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<jats:p> Last week in <jats:italic>Physical Review Letters</jats:italic> , a multi-institution team at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, announced that it had filled a gap in the periodic table by making element 117. </jats:p>

<jats:p>President Barack Obama named the members of his bioethics commission—headed by two university presidents—last week. The 12-member group was selected more for practical advice than for philosophizing, as the last one was prone to.</jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> NOW reported this week that when social fear disappears, so does racism; cholesterol is genetically linked to age-related macular degeneration; our universe may live inside a wormhole; and Earth-like planets may abound in the Milky Way; among other stories. </jats:p>

<jats:p>A new U.S. government audit of the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory says the $4 billion behemoth faces "scientific and technical challenges and management weaknesses." But scientists associated with the project believe that the machine will do great science if Congress gives it a chance to flex its muscles.</jats:p>

<jats:p> Sean Carroll, a molecular biologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, was named vice president for science education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute last week. <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> caught up with Carroll to ask him about his new job. </jats:p>

<jats:p>Fourteen years after genetically engineered crops began to take off in the United States, the overall benefits to farmers are clear, according to a new report from the National Research Council.</jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science Insider</jats:italic> reported this week that prominent Old Testament scholar Bruce Waltke has been forced to resign from the Reformed Theological Seminary, an evangelical seminary with a branch in Oviedo, Florida, after saying evangelical Christianity is going to be sidelined as a "cult" if it denies evolution, among other stories. </jats:p>

<jats:p>The Gonzo Scientist travels to Senegal with an astrophysicist to deliver the universe to remote villagers.</jats:p>