In science news around the world this week, a deal is taking shape to save the Australian synchrotron; a fire at Brazil's Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station caused an explosion that killed two people, injured another, and destroyed about 70% of the station; ITER has dodged trouble with its superconducting cables; data from a declassified sub are shedding light on the Arctic; the World Bank is teaming up with major environmental groups and international nongovernmental organizations to raise $1.5 billion to improve ocean health; and space scientists in India are protesting colleagues' blacklisting.

Anomalous data suggesting that neutrinos can travel faster than light probably resulted from a faulty connection in a GPS timing system, physicists from the OPERA collaboration revealed last week.