National Cancer Institute
A tissue section showing cancer cells inside the lungs.
As the Cancer Genome Atlas project, started in 2005, comes to an end,
scientists are debating where cancer research should go next.
Muchelney Journal
Accustomed to Floods, but ‘Nothing Like This,’ in Southern England
By KATRIN BENNHOLD
In parts of England, the wettest January on record has left whole
villages flooded and residents cut off from vital services. And it is
still raining.
Uterine Surgical Technique Is Linked to Abnormal Growths and Cancer Spread
By DENISE GRADY
A power device used in the procedure called morcellation can scatter
bits of fibroid tissue or undetected cancer cells around the abdomen.
As Seen on TV, a Medical Mystery Involving Hip Implants Is Solved
By GINA KOLATA
Two leading medical journals published case studies of the same puzzling
ailment that, in one of the cases, was unraveled with the help of clues
from the popular television show “House.”
Huge Leak of Coal Ash Slows at North Carolina Power Plant
By MICHAEL WINES and TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
The massive leak of toxic coal ash into the Dan River had dwindled, but
workers had yet to seal the breach in a drainage pipe where the leak was
detected more than four days ago.
Admit One
Seeing the Show With Their Ears
By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS
Watching “The Lion King” with the help of D-Scriptive, a technology that delivers real-time narrations to blind theatergoers.
Caribbean Islands Agree to Swap Diesel Power for Renewable Sources
By DIANE CARDWELL
Several countries signed a pact to start replacing diesel generators,
the most common means of producing electricity on islands, with other
sources.
Environmental Groups Denounce Arrests of Ecologists Near Olympic Sites
By ANDREW E. KRAMER
Arrests of two ecologists in Sochi, Russia, have alarmed environmental
groups, which criticized the stringent controls that authorities have
placed on public shows of dissent near Olympic sites.
European Lawmakers Try to Spur Market for Carbon-Emission Credits
By STANLEY REED
Europe’s carbon-permit trading system remains a global model. But prices
are too low to create incentives for adopting cleaner energy sources.
Science Times: Feb. 4, 2014
Lexey Swall for The New York Times
Dr. Thomas R. Insel is the longest-serving director of the National Institute of Mental Health since its founder left.
Dr. Thomas R. Insel’s twisted path to his role as director of the
National Institute of Mental Health is a tour of where psychiatric
science has been, where it’s going and why.
Australian Catch-and-Kill Shark Policy, Meant to Reassure, Horrifies Some
By MICHELLE INNIS
Citing swimmer deaths, Western Australia State has started a
catch-and-kill policy for larger sharks, but environmentalists say it
will have a deleterious effect on the ecosystem.
An Olympian Snow Endeavor in Sochi
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
To dress Alpine venues of the Sochi Games in white has required the help of science, a lot of machines and a little luck.
To Study Aggression, a Fight Club for Flies
By JAMES GORMAN
Scientists are learning more about the brain activity underlying male aggression.
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