A Delicacy on Chinatown Plates, but a Killer in Water
By LIZ ROBBINS and JEFFREY E. SINGER
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
The snakehead fish is prized for its healing properties in China, but has been illegal to import to the United States since 2002.
Officials this week arrested a Brooklyn vendor suspected of importing the illegal snakehead fish, a rapidly reproducing predator with such a voracious appetite it can wipe out entire schools of fish and destroy an ecosystem.
Japan’s Prime Minister Defends Handling of Crisis
By MARTIN FACKLER
Naoto Kan’s remarks came after an adviser resigned to protest what he called unsafe measures.
A System to Speed Up Forecasting Tornadoes
By SARAH WHEATON
The Dallas-Fort Worth area is poised to test a system of weather forecasting based on a series of small radar devices that would replace a single Doppler monitor.
Court Lets U.S. Resume Paying for Embryo Study
By GARDINER HARRIS
Two federal appeals court judges ruled that the syntax of the law restricting such research left room for financing of work on stem cells created from embryos that were destroyed in the past.
Electrical Problems Force Delay in Shuttle Launching
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
Endeavour’s mission was postponed for at least three days for repairs to a system that powers the movement of the shuttle’s engines and flaps.
TITUSVILLE JOURNAL
In Shuttle’s Waning Days, One of the Last Reasons to Cheer
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
As the countdown for Endeavour liftoff, the next-to-last shuttle flight, approaches, communities near the Kennedy Space Center prepare for the big day.
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Despite Bipartisan Support, Nuclear Reactor Projects Falter
By MATTHEW L. WALD
The depressed price of natural gas has clouded the economics of new reactors, and the disaster in Japan has further weakened support for building plants.
Solar Panels Rise Pole by Pole, Followed by Gasps of ‘Eyesore’
By MIREYA NAVARRO
Installations have been popping up across New Jersey for about a year, but some residents worry aloud about the effect on property values.
Video: Energy or Eyesore?The First Stars, Massive and Fast-Spinning
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The first stars that dotted the universe were not only immense, but probably also fast-spinning, according to a new study that sheds light on the nature of stellar evolution.
Science Times: April 26, 2011
Digging Deeper, Seeing Farther: Supercomputers Alter Science
By JOHN MARKOFF
Jim Wilson/The New York Times
DUET "Life: A Cosmic Journey" relies not just on computer animation techniques, but on a wealth of digitized scientific data as well.
Computer power is transforming the sciences, giving scientists tools as important to current research as the microscope and telescope were to earlier scientists.
FINDINGS
A Generation’s Vanity, Heard Through Lyrics
By JOHN TIERNEY
After a computer analysis of three decades of hit songs, psychologists report finding a statistically significant trend toward narcissism and hostility in popular music.
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A Passion for Nature, and Really Long Lists
By NICHOLAS WADE
An environmental researcher has so far started four major international programs to survey the planet and catalog its biological diversity.
M.I.T. Media Lab Names a New Director
By JOHN MARKOFF
Joichi Ito is a 44-year-old Japanese venture capitalist who does not have a college degree but has worked with several Internet organizations and invested in start-ups.
Hippo, Warts and Other Thugs of the Genetic Realm
By NICHOLAS WADE
Genes with colorful monikers may play a part in treating cardiac events.
A Journal’s Statement May Aid a Harvard Researcher Accused of Misconduct
By NICHOLAS WADE
The journal Science said Monday that Marc Hauser, the Harvard researcher whom the university accused last year of eight charges of scientific misconduct, has replicated an experiment he published in 2007.
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Review Casts More Doubts on a Lung Cancer Study
By GARDINER HARRIS
A confidential review of a continuing lung cancer study involving more than 50,000 patients found that doctors could not locate 90 percent of the patients’ consent forms.
Armadillos Can Transmit Leprosy to Humans, Federal Researchers Confirm
By GARDINER HARRIS
About a third of leprosy cases each year in the United States are a result of contact with infected armadillos.
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