[NEWS FOCUS] SELECT AGENTS: Heightened Security or Neocolonial Science?
New restrictions on federally funded research involving the world's most dangerous pathogens are hampering foreign collaborations.
Author: Richard Stone
[NEWS FOCUS] CELL BIOLOGY: A Technical Fix For an Ethical Bind?
Scientists and ethicists are taking a closer look at ways to create pluripotent human stem cells without involving embryos. But how close are such ideas to reality?
Author: Constance Holden, Gretchen Vogel
[NEWS] EDUCATION: Singapore Leads, U.S. Lags in Science, Math Student Achievement
According to the 2003 Trends in Mathematics and Science Study,released last week by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Singaporean students lead the world in math and science. Educators say that the top ranking, among elementary and middle school students from as many as 49 countries, also demonstrates how a nation's commitment to excellence can pay off fairly quickly.
Author: Yudhijit Bhattacharjee