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Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
Investing in Our Future

Victoria McGovern
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Best of the Web in science.
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 NEW PRODUCTS

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News of the Week

CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES:
Institutes Reinvent Themselves As Part of Well-Funded Reform

Hui Li
Science 8 January 1999: 150-153.
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CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES:
Neuroscience Institute Breaks New Ground

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 8 January 1999: 150-151.
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GENETICS:
Which Jefferson Was the Father?

Eliot Marshall
Science 8 January 1999: 153-155.
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CELL BIOLOGY:
Immortalized Cells Seem Cancer-Free So Far

Dan Ferber
Science 8 January 1999: 154-155.
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ORIGINS OF LIFE:
RNA Study Suggests Cool Cradle of Life

Gretchen Vogel
Science 8 January 1999: 155-157.
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PLANETARY SCIENCE:
Pluto: The Planet That Never Was

Govert Schilling
Science 8 January 1999: 157.
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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News Focus

RUSSIA:
Nuclear Strongholds in Peril

Richard Stone
Science 8 January 1999: 158-164.
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RUSSIA:
U.S. and Russia Join Forces in High-Stakes Job Hunt

Richard Stone
Science 8 January 1999: 160.
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RUSSIA:
Keeping a Wary Eye on Chornobyl's Unsettled Remains

Richard Stone
Science 8 January 1999: 162.
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RUSSIA:
Retracing Mayak's Radioactive Cloud

Richard Stone
Science 8 January 1999: 164.
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MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY MEETING:
Finding Speed on the Smallest Scales

Robert F. Service
Science 8 January 1999: 165-167.
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AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY MEETING:
Bacteria Pull Cell Skeletons Out of the Closet

Evelyn Strauss
Science 8 January 1999: 167-168.
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AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY MEETING:
An All-Purpose Protein Shock Absorber

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 8 January 1999: 168-169.
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AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY MEETING:
Homing In on a Sperm Receptor

Evelyn Strauss
Science 8 January 1999: 169.
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PALEOANTHROPOLOGY:
Ancient Child Burial Uncovered in Portugal

Constance Holden
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Letters

This Week's Letters

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 Silver-Tongued Neandertals?

Philip Lieberman
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 Yellowstone Fires

Jay E. Anderson, William H. Romme, Grant Meyer, Dennis H. Knight, and Linda Wallace
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 Otter-Eating Orcas

David L. Garshelis, Charles B. Johnson;, and James A. Estes
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 Fertility Technique Regulation

Barbara A. DeBuono, Carl H. Coleman;, Lori Andrews, and Nanette Elster
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 Climate Change Prediction

Wallace Broecker
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Books et al.

OCEANOGRAPHY:
Organizing Pelagic Ecosystems

Sharon L. Smith
Science 8 January 1999: 180-181.
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BIOETHICS:
Choosing to Favor Animals

Adrian R. Morrison
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Perspectives

PALEONTOLOGY:
Debating Extinction

Timothy F. Flannery
Science 8 January 1999: 182-183.
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CLIMATE CHANGE:
Warm, Warm on the Range

Jerry M. Melillo
Science 8 January 1999: 183-184.
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HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY:
Beyond Sloth--Physical Activity and Weight Gain

Eric Ravussin and Elliot Danforth Jr.
Science 8 January 1999: 184-185.
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NEUROSCIENCE:
Enhanced: RNA, Whither Goest Thou?

Henri Tiedge, Floyd E. Bloom, and Dietmar Richter
Science 8 January 1999: 186-187.
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Reports

The Generation and Trapping of Solitary Waves over Topography

David Farmer and Laurence Armi
Science 8 January 1999: 188-190.
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Paleolithic Population Growth Pulses Evidenced by Small Animal Exploitation

Mary C. Stiner, Natalie D. Munro, Todd A. Surovell, Eitan Tchernov, and Ofer Bar-Yosef
Science 8 January 1999: 190-194.
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Controlling Charge States of Large Ions

Mark Scalf, Michael S. Westphall, Joern Krause, Stanley L. Kaufman, and Lloyd M. Smith
Science 8 January 1999: 194-197.
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Rapid Fluctuations in Sea Level Recorded at Huon Peninsula During the Penultimate Deglaciation

Tezer M. Esat, Malcolm T. McCulloch, John Chappell, Bradley Pillans, and Akio Omura
Science 8 January 1999: 197-201.
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Coral Record of Equatorial Sea-Surface Temperatures During the Penultimate Deglaciation at Huon Peninsula

Malcolm T. McCulloch, Alexander W. Tudhope, Tezer M. Esat, Graham E. Mortimer, John Chappell, Bradley Pillans, Allan R. Chivas, and Akio Omura
Science 8 January 1999: 202-204.
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Pleistocene Extinction of Genyornis newtoni: Human Impact on Australian Megafauna

Gifford H. Miller, John W. Magee, Beverly J. Johnson, Marilyn L. Fogel, Nigel A. Spooner, Malcolm T. McCulloch, and Linda K. Ayliffe
Science 8 January 1999: 205-208.
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Particle-Stabilized Defect Gel in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals

Martin Zapotocky, Laurence Ramos, Philippe Poulin, T. C. Lubensky, and D. A. Weitz
Science 8 January 1999: 209-212.
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Role of Nonexercise Activity Thermogenesis in Resistance to Fat Gain in Humans

James A. Levine, Norman L. Eberhardt, and Michael D. Jensen
Science 8 January 1999: 212-214.
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A Molecular Mechanism for Electrical Tuning of Cochlear Hair Cells

Krishnan Ramanathan, Timothy H. Michael, Guo-Jian Jiang, Hakim Hiel, and Paul A. Fuchs
Science 8 January 1999: 215-217.
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Female × Male Interactions in Drosophila Sperm Competition

Andrew G. Clark, David J. Begun, and Timothy Prout
Science 8 January 1999: 217-220.
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A Nonhyperthermophilic Common Ancestor to Extant Life Forms

Nicolas Galtier, Nicolas Tourasse, and Manolo Gouy
Science 8 January 1999: 220-221.
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STAT5 Interaction with the T Cell Receptor Complex and Stimulation of T Cell Proliferation

Thomas Welte, David Leitenberg, Bonnie N. Dittel, Basel K. al-Ramadi, Bing Xie, Yue E. Chin, Charles A. Janeway, Jr., Alfred L. M. Bothwell, Kim Bottomly, and Xin-Yuan Fu
Science 8 January 1999: 222-225.
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CD1d-Restricted Immunoglobulin G Formation to GPI-Anchored Antigens Mediated by NKT Cells

Louis Schofield, Malcolm J. McConville, Diana Hansen, A. Stewart Campbell, Bert Fraser-Reid, Michael J. Grusby, and Souvenir D. Tachado
Science 8 January 1999: 225-229.
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Grassland Vegetation Changes and Nocturnal Global Warming

Richard D. Alward, James K. Detling, and Daniel G. Milchunas
Science 8 January 1999: 229-231.
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Technical Comments

 Flowers and Insect Evolution

Bryan N. Danforth, J. Ascher;, Robert S. Anderson;, and Brian D. Farrell;
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