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<jats:p>In a largely unexpected and welcome move, BP has revised its contracts to remove restrictions on discussing or publishing any data collected on their dime for up to 3 years. And the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is also relaxing its own restrictions on publishing assessment data.</jats:p>

<jats:p>On 24 May, BP pledged $500 million over the next 10 years to support independent research to answer questions about what the oil might do to deep-sea corals, wetland birds, and young fish. But just 3 weeks later, a presidential directive put the money on hold. Now scientists are worried that what many saw as their best hope for a long-term, comprehensive research plan will disappear along with the oil slick.</jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> Insider reported this week that postdocs at the University of California have voted to adopt a 5-year contract that would raise their pay by between 1.5% and 3% this fall and give them new protections, among other stories. </jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>The Boston Globe</jats:italic> reported last week that Harvard University cognitive scientist Marc Hauser was on leave following an investigation into his research by the university. But exactly what went wrong with Hauser's research is still not clear. </jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> NOW reported this week that lasers can be used to control a heartbeat, killer volcanoes may not be responsible for all the mass extinctions they're believed to have caused, stars can steal their planet's moons, and scientists can now predict how moisture works its way through a given building and location, among other stories. </jats:p>

<jats:p> Last week, a group reported online in <jats:italic>Nature</jats:italic> about having successfully adapted to the rat the most widely used mouse knockout technique. This complements a different method for deleting rat genes described last year in <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> . </jats:p>

<jats:p>Senator Richard Shelby (R–AL) has single-handedly implemented an ersatz federal academic infrastructure program for the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, campus over the past decade. Although most science policymakers believe earmarks weaken U.S. science by placing the preferences of individual lawmakers above those of the peer-review process, Shelby says the earmarks he has secured for several of the state's universities have been good for Alabama's economy and its scientists.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Unlike previous decadal surveys of funding priorities in astronomy and astrophysics, which often produced unrealistically long "wish lists" of priorities, the sixth decadal survey released last week claims to have made some hard choices that hew to the realities of a tough budgetary climate.</jats:p>