This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
Confronting the HIV Pandemic

Neal Nathanson and Judith D. Auerbach
Science 4 June 1999: 1619.
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NetWatch

Best of the Web in science.
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 NEW PRODUCTS

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News of the Week

SPALLATION SOURCE:
DOE Project Survives Close Call in Preliminary House Budget Vote

David Malakoff
Science 4 June 1999: 1594.
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ORGAN TRANSPLANTS:
New Drug Blocks Rejection in Monkeys

Gretchen Vogel
Science 4 June 1999: 1594-1595.
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GERMAN SCIENCE POLICY:
Panel Calls for More Flexibility in Research

Robert Koenig
Science 4 June 1999: 1595-1597.
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PHYSICS:
Come Fly With Me, Goldin Tells Physicists

James Glanz
Science 4 June 1999: 1597-1598.
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SYNTHETIC CHEMISTRY:
40 Steps to a Chemical Synthesis Summit

Robert F. Service
Science 4 June 1999: 1598-1599.
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BEHAVIORAL GENETICS:
Fickle Mice Highlight Test Problems

Martin Enserink
Science 4 June 1999: 1599-1600.
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EXPERT TESTIMONY:
Project Offers Judges Neutral Science Advice

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 4 June 1999: 1600.
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CELL BIOLOGY:
New Leads to Cancer, Arthritis Therapies

Michael Hagmann
Science 4 June 1999: 1600-1601.
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UNIVERSITY FUNDING:
Japan Wants Results to Influence Budgets

Dennis Normile
Science 4 June 1999: 1601-1603.
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ASTRONOMY:
The Coolest Brown Dwarfs Proliferate

James Glanz
Science 4 June 1999: 1603.
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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News Focus

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY:
European Researchers Grapple With Animal Rights

Robert Koenig
Science 4 June 1999: 1604-1606.
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SCIENCE AND SOCIETY:
Doing Research Under Siege

Robert Koenig
Science 4 June 1999: 1605.
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SCIENCE AND SOCIETY:
Getting a Measure of the Problem

Robert Koenig
Science 4 June 1999: 1606.
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BIOPHYSICS:
New Clues to Why Size Equals Destiny

Dana Mackenzie
Science 4 June 1999: 1607-1609.
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FLUID DYNAMICS:
Soap Films Reveal Whirling Worlds of Turbulence

Robert Irion
Science 4 June 1999: 1609-1610.
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SCIENCE EDUCATION:
Reinventing the Science Master's Degree

Science 4 June 1999: 1610-1611.
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Letters

This Week's Letters

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 Uncontrolled Release of Harmful Microorganisms

Yossef Av-Gay
Science 4 June 1999: 1621.
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 Space-Grown Neuraminidase Crystals

Lawrence J. DeLucas
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 Tissue Engineering

Nicolas L'Heureux, Lucie Germain, and Franžois A. Auger
Science 4 June 1999: 1621.
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 Testing of Water for Arsenic in Bangladesh

A. Mushtaque R. Chowdhury and M. Jakariya
Science 4 June 1999: 1621.
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 Limits of Scientific Growth

Peter Csermely
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 CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

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Books et al.

NATURAL SCIENCES:
Patterns in Nature--No Assembly Required?

P. Dullemeijer
Science 4 June 1999: 1627-1628.
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PHYSICS:
Nota Bene: Unmasking Melodious Sounds

David Voss
Science 4 June 1999: 1628.
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Essays on Science and Society

Being an Absolute Skeptic

David Miller
Science 4 June 1999: 1625-1626.
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Perspectives

SURFACE CHEMISTRY:
Controlling the Rate of Reaction

Stephen Holloway
Science 4 June 1999: 1629.
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BIOGEOCHEMISTRY:
Life in Ice-Covered Oceans

Eric J. Gaidos, Kenneth H. Nealson, and Joseph L. Kirschvink
Science 4 June 1999: 1631-1633.
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BEHAVIOR:
Enhanced: Selfish Sentinels

Daniel T. Blumstein
Science 4 June 1999: 1633-1634.
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 BIOMEDICINE:
Nota Bene: Pain-Killer Genes

Orla Smith
Science 4 June 1999: 1634.
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Review

Genetic Control of Branching Morphogenesis

Ross J. Metzger and Mark A. Krasnow
Science 4 June 1999: 1635-1639.
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Research Article

Selfish Sentinels in Cooperative Mammals

T. H. Clutton-Brock, M. J. O'Riain, P. N. M. Brotherton, D. Gaynor, R. Kansky, A. S. Griffin, and M. Manser
Science 4 June 1999: 1640-1644.
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Reports

Current-Induced Insulator-Metal Transition and Pattern Formation in an Organic Charge-Transfer Complex

R. Kumai, Y. Okimoto, and Y. Tokura
Science 4 June 1999: 1645-1647.
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Enhanced Reactivity of Highly Vibrationally Excited Molecules on Metal Surfaces

H. Hou, Y. Huang, S. J. Gulding, C. T. Rettner, D. J. Auerbach, and A. M. Wodtke
Science 4 June 1999: 1647-1650.
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Adsorbed Layers and the Origin of Static Friction

Gang He, Martin H. Müser, and Mark O. Robbins
Science 4 June 1999: 1650-1652.
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Experimental Evidence for the Source of Excess Sulfur in Explosive Volcanic Eruptions

Hans Keppler
Science 4 June 1999: 1652-1654.
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A Mid-European Decadal Isotope-Climate Record from 15,500 to 5000 Years B.P.

Ulrich von Grafenstein, Helmut Erlenkeuser, Achim Brauer, Jean Jouzel, and Sigfus J. Johnsen
Science 4 June 1999: 1654-1657.
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Topography of the Lunar Poles from Radar Interferometry: A Survey of Cold Trap Locations

J. L. Margot, D. B. Campbell, R. F. Jurgens, and M. A. Slade
Science 4 June 1999: 1658-1660.
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Contribution of Gular Pumping to Lung Ventilation in Monitor Lizards

Tomasz Owerkowicz, Colleen G. Farmer, James W. Hicks, and Elizabeth L. Brainerd
Science 4 June 1999: 1661-1663.
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Purification and Cloning of Aggrecanase-1: A Member of the ADAMTS Family of Proteins

M. D. Tortorella, T. C. Burn, M. A. Pratta, I. Abbaszade, J. M. Hollis, R. Liu, S. A. Rosenfeld, R. A. Copeland, C. P. Decicco, R. Wynn, A. Rockwell, F. Yang, J. L. Duke, K. Solomon, H. George, R. Bruckner, H. Nagase, Y. Itoh, D. M. Ellis, H. Ross, B. H. Wiswall, K. Murphy, M. C. Hillman, Jr., G. F. Hollis, R. C. Newton, R. L. Magolda, J. M. Trzaskos, and E. C. Arner
Science 4 June 1999: 1664-1666.
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Structure of Human Pro-Matrix Metalloproteinase-2: Activation Mechanism Revealed

Ekaterina Morgunova, Ari Tuuttila, Ulrich Bergmann, Mikhail Isupov, Ylva Lindqvist, Gunter Schneider, and Karl Tryggvason
Science 4 June 1999: 1667-1670.
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Genetics of Mouse Behavior: Interactions with Laboratory Environment

John C. Crabbe, Douglas Wahlsten, and Bruce C. Dudek
Science 4 June 1999: 1670-1672.
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Crystal Structure of the Human Papillomavirus Type 18 E2 Activation Domain

Seth F. Harris and Michael R. Botchan
Science 4 June 1999: 1673-1677.
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The Fourth Dimension of Life: Fractal Geometry and Allometric Scaling of Organisms

Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown, and Brian J. Enquist
Science 4 June 1999: 1677-1679.
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Technical Comments

 Tree Species Diversity in Logged Rainforests

Douglas Sheil, Jeffrey A. Sayer, Timothy O'Brien;, Charles H. Cannon, David R. Peart, and Mark Leighton;
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