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<jats:p>In science news around the world this week, a controversial hydroelectric dam project in Patagonia won a key legal battle, a groundbreaking Swedish life science research initiative will add lab space and nearly triple its ranks, the Large Hadron Collider has resumed taking data, and the Giant Magellan Telescope has decided not to seek financial help from the U.S. government.</jats:p>

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<jats:p> A new tool is available to help doctors detect signs of Alzheimer's disease. According to a paper published online this week in <jats:italic>Animal Conservation</jats:italic> , since 2004, the population of the critically endangered Raso lark has skyrocketed from 65 to 1490. In the April 2012 issue of <jats:italic>Sky &amp; Telescope</jats:italic> magazine, physicists note that a powerful spring tide may have helped push icebergs into the path of the <jats:italic>Titanic</jats:italic> . And this week's numbers quantify the percentage of NASA missions being extended and the number of species researchers should inventory over the next 50 years. </jats:p>

<jats:p>This week's Newsmaker is Gary Gibbons, a cardiologist and scientist at Morehouse School of Medicine, who has been named director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Last week's announcement that the long-delayed 2012 national budget would slash funding for science by more than 25% surpassed the worst predictions of Spanish scientists.</jats:p>

<jats:p>To plug a €10 million hole in its science budget while avoiding the closure of domestic research centers, Greece has begun renegotiating its subscriptions to and memberships in international organizations.</jats:p>