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<jats:p>As U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins stated in recent testimony to Congress, “Our nation has never witnessed a time of greater promise for advances in medicine.” Researchers are moving closer to developing a universal flu vaccine, cancer immunotherapy (harnessing the immune system to attack tumor cells) is on the horizon, and the public/private BRAIN initiative will provide deeper knowledge of billions of nerve cells to advance research on Alzheimer's disease, autism, and other braindisorders. Yet the general public, and in particular elected officials, have failed to embrace the promise of cutting-edge science as a means to improve health and the economy.</jats:p>

<jats:p>In science news around the world, an attempt to invalidate a patent on embryonic stem cells has failed, the European Space Agency's Venus Express spacecraft prepares to descend into the planet's upper atmosphere, and more.</jats:p>

<jats:p>The estimated costs for the White House's BRAIN project to map the human brain have skyrocketed. And a new exhibit of mummies at the British Museum in London uses CT scans to delve into the lives of eight mummified individuals—without unwrapping a single bandage.</jats:p>

<jats:p> Follow the links below for a roundup of the week's top stories in science, or <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6189/1208.1.full.pdf">download a PDF of the entire section</jats:ext-link> . <jats:list list-type="bullet"> <jats:list-item> <jats:p> <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6189/1208.2.summary">Random Samples</jats:ext-link> </jats:p> </jats:list-item> <jats:list-item> <jats:p> <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6189/1208.3.summary">Around the World</jats:ext-link> </jats:p> </jats:list-item> <jats:list-item> <jats:p> <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6189/1209.summary">Newsmakers</jats:ext-link> </jats:p> </jats:list-item> </jats:list> </jats:p>

<jats:p> Physicist Neil Gershenfeld discusses digital fabrication and "fab labs" in an interview with <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> , and climate scientist and RealClimate.com co-founder Gavin Schmidt is tapped to head NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. </jats:p>

<jats:p>Launch of Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 promises precise mapping of chlorophyll fluorescence from space.</jats:p>

<jats:p>A new “Red List” identifies the countries where the virus may strike next.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Breeding thoroughbreds for speed may harm their health.</jats:p>

<jats:p>Retraction plans for easy stem cell recipe leave scientists wondering how the papers came to be published.</jats:p>