Science, July 25, 2008

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Wealthy nations now devote billions of dollars
each year to helping low- and middle-income countries confront HIV/AIDS
epidemics. Investment in biomedical research has also shot up. What has
come of this flood of money? And will there be enough in the future to
meet increasing demands?

HIV/AIDS: Follow the Money
Over the past decade,
funding for HIV/AIDS research and treatment in low- and middle-income
countries has exploded, jumping more than 20-fold to $10 billion last
year. The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the largest funder
of basic research, also doubled its budget to nearly $3 billion. How
these dollars have been divvied up and what they have accomplished? How
countries have dealt with this sudden influx of cash? Who's minding the
store and what happens when abuses occur?

From Atop a Mountain, A Deeper Look at the Sun
The
world's largest solar telescope could help answer long-standing
questions about our nearest star. But with environmental opposition and
budgetary challenges, will it get built?

Building a Scientific Legacy on a Controversial Foundation
Most
scientists deplore the practice. But the first wave of congressional
earmarks for academic research created two centers that have stood the
test of time.

Water Everywhere on Early Mars But Only for a Geologic Moment?
Planetary
scientists pursuing water and life on Mars must reconcile mounting
evidence of a young planet awash in life-sustaining water with a
growing realization that the martian surface was likely almost always
dry.

Voting: In Your Genes?
At the Behavior Genetics
Association meeting, a political scientist presented evidence that DNA
has a hand in the intensity of people's partisan political attachments
and even in whether they bother to vote.

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