north korea

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.

Rare and hard-fought academic partnerships are left in limbo.

Last December 10th, the international scientific community’s gaze was fixed squarely on Stockholm, where 2009’s science Nobelists were collecting their medals. But that same day, six diplomats were disembarking a plane in Pyongyang, North Korea, on a less ballyhooed event.