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Darwin's minstrel

A Philadelphia street performer sings happy 200th birthday to Charles Darwin ... his own way

By Victoria Stern

boom boosts science theatre

A new play explores ecological and evolutionary themes through global catastrophe

By Katherine Bagley

HIV antibody duds explained

Researchers describe molecular reasons for the failure of some AIDS vaccines

By Jef Akst

A fix for Down syndrome brains?

Boosting levels of a neurotransmitter reversed some symptoms in mice with the condition

By Victoria Stern

2nd human hESC trial?

A company has requested permission to conduct a clinical trial using human embryonic stem cells to treat a genetic eye disease

By Jef Akst

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Nominate your institution for best workplace by responding to our survey, whether you work in industry, academia, or as a postdoc

By The Scientist Staff

"Study ethics, NIH!"

Researchers, journal editors, and health care administrators demand funding to study ethical quandaries and nefarious business practices in biomedical research

By Bob Grant

Tailor-made mass spec

Mass spec tinkerers describe their custom fixes for commercial hardware limitations

By Jeffrey M. Perkel

New head for US genome institute

Eric Green, scientific director at the National Human Genome Research Institute, will fill Francis Collins's shoes in the institute's top spot

By Katherine Bagley

When does oversight overstep?

Was CIRM's decision to revoke three grants a mark of good oversight or science micromanagement?

By Jef Akst

HIV trial vector specter

New results fuel the debate on whether the viral vector was to blame for Merck's failed STEP trial

By Bob Grant

deCODE files for bankruptcy

The company files for Chapter 11, but the action may not change much for its operations

By Jef Akst

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Slideshow: Can duckweed save the planet?

Rutgers geneticist Randall Kerstetter discusses the potential for lowly duckweed to become a source of biofuels, described in this month's issue.

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