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<jats:p>Many researchers fear the worst after a Republican resurgence at the polls produced a 25-plus-seat majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and loosened the Democrats' grip on the Senate.</jats:p>

<jats:p>In an election that saw Republicans gain control of the U.S. House of Representatives, it's perhaps fitting that the presumptive new chair of the House science committee, Representative Ralph Hall (R–TX), is a former Democrat.</jats:p>

<jats:p>With "No on cap-and-tax" among their key talking points, Republicans who triumphed in the U.S. Congress and in dozens of state capitols have vowed to block President Barack Obama's plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions and reject state laws with a similar goal.</jats:p>

<jats:p> Two days after last week's midterm election, <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> talked with four veteran legislators who have been staunch defenders of science and science education; <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> offers excerpts from that discussion. </jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> Insider reported this week that physicist and Representative Bill Foster (D–IL) lost his seat in last week's election as the Republican wave hit his conservative-leaning district, despite considerable financial support from colleagues at his district's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, where he worked for 22 years, among other stories. </jats:p>

<jats:p>In the crucial first year of life, Neandertal brains developed dramatically differently from the way ours do, according to a report published this week.</jats:p>

<jats:p>A landmark clinical trial reported last week that screening for small tumors with advanced x-ray imaging led to a significant drop in lung cancer deaths (20% fewer) among smokers and ex-smokers, compared with screening with standard chest x-rays.</jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> NOW reported this week that cats drink differently than other animals, a new malaria drug could save tens of thousands of lives, and the fifth comet ever to be imaged close up looks like a dog bone, among other stories. </jats:p>