On page 582 of this week's issue of Science, researchers go a long way toward solving the mystery of how a fungal infection has been killing amphibians worldwide. They find that the fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, causes such severe electrolyte imbalances that the frog's heart stops.

Highlights from ScienceNOW this week include the achievement of black hole conditions here on Earth, the finding that trust is only skin deep, radio waves that see through walls, and a mother's cancer that infected her fetus, among other stories.

Scientists in Hong Kong are celebrating a partial victory in what is likely to be an ongoing war against proponents of teaching creationism and intelligent design in secondary schools.