ago, which they say may be the best candidate yet for the immediate ancestor of our genus, <jats:italic>Homo</jats:italic> . </jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> NOW reported this week that the mass of the common quark has finally been nailed down, thalidomide stances bleeding, wind turbines could support a stable electrical grid on the U.S. East Coast, and a new study reveals how much water is used by various industries, among other stories. </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/science.1186785">paper</jats:ext-link> published online this week in <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> , researchers report new evidence that Venus is still reshaping its surface—as well as cooling its interior—through volcanic outpourings like Hawaii's or Iceland's. </jats:p>

<jats:p>Chilean scientists have estimated that the magnitude-8.8 earthquake that rocked the country on 27 February caused some $200 million in damage to research facilities and equipment.</jats:p>