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Science 27 August 1999:
Vol. 285. no. 5432, p. 1355
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5432.1355a
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Letters

This Week's Letters

In connection with recent events in Kansas, a reader asks, "[W]here is Erasmus Darwin (grandfather of Charles) when we need him most?" A Web publication in astronomy is said to suffer from "lack of peer review." The practice of destroying agricultural products in developed countries in Europe to keep prices high is questioned. Tubers grown at high altitudes in the Andes are described. Restraint is urged in criticism on the Internet. Research on artiodactyl nuclear DNA is clarified. An unfulfilled cold fusion prediction is pointed out. An alternative explanation is offered for how metallic whiskers are grown. And data on Ph.D.s earned by minorities and ranking of research-active departments are examined.

Letters in This Issue

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[Letter] Darwin in Kansas
George B. Dyson
[Letter] Ethane on Pluto?
Dale P. Cruikshank, Catherine de Bergh, Sylvain Douté, Thomas R. Geballe, Tobias C. Owen, Eric Quirico, Ted L. Roush, Bernard Schmitt
[Letter] Increasing Food Availability
Pietro Cavalli
[Letter] High-Altitude Tubers
Hector Flores
[Letter] Polite Disagreement
Ian Tattersall and Jeffrey H. Schwartz
[Letter] Artiodactyl Nuclear DNA Study
Conrad A. Matthee
[Letter] Cold Fusion Prediction
Richard L. Garwin
[Letter] Growing Metallic Whiskers: Alternative Interpretation
T. El-Raghy and M. W. Barsoum
[Letter] Minority Data
William Yslas Velez
[Letter] Rankings of Research-Active Departments
Vincent H. Crespi


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