Thailand asked us for permission to do a final round of DNA testing on all the orangutans before they were sent back to Indonesia, but we refused to wait any longer since they don't have any authority to make us do that.

We will see if some of the (other) 45 are also from Indonesia.

All conversion of natural forests has to stop immediately. Conversion of forest into plantations, fields and settlements and rampant illegal logging are threatening some of the most important habitats of our endangered elephants and tigers.

Iran is now much less worried about the US attacking them because of the mess in Iraq... They're testing the waters.

The percentage of US cattle selected for testing is very limited at less than 1 percent. How can the government ensure that the imported beef products did not come from cows that might not have yet shown symptoms of the disease?

The major crypto result is that this taught us about how to design future hash results to be stronger. I would say the practical impact [of collision attacks] is still not strong.