This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
Science 28 February 1997: 1237.
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Editorial:
The Comfort Zone

Mary Woolley
Science 28 February 1997: 1243-0.
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 Book Reviews|Cosmology and Controversy, reviewed by W. T. Sullivan III * Vignettes * Browsings

Science 28 February 1997: 1275-1276.

 Products & Materials|

Science 28 February 1997: 1332-1333.

 AAAS News & Notes|

Science 28 February 1997: 1334-1335.

News and Comment

National Laboratories: NIF Ignites Changes at Livermore

Andrew Lawler
Science 28 February 1997: 1252-1254.
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National Laboratories: Civilian Lab Grabs NIF's Coattails

Andrew Lawler
Science 28 February 1997: 1253-0.
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National Laboratories: Laser Fusion With a Fast Twist

Dennis Normile
Science 28 February 1997: 1254-0.
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Scientific Misconduct: ORI's Self-Assessment: A Batting Average of .920?

Jock Friedly
Science 28 February 1997: 1255-0.
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Canadian Budget: Big Bucks for New Equipment

Wayne Kondro
Science 28 February 1997: 1256-0.
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Archaeology: Monte Verde: Blessed But Not Confirmed

Ann Gibbons
Science 28 February 1997: 1256-1257.
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Astronomy: Is First Extrasolar Planet a Lost World?

James Glanz
Science 28 February 1997: 1257-1258.
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 Scientists Go Sleepless in Seattle at AAAS Meeting

Science 28 February 1997: 1258-0.

AIDS: A New Way to Resist AIDS?

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 28 February 1997: 1258-0.
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Archaeology: First Floridians Found Near Biscayne Bay

Virginia Morell
Science 28 February 1997: 1258-1259.
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Astronomy: Whirling Neutron Stars May Brake and Accelerate

Erik Stokstad
Science 28 February 1997: 1258-0.
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Demographics: Do We Want More Kids, or Fewer, Richer Kids?

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 28 February 1997: 1258-1260.
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Scientific Literacy: New Studies Explore Public Attitudes About Science

Steve Olson
Science 28 February 1997: 1258-0.
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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Research News

AIDS Research: Exploiting the HIV-Chemokine Nexus

Jon Cohen
Science 28 February 1997: 1261-1264.
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AIDS Research: HIV Experts vs. Sequencers in Patent Race

Eliot Marshall
Science 28 February 1997: 1263-0.
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Mathematics: In Mao's China, Politically Correct Math

Barry Cipra
Science 28 February 1997: 1264-1265.
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Extinctions: Cores Document Ancient Catastrophe

Richard A. Kerr
Science 28 February 1997: 1265-0.
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Particle Physics: Deep Within the Proton, a Flicker of New Physics?

James Glanz
Science 28 February 1997: 1266-0.
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Paleoceanography: Did a Blast of Sea-Floor Gas Usher in a New Age?

Richard A. Kerr
Science 28 February 1997: 1267-0.
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Archaeology: Tooling Around--Dates Show Early Siberian Settlement

Constance Holden
Science 28 February 1997: 1268-0.
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Cognition: Scientists Probe Feelings Behind Decision-Making

Gretchen Vogel
Science 28 February 1997: 1269-0.
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Letters

This Week's Letters

Science 28 February 1997: 1245-1249.
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 Bright Star

John C. Whitmer;, Peter Bearse;, and Krishna R. Dronamraju
Science 28 February 1997: 1245-1249.
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 LHC "Price Tag"

George Trilling
Science 28 February 1997: 1245-1249.
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 Marine Biodiversity Budget

Elliott A. Norse and Amy Mathews-Amos
Science 28 February 1997: 1245-1249.
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 Aspirin and Stroke

Andreas Barner
Science 28 February 1997: 1245-1249.
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 Biospherian Viewpoints

William F. Dempster;, Mark Nelson;, and John Allen
Science 28 February 1997: 1245-1249.
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 Correction: Raloxifene Response Needs More Than an Element

Na N. Yang, Murali Venugopalan, Sushant Hardikar, and Andrew Glasebrook
Science 28 February 1997: 1245-1249.
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Perspectives

Growth Factors Sculpt the Synapse

Erin Schuman
Science 28 February 1997: 1277-1278.
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Enhanced: Listening to Pele

Sylvie Vergniolle
Science 28 February 1997: 1278-1279.
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Neptune's Deep Chemistry

W. B. Hubbard
Science 28 February 1997: 1279-1280.
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Left-Right Asymmetry

Elizabeth J. Robertson
Science 28 February 1997: 1280-0.
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Reports

Diring Yuriakh: A Lower Paleolithic Site in Central Siberia

Michael R. Waters, Steven L. Forman, and James M. Pierson
Science 28 February 1997: 1281-1284.
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Laser Rapid Prototyping of Photonic Band-Gap Microstructures

Michael C. Wanke, Olaf Lehmann, Kurt Müller, Qingzhe Wen, and Michael Stuke
Science 28 February 1997: 1284-1286.
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Low-Temperature Nonoxidative Activation of Methane over H-Galloaluminosilicate (MFI) Zeolite

Vasant R. Choudhary, Anil K. Kinage, and Tushar V. Choudhary
Science 28 February 1997: 1286-1288.
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Dissociation of Methane into Hydrocarbons at Extreme (Planetary) Pressure and Temperature

F. Ancilotto, G. L. Chiarotti, S. Scandolo, and E. Tosatti
Science 28 February 1997: 1288-1290.
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Burst Conditions of Explosive Volcanic Eruptions Recorded on Microbarographs

Meghan M. Morrissey and Bernard A. Chouet
Science 28 February 1997: 1290-1293.
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Deciding Advantageously Before Knowing the Advantageous Strategy

Antoine Bechara, Hanna Damasio, Daniel Tranel, and Antonio R. Damasio
Science 28 February 1997: 1293-1295.
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Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy on Polysaccharides by Atomic Force Microscopy

Matthias Rief, Filipp Oesterhelt, Berthold Heymann, and Hermann E. Gaub
Science 28 February 1997: 1295-1297.
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Macromolecular Trafficking Indicated by Localization and Turnover of Sucrose Transporters in Enucleate Sieve Elements

Christina Kühn, Vincent R. Franceschi, Alexander Schulz, Rémi Lemoine, and Wolf B. Frommer
Science 28 February 1997: 1298-1300.
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Control of Vertebrate Left-Right Asymmetry by a Snail-Related Zinc Finger Gene

Alison Isaac, Michael G. Sargent, and Jonathan Cooke
Science 28 February 1997: 1301-1304.
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Crystal Structure of Formate Dehydrogenase H: Catalysis Involving Mo, Molybdopterin, Selenocysteine, and an Fe₄S₄ Cluster

Jeffrey C. Boyington, Vadim N. Gladyshev, Sergei V. Khangulov, Thressa C. Stadtman, and Peter D. Sun
Science 28 February 1997: 1305-1308.
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Formation of Actin Stress Fibers and Focal Adhesions Enhanced by Rho-Kinase

Mutsuki Amano, Kazuyasu Chihara, Kazushi Kimura, Yuko Fukata, Nao Nakamura, Yoshiharu Matsuura, and Kozo Kaibuchi
Science 28 February 1997: 1308-1311.
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APC-Mediated Proteolysis of Ase1 and the Morphogenesis of the Mitotic Spindle

Yue-Li Juang, James Huang, Jan-Michael Peters, Margaret E. McLaughlin, Chin-Yin Tai, and David Pellman
Science 28 February 1997: 1311-1314.
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Combinatorial Control Required for the Specificity of Yeast MAPK Signaling

Hiten D. Madhani and Gerald R. Fink
Science 28 February 1997: 1314-1317.
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Role of Transforming Growth Factor- in Long-Term Synaptic Facilitation in Aplysia

Fan Zhang, Shogo Endo, Leonard J. Cleary, Arnold Eskin, and John H. Byrne
Science 28 February 1997: 1318-1320.
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Isolation of a Common Receptor for Coxsackie B Viruses and Adenoviruses 2 and 5

Jeffrey M. Bergelson, Jennifer A. Cunningham, Gustavo Droguett, Evelyn A. Kurt-Jones, Anita Krithivas, Jeong S. Hong, Marshall S. Horwitz, Richard L. Crowell, and Robert W. Finberg
Science 28 February 1997: 1320-1323.
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Technical Comments

 Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator and Adenosine Triphosphate

Edward H. Abraham, Paul Okunieff, Stefania Scala, Petra Vos, Michiel J. S. Oosterveld, Allan Y. Chen, Brij Shrivastav;, Guido Guidotti;, M. M. Reddy, P. M. Quinton, C. Haws, J. J. Wine;, R. Grygorczyk, J. A. Tabcharani, J. W. Hanrahan, K. L. Gunderson, R. R. Kopito;, Ryszard Grygorczyk,, and J. W. Hanrahan
Science 28 February 1997: 1324-1326.
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 Genetic Analysis of Complex Diseases

William K. Scott, Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, Jonathan L. Haines;, Douglas A. Bell, Jack A. Taylor;, Anthony D. Long, Mark N. Grote, Charles H. Langley;, Bertram Müller-Myhsok, Laurent Abel;, Neil Risch, and Kathleen Merikangas
Science 28 February 1997: 1327-1330.
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