The New York Times (May 6) -- Despite its fussy language, the new NFL report on "Deflategate" – in which the New England Patriots were accused of under-inflating footballs to gain a competitive advantage – received a generally positive reaction from scientists. “Looks pretty reasonable to me,” says Alan M. Nathan, a nuclear physicist at Illinois who is known for his work in the physics of baseball. "Although the scientific details are not presented, I suspect the conclusion reasonably follows from the data and simulations."