Science, May 22, 2009

Plagiarism Sleuths
A Texas group is trolling through
publications worldwide hunting for signs of duplicated material. The
thousands of articles they've flagged online raise questions about
standards in publishing -- and about the group's own tactics.

America's Uncounted Millions
It is getting
increasingly difficult to count a mobile population, but an
"adjustment" based on postcensus sampling is politically unacceptable.
An Unprecedented Dilemma: One University, Two Political Systems
The
University of Macau's plans for a new campus in mainland China pose a
challenge to preserving academic freedom in the former colony.

Stressed Out Over a Stress Hormone
The hormone ABA
lets plants handle rough times and holds promise for making
drought-resistant crops, if only researchers could nail down its
molecular partners.

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