This year's "Nobel Prize" in economics honors two researchers who studied economic behavior in nonfinancial settings: Elinor Ostrom of the University of Indiana, Bloomington, for her insights into the use of shared resources, and Oliver Williamson of the University of California, Berkeley, for his analysis of how a company decides what to do or make for itself and what to buy from others.

ScienceNOW reported this week that rooks comprehend basic principles of physics at the same level as a 6-month-old infant, monkey moms have Madonna moments, famous royals suffered from hemophilia, and humans lost much of their genetic diversity in two dramatic bottlenecks between 60,000 and 50,000 years ago, among other stories.

Last week, it was alleged that famed virus hunter Albert Osterhaus has been stoking pandemic fears to promote his own business interests in vaccine development. As Science went to press, the Dutch House of Representatives had even slated an emergency debate about the matter.