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The news in brief: Broken boiler delays Antarctic drilling; Texas cancer institute faces criminal probe; and massive shark sanctuary is founded in the Pacific.
The news in brief: World Bank warning on climate change; NIH moves to enforce open-access policy; and BP receives record fine for Deepwater Horizon spill.
The week in science: Skydiver breaks speed of sound; researcher ID system launches; and the online open-access journal eLife publishes its first papers.
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The week in science: Japan to phase out nuclear power by 2030s, BGI buys into Complete Genomics, and archaeologists claim to have found the skeleton of English king Richard III.
The week in science: arXiv finds fresh funding; hantavirus outbreak surprises experts; and Australia says it will join Europe’s emissions trading system.
The week in science: Eulogies for Neil Armstrong; more disappointing trial results for Alzheimer’s drugs; and China’s plans for telescopes in the Antarctic.
The week in science: US declares hottest month ever recorded; CERN physicists make hottest-ever plasma; and Indian politicians look coldly on GM crop trials.
