This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
The Policy Drought on Climate Change

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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 NEW PRODUCTS

Science 17 January 2003: 421-423.

News of the Week

GENE THERAPY:
Second Child in French Trial Is Found to Have Leukemia

Eliot Marshall
Science 17 January 2003: 320.
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SCIENCE AND SECURITY:
Researchers Urged to Self-Censor Sensitive Data

David Malakoff
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING:
Chemists Concoct Quick-Change Surface

Robert F. Service
Science 17 January 2003: 321-323.
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PHYSICS:
Confirmation of Gravity's Speed? Not So Fast

Robert Irion
Science 17 January 2003: 323-324.
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STEM CELL RESEARCH:
Same Results, Different Interpretations

Gretchen Vogel
Science 17 January 2003: 324.
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EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY:
On Ant Farm, a Threesome Coevolves

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 17 January 2003: 325.
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PLANETARY EXPLORATION:
Scientists Pick Two Sweet Spots for Rovers on Mars

Richard A. Kerr
Science 17 January 2003: 326.
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SCHOLARLY CONDUCT:
Skeptical Environmentalist Labeled 'Dishonest'

Lone Frank
Science 17 January 2003: 326.
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TOXICOLOGY:
Academy Panel Mulls Ethics of Human Pesticide Experiments

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 17 January 2003: 327-329.
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EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY:
Uphill Dash May Have Led to Flight

Elizabeth Pennisi
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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News Focus

UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION:
Last of the Big-Time Spenders?

Andrew Lawler
Science 17 January 2003: 330-333.
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UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION:
Berkeley Review Dismisses Critics' Fears

Andrew Lawler
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NEUROSCIENCE:
Deconstructing Schizophrenia

Constance Holden
Science 17 January 2003: 333-335.
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NEUROSCIENCE:
White Matter's the Matter

Constance Holden
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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION:
A New Recipe for Cooking Up a 'Mini Solar System'

Richard A. Kerr
Science 17 January 2003: 336.
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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION:
Volcanic Blasts Favor El Niño Warmings

Richard A. Kerr
Science 17 January 2003: 336-337.
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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION:
Another Way to Take the Ocean's Pulse

Richard A. Kerr
Science 17 January 2003: 337.
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RENEWABLE ENERGY:
Norway Goes With the Flow To Light Up Its Nights

Richard Stone
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Letters

This Week's Letters

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 Cloning Claim Is Science Fiction, Not Science

G. Schatten, R. Prather, and I. Wilmut
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 Graduate Students' Views on Unionization

Mariajose Castellanos, Amanda M. Holland-Minkley, Allen B. MacKenzie, Anne J. McNeil, David Toomey;, and Marcus D. Collins
Science 17 January 2003: 345-346.
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 Forest Conservation in the Congo Basin

A. Kamdem-Toham, A. W. Adeleke, N. D. Burgess, R. Carroll, J. D'Amico, E. Dinerstein, D. M. Olson, and L. Some
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Books et al.

HISTORY OF LIFE:
Just How Pregnant Is the Universe?

Antonio Lazcano
Science 17 January 2003: 347-348.
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY:
Celebrating Technocratic Wisdom

Kenneth R. Foster
Science 17 January 2003: 348-349.
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POPULAR SCIENCE:
Nota Bene: Consumption for the Sake of Science

Marc Lavine
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 Books Received

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Policy Forum

MEDICINE:
What Are the Right Targets for Psychopharmacology?

Steven E. Hyman and Wayne S. Fenton
Science 17 January 2003: 350-351.
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Perspectives

PLANT BIOLOGY:
Seeing Red

Bonnie Bartel and Seiichi P. T. Matsuda
Science 17 January 2003: 352-353.
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PARASITOLOGY:
A Game of Cat and Mouth

Sarah K. Volkman and Daniel L. Hartl
Science 17 January 2003: 353-354.
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GEOMORPHOLOGY:
On Patterned Ground

Daniel Mann
Science 17 January 2003: 354-355.
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DEVELOPMENT:
What Makes an Embryo Stick?

Asgerally T. Fazleabas and J. Julie Kim
Science 17 January 2003: 355-356.
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SURFACE SCIENCE:
Enhanced: Waltzing with O₂

Charles T. Campbell
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Review

Photonic Crystal Fibers

Philip Russell
Science 17 January 2003: 358-362.
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Brevia

 Insulin Staining of ES Cell Progeny from Insulin Uptake

Jayaraj Rajagopal, William J. Anderson, Shoen Kume, Olga I. Martinez, and Douglas A. Melton
Science 17 January 2003: 363.
Cultured stem cells take up insulin from the medium, and thus their differentiation into pancreatic beta cells may be questionable. Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Reports

Radio Emission from an Ultraluminous X-ray Source

Philip Kaaret, Stephane Corbel, Andrea H. Prestwich, and Andreas Zezas
Science 17 January 2003: 365-367.
Properties of radio emissions from a mysterious bright x-ray source suggest that it may be a small black hole with the mass of a star. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Cerenkov Radiation in Photonic Crystals

Chiyan Luo, Mihai Ibanescu, Steven G. Johnson, and J. D. Joannopoulos
Science 17 January 2003: 368-371.
Simulations predict that charged particles moving rapidly through photonic crystals (which have periodicities near the wavelength of light) result in radiation with unusual properties. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

A Reversibly Switching Surface

Joerg Lahann, Samir Mitragotri, Thanh-Nga Tran, Hiroki Kaido, Jagannathan Sundaram, Insung S. Choi, Saskia Hoffer, Gabor A. Somorjai, and Robert Langer
Science 17 January 2003: 371-374.
An electrical current changes the ability of modified alkanes to wet a surface, without altering their chemical identity. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Spatiotemporal Coherent Control of Lattice Vibrational Waves

T. Feurer, Joshua C. Vaughan, and Keith A. Nelson
Science 17 January 2003: 374-377.
An approach similar to phased arrays in radar technology is used to steer and focus terahertz waves traveling along crystal surfaces. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Oxygen-Mediated Diffusion of Oxygen Vacancies on the TiO₂(110) Surface

Renald Schaub, Erik Wahlström, Anders Rønnau, Erik Lægsgaard, Ivan Stensgaard, and Flemming Besenbacher
Science 17 January 2003: 377-379.
Published online 12 December 2002 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1078962] (in Science Express Reports)
Vacancies in rows of oxygen atoms, which control the surface chemistry of transition metal oxides, can diffuse along the surface with the help of incoming O₂ molecules. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Self-Organization of Sorted Patterned Ground

M. A. Kessler and B. T. Werner
Science 17 January 2003: 380-383.
A numerical model shows how freezing and thawing of soils can sort stones into intricate polygons or stripes. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

The Global Morphology of Wave Poynting Flux: Powering the Aurora

A. Keiling, J. R. Wygant, C. A. Cattell, F. S. Mozer, and C. T. Russell
Science 17 January 2003: 383-386.
Newly observed, high-altitude electromagnetic waves help power the polar aurora. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Ancient Tripartite Coevolution in the Attine Ant-Microbe Symbiosis

Cameron R. Currie, Bess Wong, Alison E. Stuart, Ted R. Schultz, Stephen A. Rehner, Ulrich G. Mueller, Gi-Ho Sung, Joseph W. Spatafora, and Neil A. Straus
Science 17 January 2003: 386-388.
The long symbiosis between attine ants and the fungi they cultivate is converted to a tripartite ecological arms race by the addition of a third party-a fungal parasite. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Collapse and Conservation of Shark Populations in the Northwest Atlantic

Julia K. Baum, Ransom A. Myers, Daniel G. Kehler, Boris Worm, Shelton J. Harley, and Penny A. Doherty
Science 17 January 2003: 389-392.
Fishery records show that shark populations have plummeted during the past 20 years. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Selective Trafficking of Non-Cell-Autonomous Proteins Mediated by NtNCAPP1

Jung-Youn Lee, Byung-Chun Yoo, Maria R. Rojas, Natalia Gomez-Ospina, L. Andrew Staehelin, and William J. Lucas
Science 17 January 2003: 392-396.
A newly discovered protein regulates the transfer of other proteins and RNA between cells in plants, a process necessary for flower and leaf development. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Role of Anthocyanidin Reductase, Encoded by BANYULS in Plant Flavonoid Biosynthesis

De-Yu Xie, Shashi B. Sharma, Nancy L. Paiva, Daneel Ferreira, and Richard A. Dixon
Science 17 January 2003: 396-399.
An enzyme in plants converts floral pigments to tannins, many of which have beneficial health effects. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Hypaxial Motor Patterns and the Function of Epipubic Bones in Primitive Mammals

Stephen M. Reilly and Thomas D. White
Science 17 January 2003: 400-402.
The enigmatic epipubic bone, which is characteristic of primitive mammals, acts as a lever to stiffen the trunk during walking, not to support the marsupial pouch. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Wing-Assisted Incline Running and the Evolution of Flight

Kenneth P. Dial
Science 17 January 2003: 402-404.
Running birds use their wings to enhance traction of their feet rather than for lift. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Trophoblast L-Selectin-Mediated Adhesion at the Maternal-Fetal Interface

Olga D. Genbacev, Akraporn Prakobphol, Russell A. Foulk, Ana R. Krtolica, Dusko Ilic, Mark S. Singer, Zhi-Qiang Yang, Laura L. Kiessling, Steven D. Rosen, and Susan J. Fisher
Science 17 January 2003: 405-408.
The developing embryo adheres to the uterus via the same receptor system that allows white blood cells to stick to the walls of blood vessels. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Endoproteolytic Activity of the Proteasome

Chang-Wei Liu, Michael J. Corboy, George N. DeMartino, and Philip J. Thomas
Science 17 January 2003: 408-411.
Published online 12 December 2002 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1079293] (in Science Express Reports)
The proteasome can cleave a protein in the middle, without threading it through its barrel-shaped structure. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Production of 1,3-Galactosyltransferase-Deficient Pigs

Carol J. Phelps, Chihiro Koike, Todd D. Vaught, Jeremy Boone, Kevin D. Wells, Shu-Hung Chen, Suyapa Ball, Susan M. Specht, Irina A. Polejaeva, Jeff A. Monahan, Pete M. Jobst, Sugandha B. Sharma, Ashley E. Lamborn, Amy S. Garst, Marilyn Moore, Anthony J. Demetris, William A. Rudert, Rita Bottino, Suzanne Bertera, Massimo Trucco, Thomas E. Starzl, Yifan Dai, and David L. Ayares
Science 17 January 2003: 411-414.
Published online 19 December 2002 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1078942] (in Science Express Reports)
A rapid selection method allows the cloning of pigs whose organs lack the surface antigens that cause their rejection when transplanted into humans. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Recent Expansion of Toxoplasma Through Enhanced Oral Transmission

C. Su, D. Evans, R. H. Cole, J. C. Kissinger, J. W. Ajioka, and L. D. Sibley
Science 17 January 2003: 414-416.
Sudden genetic changes allowed a common parasite to be transmitted orally about 10,000 years ago, and thereby to infect diverse vertebrate hosts. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Contributions of the Visual Ventral Pathway to Long-Range Apparent Motion

Yan Zhuo, Tian Gang Zhou, Heng Yi Rao, Jiong Jiong Wang, Ming Meng, Ming Chen, Cheng Zhou, and Lin Chen
Science 17 January 2003: 417-420.
Perception of certain forms of motion requires a part of the brain previously thought to only be used for seeing static objects. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Technical Comments

 Comment on "Global Biodiversity, Biochemical Kinetics, and the Energetic-Equivalence Rule"

David Storch
Science 17 January 2003: 346.
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 Response to Comment on "Global Biodiversity, Biochemical Kinetics, and the Energetic-Equivalence Rule"

Andrew P. Allen, James H. Brown, and James F. Gillooly
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