This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
Aftermaths

Donald Kennedy
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Editors' Choice

Highlights of the recent literature.
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NetWatch

Best of the Web in science.
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 AAAS News & Notes

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 NEW PRODUCTS

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News of the Week

HUMAN GENOME PROJECT:
Genome Institute Wrestles Mightily With Its Future

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 29 November 2002: 1694-1695.
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MARINE ECOLOGY:
Scientists Brace for Bad Tidings After Spill

John Bohannon, Xavier Bosch, and and Jay Withgott
Science 29 November 2002: 1695.
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ACADEMIC EARMARKS:
Senators Take Aim at Texas Project

David Malakoff
Science 29 November 2002: 1697-1698.
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ASTRONOMY:
X-rays Show a Galaxy Can Have Two Hearts

Alexander Hellemans
Science 29 November 2002: 1698.
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PLANETARY ORIGINS:
A Quickie Birth for Jupiters and Saturns

Richard A. Kerr
Science 29 November 2002: 1698-1699.
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CANADA:
Universities Promise More Tech Transfer

Wayne Kondro
Science 29 November 2002: 1699-1701.
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GENETICS:
Venter Gets Down to Life's Basics

Eliot Marshall
Science 29 November 2002: 1701.
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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News Focus

AGRICULTURE:
Taking the Bite Out of Potato Blight

Glenn Garelik
Science 29 November 2002: 1702-1704.
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REGULATORY RESEARCH:
A Centennial Letdown for FDA's Biologics Group

Bruce Agnew
Science 29 November 2002: 1704-1705.
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PLANETARY SCIENCE:
Don't Ignore the Planet Next Door

Oliver Morton
Science 29 November 2002: 1706-1707.
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PROFILE: MICHEL BRUNET:
One Scientist's Quest for the Origin of Our Species

Ann Gibbons
Science 29 November 2002: 1708-1711.
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Letters

This Week's Letters

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 Transgenic Fish: A Boon or Threat?

Laurel J. Ramseyer
Science 29 November 2002: 1715.
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 Dealing with the Risks of Transgenic Fish

Dallas Weaver
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 Encouraging Academic Competition in Europe

G. A. Fava, E. Breno, V. Guardabasso, and M. Stefanelli
Science 29 November 2002: 1715-1716.
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 Species Biology and Conservation Funding

M. J. Walpole, R. J. Smith, N. Leader-Williams;, and Leonard V. Polishchuk
Science 29 November 2002: 1716-1717.
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 Where Is the Missing Generation?

P. Vishnu Kamath
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 A Clarification from the IEDT

A. F. Mazzara
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 CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

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Books et al.

BEHAVIOR:
The Emotional Ape

Andrew Whiten
Science 29 November 2002: 1720-1721.
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PLANETARY SCIENCE:
Photochemical Smog Hides an Icy World

Darrell F. Strobel
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 Books Received

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Policy Forum

ECOLOGY:
Direct Payments to Conserve Biodiversity

Paul J. Ferraro and Agnes Kiss
Science 29 November 2002: 1718-1719.
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Perspectives

CHEMISTRY:
Water in Confinement

Nancy E. Levinger
Science 29 November 2002: 1722-1723.
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SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY:
Porous Materials with a Difference

Mark M. Turnbull and Christopher P. Landee
Science 29 November 2002: 1723-1724.
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OCEANOGRAPHY:
Oceanic Salt Switch

Ed Boyle
Science 29 November 2002: 1724-1725.
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Viewpoints

Note from the Editor-in-Chief

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HISTORICAL ESSAY:
Discovering the Cause of AIDS

Stanley B. Prusiner
Science 29 November 2002: 1726.
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HISTORICAL ESSAY:
A History of HIV Discovery

Luc Montagnier
Science 29 November 2002: 1727-1728.
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HISTORICAL ESSAY:
The Early Years of HIV/AIDS

Robert C. Gallo
Science 29 November 2002: 1728-1730.
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HISTORICAL ESSAY:
Enhanced: Prospects for the Future

Robert C. Gallo and Luc Montagnier
Science 29 November 2002: 1730-1731.
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Reviews

Cosmic Rays, Clouds, and Climate

K. S. Carslaw, R. G. Harrison, and J. Kirkby
Science 29 November 2002: 1732-1737.
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The Spectral-Element Method, Beowulf Computing, and Global Seismology

Dimitri Komatitsch, Jeroen Ritsema, and Jeroen Tromp
Science 29 November 2002: 1737-1742.
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Brevia

 Longevity Regulation by Drosophila Rpd3 Deacetylase and Caloric Restriction

Blanka Rogina, Stephen L. Helfand, and Stewart Frankel
Science 29 November 2002: 1745.
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Research Articles

Corepressor-Dependent Silencing of Chromosomal Regions Encoding Neuronal Genes

Victoria V. Lunyak, Robert Burgess, Gratien G. Prefontaine, Charles Nelson, Sing-Hoi Sze, Josh Chenoweth, Phillip Schwartz, Pavel A. Pevzner, Christopher Glass, Gail Mandel, and Michael G. Rosenfeld
Science 29 November 2002: 1747-1752.
Published online 24 October 2002 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1076469] (in Science Express Research Articles)
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Martian Meteorite Launch: High-Speed Ejecta from Small Craters

James N. Head, H. Jay Melosh, and Boris A. Ivanov
Science 29 November 2002: 1752-1756.
Published online 7 November 2002 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1077483] (in Science Express Research Articles)
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Reports

Formation of Giant Planets by Fragmentation of Protoplanetary Disks

Lucio Mayer, Thomas Quinn, James Wadsley, and Joachim Stadel
Science 29 November 2002: 1756-1759.
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In Vivo Imaging of Quantum Dots Encapsulated in Phospholipid Micelles

Benoit Dubertret, Paris Skourides, David J. Norris, Vincent Noireaux, Ali H. Brivanlou, and Albert Libchaber
Science 29 November 2002: 1759-1762.
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Guest-Dependent Spin Crossover in a Nanoporous Molecular Framework Material

Gregory J. Halder, Cameron J. Kepert, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, and John D. Cashion
Science 29 November 2002: 1762-1765.
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Seismotectonics of Mid-Ocean Ridge Propagation in Hess Deep

Jacqueline S. Floyd, Maya Tolstoy, John C. Mutter, and Christopher H. Scholz
Science 29 November 2002: 1765-1768.
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The Salinity, Temperature, and ¹⁸O of the Glacial Deep Ocean

Jess F. Adkins, Katherine McIntyre, and Daniel P. Schrag
Science 29 November 2002: 1769-1773.
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Hybrid Speciation in Experimental Populations of Yeast

Duncan Greig, Edward J. Louis, Rhona H. Borts, and Michael Travisano
Science 29 November 2002: 1773-1775.
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Essential Role for the SMN Complex in the Specificity of snRNP Assembly

Livio Pellizzoni, Jeongsik Yong, and Gideon Dreyfuss
Science 29 November 2002: 1775-1779.
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Truncating Neurotrypsin Mutation in Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Mental Retardation

Florence Molinari, Marlène Rio, Virginia Meskenaite, Férechté Encha-Razavi, Joelle Augé, Delphine Bacq, Sylvain Briault, Michel Vekemans, Arnold Munnich, Tania Attié-Bitach, Peter Sonderegger, and Laurence Colleaux
Science 29 November 2002: 1779-1781.
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Neurotoxicity and Neurodegeneration When PrP Accumulates in the Cytosol

Jiyan Ma, Robert Wollmann, and Susan Lindquist
Science 29 November 2002: 1781-1785.
Published online 17 October 2002 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1073725] (in Science Express Reports)
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Conversion of PrP to a Self-Perpetuating PrP^Sc-like Conformation in the Cytosol

Jiyan Ma and Susan Lindquist
Science 29 November 2002: 1785-1788.
Published online 17 October 2002 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1073619] (in Science Express Reports)
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Molecular Hydrogen as an Energy Source for Helicobacter pylori

Jonathan W. Olson and Robert J. Maier
Science 29 November 2002: 1788-1790.
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N-Linked Glycosylation in Campylobacter jejuni and Its Functional Transfer into E. coli

Michael Wacker, Dennis Linton, Paul G. Hitchen, Mihai Nita-Lazar, Stuart M. Haslam, Simon J. North, Maria Panico, Howard R. Morris, Anne Dell, Brendan W. Wren, and Markus Aebi
Science 29 November 2002: 1790-1793.
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Structural Adaptations in a Membrane Enzyme That Terminates Endocannabinoid Signaling

Michael H. Bracey, Michael A. Hanson, Kim R. Masuda, Raymond C. Stevens, and Benjamin F. Cravatt
Science 29 November 2002: 1793-1796.
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Direct Link Between mhc Polymorphism, T Cell Avidity, and Diversity in Immune Defense

Ilhem Messaoudi, Jose A. Guevara Patiño, Ruben Dyall, Joël LeMaoult, and Janko Nikolich-ugich
Science 29 November 2002: 1797-1800.
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