| The Bay Citizen: In Scandal’s Wake, Police Turn to Quick, Cheap Test for Drugs The San Francisco Police Department has moved to field testing for drugs after a scandal at its police drug-testing lab resulted in the dismissal of hundreds of cases. feeds.nytimes.com |
Tug of War Pits Genes of Parents in the Fetus It has long been suggested that a mother’s and father’s genes do not play exactly equal roles, and new research points to asymmetry that could be far more substantial than thought. feeds.nytimes.com |
Water Use in Southwest Heads for a Day of Reckoning Water distribution may be reordered as early as next year because the flow of water cannot keep pace with the region’s demands. feeds.nytimes.com |
International space station crew blast off from Kazhakstan Rocket carries US and Russian cosmonauts to the international space station guardian.co.uk |
Observatory: They Fetch, They Roll Over, They Aid Tumor Research Pituitary tumor operations on dogs are helping scientists understand Cushing’s disease, which affects far more dogs than humans. feeds.nytimes.com |