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<jats:p>This week's release of the long-awaited assessment of the quality of U.S. research doctoral programs by the National Academies' National Research Council will disappoint those who simply want to know who's No. 1 in any particular field, because the NRC assessment can look quite different depending on your definition of "best."</jats:p>

<jats:p>New findings unmask a dangerous new emerging virus—not a bacterial outbreak as previously believed—behind a deadly disease outbreak in central China and explain why antibiotics failed to stop it. Behind the scenes, however, a fierce argument has broken out over who discovered the virus.</jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> NOW reported this week that the silk produced by a Madagascar spider is the toughest biomaterial yet discovered, an extremely weak magnetic field stretches across the universe, and a long-lost Viking settlement has been discovered in Ireland, among other stories. </jats:p>

<jats:p> 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.1193147">study</jats:ext-link> published online this week in <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> argues that groups have a "collective intelligence" that predicts their performance on a range of collaborative tasks. </jats:p>

<jats:p>A new report offers a stinging indictment of India's scientific frailties, noting that science here is "severely hampered by oppressive bureaucratic practices and inflexible administrative and financial controls."</jats:p>