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Science 9 February 1996: 737.
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Editorial:
An Enhanced Perspective

Floyd E. Bloom
Science 9 February 1996: 741.
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 Letters|Hormonal Activity: D. L. Laben * Biological Determinism: A. Heschl; R. A. Sedjo * Low-Angle Faults: G. A. Thompson * The Science Doctorate: R. W. Kerrigan; C. E. Hotchkiss; R. Kokenyesi; C. A. Schnaitman; J. W. Costerton; R. B. Green * Gene T herapy: False Expectations?: K. R. Dronamraju

Science 9 February 1996: 743-747.

 ScienceScope|

Science 9 February 1996: 749.
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 Random Samples|Poring Over Ancient CO₂ Levels * Hard Times at Renewables Lab * Cracking Bone Repair * Feelings on Fossils

Science 9 February 1996: 763.
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 Book Reviews|Biomarkers and Occupational Health, reviewed by D. Hattis * The War Against Hepatitis B, J. Sommerfeld * Infectious Diseases in an Age of Change * Vignettes

Science 9 February 1996: 770-771.
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 Gordon Research Conferences|

Science 9 February 1996: 826-847.

 Products & Materials|

Science 9 February 1996: 848-849.
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News

Biomedical Research: ARC Affair Troubles French Scientists

Michael Balter
Science 9 February 1996: 750-751.
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Clinical Research: NIH Clinical Center Gets a Boost

Eliot Marshall
Science 9 February 1996: 751-752.
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Affirmative Action: Showdown at the UC Corral

Marcia Barinaga
Science 9 February 1996: 752.
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Environmental Research: Two Eyes Are Better Than One

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 9 February 1996: 752.
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Space: Russian Deal Bolsters the Space Station--At a Price

Andrew Lawler
Science 9 February 1996: 753-754.
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Space Station: NASA Keeps the Pressure On

Andrew Lawler
Science 9 February 1996: 753.
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Astronomy: A Familiar Face for a Distant Galaxy?

Tim Appenzeller
Science 9 February 1996: 754.
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AIDS Research: Results on New AIDS Drugs Bring Cautious Optimism

Jon Cohen
Science 9 February 1996: 755-756.
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Astronomy: Galactic Building Blocks Found?

James Glanz
Science 9 February 1996: 756.
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Planetary Science: Where Do Meteorites Come From? A NEAR Miss May Tell

Richard A. Kerr
Science 9 February 1996: 757.
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Physics: Collisions Hint That Quarks Might Not Be Indivisible

James Glanz
Science 9 February 1996: 758.
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Astronomy: Do Galaxies Fly Through the Universe in Formation?

Robert Matthews
Science 9 February 1996: 759.
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Plant Biotechnology: Moving Forest Trees Into the Modern Genetics Era

Anne Simon Moffat
Science 9 February 1996: 760-761.
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Plant Biotechnology: Genetic Engineering Turns to Trees

Anne Simon Moffat
Science 9 February 1996: 761.
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SPECIAL NEWS REPORT: Science Journals Go Wired

Gary Taubes
Science 9 February 1996: 764.
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 SPECIAL NEWS REPORT: Speed of Publication -- Stuck in First Gear

Gary Taubes
Science 9 February 1996: 765.
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 SPECIAL NEWS REPORT: Electronic Preprints Point the Way to 'Author Empowerment'

Gary Taubes
Science 9 February 1996: 767.
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Letters

 Hormonal Activity

Dorothy L. Laben
Science 9 February 1996: 743.
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 Biological Determinism

Adolf Heschl
Science 9 February 1996: 743-744.
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 Biological Determinism

Roger A. Sedjo
Science 9 February 1996: 744.
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 Low-Angle Faults

George A. Thompson
Science 9 February 1996: 744-745.
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 The Science Doctorate

Richard W. Kerrigan
Science 9 February 1996: 745.
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 The Science Doctorate

Charlotte E. Hotchkiss
Science 9 February 1996: 745.
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 The Science Doctorate

Robert Kokenyesi
Science 9 February 1996: 745-746.
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 The Science Doctorate

Carl A. Schnaitman
Science 9 February 1996: 746.
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 The Science Doctorate

J. W. Costerton
Science 9 February 1996: 746.
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 The Science Doctorate

Robert B. Green
Science 9 February 1996: 746-747.
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 Gene Therapy: False Expectations?

Krishna R. Dronamraju
Science 9 February 1996: 747.
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Books et al.

 Advances for Epidemiology: Biomarkers and Occupational Health.

Dale Hattis
Science 9 February 1996: 770.
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 A Global Campaign: The War Against Hepatitis B.

Johannes Sommerfeld
Science 9 February 1996: 770-771.
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 Other Health Issues: Infectious Diseases in an Age of Change.

Katherine Livingston
Science 9 February 1996: 771.
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Perspectives

Probing Catalysts with Water

Joachim Sauer
Science 9 February 1996: 774-775.
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An Ice Shelf Breakup

Mark Fahnestock
Science 9 February 1996: 775-776.
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ENHANCED PERSPECTIVE: Indeterminate Organization of the Visual System

Claus-C. Hilgetag, Mark A. O'Neill, and Malcolm P. Young
Science 9 February 1996: 776.
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On Hierarchies--Response to Hilgetag et al.

David C. Van Essen and Daniel J. Felleman
Science 9 February 1996: 777.
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 On Hierarchies:: Response to Hilgetag et al.

David C. Van Essen and Daniel J. Felleman
Science 9 February 1996: 777.
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 On Hierarchies:

C. -C. Hilgetag, M. A. O'Neill, and M. P. Young
Science 9 February 1996: 777.
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Articles

Intercalation, DNA Kinking, and the Control of Transcription

Milton H. Werner, Angela M. Gronenborn, and G. Marius Clore
Science 9 February 1996: 778-784.
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Reports

Human Appropriation of Renewable Fresh Water

Sandra L. Postel, Gretchen C. Daily, and Paul R. Ehrlich
Science 9 February 1996: 785-788.
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Rapid Collapse of Northern Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Helmut Rott, Pedro Skvarca, and Thomas Nagler
Science 9 February 1996: 788-792.
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DNA: An Extensible Molecule

Philippe Cluzel, Anne Lebrun, Christoph Heller, Richard Lavery, Jean-Louis Viovy, Didier Chatenay, and François Caron
Science 9 February 1996: 792-794.
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Overstretching B-DNA: The Elastic Response of Individual Double-Stranded and Single-Stranded DNA Molecules

Steven B. Smith, Yujia Cui, and Carlos Bustamante
Science 9 February 1996: 795-799.
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On the Nature of Water Bound to a Solid Acid Catalyst

L. Smith, A. K. Cheetham, R. E. Morris, L. Marchese, J. M. Thomas, P. A. Wright, and J. Chen
Science 9 February 1996: 799-802.
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Mutagenesis in Mammalian Cells Induced by Triple Helix Formation and Transcription-Coupled Repair

Gan Wang, Michael M. Seidman, and Peter M. Glazer
Science 9 February 1996: 802-805.
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Cell Killing by the Drosophila Gene reaper

Kristin White, Elvan Tahaoglu, and Hermann Steller
Science 9 February 1996: 805-807.
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Requirement of an ICE-Like Protease for Induction of Apoptosis and Ceramide Generation by REAPER

Gijsbertus J. Pronk, Kevin Ramer, Payman Amiri, and Lewis T. Williams
Science 9 February 1996: 808-810.
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Stimulation of Membrane Ruffling and MAP Kinase Activation by Distinct Effectors of RAS

Tom Joneson, Michael A. White, Michael H. Wigler, and Dafna Bar-Sagi
Science 9 February 1996: 810-812.
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PKC-Dependent Stimulation of Exocytosis by Sulfonylureas in Pancreatic Cells

Lena Eliasson, Erik Renström, Carina Ämmälä, Per-Olof Berggren, Alejandro M. Bertorello, Krister Bokvist, Alexander Chibalin, Jude T. Deeney, Peter R. Flatt, Jakob Gäbel, Jesper Gromada, Olof Larsson, Per Lindström, Christopher J. Rhodes, and Patrik Rorsman
Science 9 February 1996: 813-815.
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Cold-Induced Expression of ⁹-Desaturase in Carp by Transcriptional and Posttranslational Mechanisms

P. E. Tiku, A. Y. Gracey, A. I. Macartney, R. J. Beynon, and A. R. Cossins
Science 9 February 1996: 815-818.
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Identification of a Committed Precursor for the Mast Cell Lineage

Hans-Reimer Rodewald, Mark Dessing, Ann M. Dvorak, and Stephen J. Galli
Science 9 February 1996: 818-822.
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Activation of BTK by a Phosphorylation Mechanism Initiated by SRC Family Kinases

David J. Rawlings, Siqi Lin, Andrew M. Scharenberg, Hyunsun Park, Matthew I. Wahl, Roberta M. Kato, Anne-Catherine Fluckiger, Owen N. Witte, and Jean-Pierre Kinet
Science 9 February 1996: 822-825.
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