If you have a grant application pending at a U.S. science agency, there's an upside to the global financial meltdown: Your chances of being funded have never been better. And if your application isn't already in the pipeline, don't despair. The competition for funds should be eased significantly next year  

A new federally funded study concludes that U.S. students using educational software do no better in learning primary school math and first-year algebra than their counterparts who follow a traditional curriculum