Just two weeks before the most significant ACA deadline arrives, Tabitha M. Powledge aggregates resources for reporters covering the Oct. 1 opening of the act's insurance exchanges, and reviews the latest in the political battle over its funding: "It is perilously close to causing the U.S. government to close on the day those insurance exchanges open." Also: Does climate change help accouont for recent instability in the Middle East? Plus other science blog highlights.
