“Copying the LHC is absolutely senseless”

Russia’s science minister Andrei Fursenko isn’t impressed with Russian physicists’ suggestions that a bigger version of the LHC could be built near Moscow. His comment seems more pointed in the wake of the LHC’s unhappy week.

“Encouraging a cross-political consensus” or “hypocrisy of the purest strain”?

Business leaders including airport owners and power giants are calling for action on climate change, notes the Guardian.

Six State Science Survey: Nashville vs Denver

Does local science reporting exist in the states? Grad student Jeff Marlow is trying to find out on Nature Network.

Papers with good titles: Are Boys Becoming An Endangered Subspecies? (Sex ratio trends.)