1. CERN scientists have strong evidence ‘God particle’

    Scientists working at the world’s biggest atom smasher have been seeking clues about how the universe was formed.

    (ANJA NIEDRINGHAUS/AP FILE)

     
  2. UMass stem cell lab to close

    A marquee piece of Governor Deval Patrick’s effort to bolster the life sciences industry will run out of funding at the end of the year.

    (Photo: FILE/Stanford University)

     
  3. Scientists rethink old ideas about the moon

    The moon holds a frozen record of the early history of the solar system, and understanding the details of its formation and composition may provide valuable insight.

    (Patrick T. Fallon/Reuters)

     
  4. BIO sets up potential partners through speed meetings

    Some 5,500 individuals have paid for the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s speed meeting service, which includes the BIO One-on-One Partnering scheduling software.

    (ESSDRAS M SUAREZ/GLOBE STAFF)

     
  5. Patients driving direction of new drug research

    Patients and their families are working with pharmaceutical companies, matching patients with clinical trials, paying for research, and lobbying to speed drug development.

     
  6. IDEAS

    The long, strange quest to detect plant consciousness

    Charles Darwin and L. Ron Hubbard have something in common: they wanted to know what was going on between the leaves.

    (ISTOCKPHOTO/GLOBE STAFF ILLUSTRATIONS)

     
  7. Vertex to fund partnership with Boston schools

    The $1.45 million partnership will allow students to work with scientists.

     
  8. For Boston-area scientists, fish expert’s a real catch

    Ellis London, the owner of a Framingham fish and aquarium store, has been the go-to local expert on marine organisms for more than 40 years.

    (BILL BRETT FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE)

     
  9. EDITORIAL

    Transit of Venus a once in a lifetime event

    Today’s event will be an occasion to remember the exertions of those who braved uncharted seas and belligerent Frenchmen for the sake of science.

     

  10. "Typical price for a Martian meteorite: about $1,000 per gram."
    — Writing at The Naked Scientists, Amy Tempelsman offers up an overview of the market in meteorites.
     
  11. Spine-injured rats walk in experiment

    - Many scientists are working on treatments to help people with spinal cord injuries walk. Now there’s a striking new demonstration of how one approach might work: Spinal nerve stimulation helped rats walk and climb stairs.

     
  12. Raytheon system aims to track space trash

    - Waltham’s Raytheon Co. is competing for a contract with the Air Force to create a so-called Space Fence to monitor and catalog the garbage that is in the earth’s lower orbit.  (NASA/GETTY IMAGES)

     
  13. Scientist’s death halts unique research at UMass

    - The circumstances of Lynn Margulis’s career and death provide a window on just how difficult the passing of a working scientist can be for a research university.

     
  14. MIT exhibit highlights climate change science

    - The new exhibit at the MIT Museum, “Rivers of Ice: Vanishing Glaciers of the Greater Himalaya,” contributes to the sometimes perplexing study of climate change.

     
  15. Mass. firms chasing China’s boom

    - China’s appetite for technology, advanced industrial machinery, medical devices, and other products in which the state specializes is expected to grow.

    (KEITH BEDFORD FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE)