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<jats:p>A major food safety bill signed into law this month gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration new powers and aims to shift the focus from response to prevention of food-borne illness.</jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> NOW reported recently that pandas prefer old-growth forests, the European Planck satellite has released a catalog of stellar hatcheries, flipper bands harm penguins, and the black hole in the core of galaxy M87 is the most massive black hole for which a precise mass has ever been measured, among other stories. </jats:p>

<jats:p>A paper on extrasensory perception that is in press at a top psychology journal has rekindled a long-running debate about whether the statistical tools commonly used in psychology—and most other areas of science—too often lead researchers astray.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Scientists love open-access papers as readers, but they are less enthusiastic about submitting their papers to open-access journals, according to a new study.</jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> Insider reported this week that former E.U. research chief Achilleas Mitsos has resigned as head of research and technology within the Greek education ministry, among other stories. </jats:p>

<jats:p>Biologists are recognizing the dramatic impact that some killer whales have on everything from endangered whales to penguins.</jats:p>

<jats:p>New technologies are needed urgently to assure the continued supply of radioactive materials essential for diagnosing and treating millions of patients around the world.</jats:p>

<jats:p>The Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have launched a series of programs to support training and education in nuclear sciences. Enrollments have nearly doubled since 2004, but experts say that's only enough to catch up with the demand of the last decade.</jats:p>

<jats:p>In soccer, goals have been scored and games won when free kicks were wrongly awarded because players faked collisions with opponents. A group of researchers reported at the meeting that they have found empirical support in the antics of footballers for game-theory predictions about dishonest signals.</jats:p>

<jats:p>A developmental biologist reported at the meeting that inhibiting a single developmental signal—retinoic acid—can yield a carnivorelike gut morphology in a tadpole species that's normally mostly vegetarian.</jats:p>