State of the Planet

Viewpoints

Global Freshwater Resources: Soft-Path Solutions for the 21st Century

Peter H. Gleick
Science 28 November 2003: 1524-1528.
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Energy Resources and Global Development

Jeffrey Chow, Raymond J. Kopp, and Paul R. Portney
Science 28 November 2003: 1528-1531.
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This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
Don't Let Ideology Trump Science

Alan I. Leshner
Science 28 November 2003: 1479.
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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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 Gordon Research Conferences

Science 28 November 2003: 1586-1587.

News of the Week

FRENCH RESEARCH:
One-Two Punch Leaves Physicists Gasping for Breath

John Bohannon and Barbara Casassus
Science 28 November 2003: 1484.
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PRESTIGE WRECK:
For Spain, Oil Spill Disaster Is in the Bag

Xavier Bosch
Science 28 November 2003: 1485.
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PRIMATE RESEARCH:
Cambridge Center Wins a Round

Richard Stone
Science 28 November 2003: 1485.
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U.S. SCIENCE POLICY:
Nobelists Go Four-on-One With Cheney

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 28 November 2003: 1487.
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MARINE MAMMALS:
Military Wins Changes That May Ease Research

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 28 November 2003: 1487-1488.
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MICROBIOLOGY:
Triple-Threat Microbe Gained Powers From Another Bug

Dan Ferber
Science 28 November 2003: 1488.
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CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS:
Inverse Doppler Demonstration Ends a 60-Year Quest

Robert F. Service
Science 28 November 2003: 1489.
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LINGUISTICS:
Early Date for the Birth of Indo-European Languages

Michael Balter
Science 28 November 2003: 1490-1491.
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SOLAR PHYSICS:
Polar Storms Reboot the Sun's Magnetic Program

Robert Irion
Science 28 November 2003: 1490.
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PLANETARY SCIENCE:
Sweeping Up After the Solar System

Richard A. Kerr
Science 28 November 2003: 1491.
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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News Focus

BIOTERRORISM:
Anthrax Powder: State of the Art?

Gary Matsumoto
Science 28 November 2003: 1492-1497.
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HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS:
To B or Not to B?

Adrian Cho
Science 28 November 2003: 1497-1498.
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LOREN RIESEBERG PROFILE:
No Garden-Variety Biologist

Kathryn Brown
Science 28 November 2003: 1499.
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Letters

This Week's Letters

Science 28 November 2003: 1502.
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 Causes of Coral Reef Degradation

Richard B. Aronson, John F. Bruno, William F. Precht, Peter W. Glynn, C. Drew Harvell, Les Kaufman, Caroline S. Rogers, Eugene A. Shinn, John F. Valentine;, John M. Pandolfi, Roger H. Bradbury, Enric Sala, Terence P. Hughes, Karen A. Bjorndal, Richard G. Cooke, Deborah McArdle, Loren McClenachan, Marah J. H. Newman, Gustavo Paredes, Robert R. Warner, Jeremy B. C. Jackson;, T. P. Hughes, A. H. Baird, D. R. Bellwood, S. R. Connolly, C. Folke, R. Grosberg, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, J. B. C. Jackson, J. Kleypas, J. M. Lough, P. Marshall, M. Nyström, S. R. Palumbi, J. M. Pandolfi, B. Rosen, and J. Roughgarden
Science 28 November 2003: 1502-1504.
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 Bio2010 Misinterpreted?

Bruce Alberts
Science 28 November 2003: 1504.
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 Phylogeny of the SARS Coronavirus

Markus Eickmann, Stephan Becker, Hans-Dieter Klenk, Hans Wilhelm Doerr, Konrad Stadler, Stefano Censini, Silvia Guidotti, Vega Masignani, Maria Scarselli, Marirosa Mora, Claudio Donati, Jang H. Han, Hyun Chul Song, Sergio Abrignani, Antonello Covacci, and Rino Rappuoli
Science 28 November 2003: 1504-1505.
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Books et al.

SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE:
Testing Theories for the Gender Difference

Sue V. Rosser
Science 28 November 2003: 1506-1507.
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 Browsings

Science 28 November 2003: 1507.
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MEDICINE:
Nota Bene: Spellbound

Orla Smith
Science 28 November 2003: 1508.
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 Books Received

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Policy Forum

EDUCATION:
Enhanced: Teaching in a Research Context

William B. Wood and James M. Gentile
Science 28 November 2003: 1510.
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Perspectives

PHYSIOLOGY:
Fish 'n Flag

Ulrike K. Müller
Science 28 November 2003: 1511-1512.
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ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE:
Nitrogen and Climate Change

Bruce A. Hungate, Jeffrey S. Dukes, M. Rebecca Shaw, Yiqi Luo, and Christopher B. Field
Science 28 November 2003: 1512-1513.
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STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY:
Nuclear Trafficking

Murray Stewart
Science 28 November 2003: 1513-1514.
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OCEAN SCIENCE:
The Many Shades of Ocean Blue

Hervé Claustre and Stéphane Maritorena
Science 28 November 2003: 1514-1515.
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IMMUNOLOGY:
The Paracaspase Connection

Li Yu and Michael J. Lenardo
Science 28 November 2003: 1515-1516.
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CELL BIOLOGY:
Eat Me or Die

John Savill, Chris Gregory, and Chris Haslett
Science 28 November 2003: 1516-1517.
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Review

Are We Ready for Pandemic Influenza?

Richard J. Webby and Robert G. Webster
Science 28 November 2003: 1519-1522.
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Brevia

 Removing Protected Populations to Save Endangered Species

Franck Courchamp, Rosie Woodroffe, and Gary Roemer
Science 28 November 2003: 1532.
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Research Article

Bypassing a Kinase Activity with an ATP-Competitive Drug

Feroz R. Papa, Chao Zhang, Kevan Shokat, and Peter Walter
Science 28 November 2003: 1533-1537.
Published online 16 October 2003 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1090031] (in Science Express Research Articles)
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Reports

Observation of the Inverse Doppler Effect

N. Seddon and T. Bearpark
Science 28 November 2003: 1537-1540.
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Attosecond Synchronization of High-Harmonic Soft X-rays

Y. Mairesse, A. de Bohan, L. J. Frasinski, H. Merdji, L. C. Dinu, P. Monchicourt, P. Breger, M. Kovacev, R. Taïeb, B. Carré, H. G. Muller, P. Agostini, and P. Salières
Science 28 November 2003: 1540-1543.
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Molecular Memories That Survive Silicon Device Processing and Real-World Operation

Zhiming Liu, Amir A. Yasseri, Jonathan S. Lindsey, and David F. Bocian
Science 28 November 2003: 1543-1545.
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Structure-Based Carbon Nanotube Sorting by Sequence-Dependent DNA Assembly

Ming Zheng, Anand Jagota, Michael S. Strano, Adelina P. Santos, Paul Barone, S. Grace Chou, Bruce A. Diner, Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Robert S. Mclean, G. Bibiana Onoa, Georgii G. Samsonidze, Ellen D. Semke, Monica Usrey, and Dennis J. Walls
Science 28 November 2003: 1545-1548.
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Oceanic Rossby Waves Acting As a "Hay Rake" for Ecosystem Floating By-Products

Yves Dandonneau, Andres Vega, Hubert Loisel, Yves du Penhoat, and Christophe Menkes
Science 28 November 2003: 1548-1551.
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A Transient Rise in Tropical Sea Surface Temperature During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

James C. Zachos, Michael W. Wara, Steven Bohaty, Margaret L. Delaney, Maria Rose Petrizzo, Amanda Brill, Timothy J. Bralower, and Isabella Premoli-Silva
Science 28 November 2003: 1551-1554.
Published online 23 October 2003 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1090110] (in Science Express Reports)
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Carbon in Amazon Forests: Unexpected Seasonal Fluxes and Disturbance-Induced Losses

Scott R. Saleska, Scott D. Miller, Daniel M. Matross, Michael L. Goulden, Steven C. Wofsy, Humberto R. da Rocha, Plinio B. de Camargo, Patrick Crill, Bruce C. Daube, Helber C. de Freitas, Lucy Hutyra, Michael Keller, Volker Kirchhoff, Mary Menton, J. William Munger, Elizabeth Hammond Pyle, Amy H. Rice, and Hudson Silva
Science 28 November 2003: 1554-1557.
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High Deleterious Genomic Mutation Rate in Stationary Phase of Escherichia coli

Laurence Loewe, Volker Textor, and Siegfried Scherer
Science 28 November 2003: 1558-1560.
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Phosphatidylserine Receptor Is Required for Clearance of Apoptotic Cells

Ming O. Li, Matthew R. Sarkisian, Wajahat Z. Mehal, Pasko Rakic, and Richard A. Flavell
Science 28 November 2003: 1560-1563.
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Cell Corpse Engulfment Mediated by C. elegans Phosphatidylserine Receptor Through CED-5 and CED-12

Xiaochen Wang, Yi-Chun Wu, Valerie A. Fadok, Ming-Chia Lee, Keiko Gengyo-Ando, Li-Chun Cheng, Duncan Ledwich, Pei-Ken Hsu, Jia-Yun Chen, Bin-Kuan Chou, Peter Henson, Shohei Mitani, and Ding Xue
Science 28 November 2003: 1563-1566.
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Fish Exploiting Vortices Decrease Muscle Activity

James C. Liao, David N. Beal, George V. Lauder, and Michael S. Triantafyllou
Science 28 November 2003: 1566-1569.
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Genetic Analysis of a High-Level Vancomycin-Resistant Isolate of Staphylococcus aureus

Linda M. Weigel, Don B. Clewell, Steven R. Gill, Nancye C. Clark, Linda K. McDougal, Susan E. Flannagan, James F. Kolonay, Jyoti Shetty, George E. Killgore, and Fred C. Tenover
Science 28 November 2003: 1569-1571.
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The Structure of Importin-ß Bound to SREBP-2: Nuclear Import of a Transcription Factor

Soo Jae Lee, Toshihiro Sekimoto, Eiki Yamashita, Emi Nagoshi, Atsushi Nakagawa, Naoko Imamoto, Masato Yoshimura, Hiroaki Sakai, Khoon Tee Chong, Tomitake Tsukihara, and Yoshihiro Yoneda
Science 28 November 2003: 1571-1575.
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Notch-Mediated Restoration of Regenerative Potential to Aged Muscle

Irina M. Conboy, Michael J. Conboy, Gayle M. Smythe, and Thomas A. Rando
Science 28 November 2003: 1575-1577.
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Mutation of MEF2A in an Inherited Disorder with Features of Coronary Artery Disease

Lejin Wang, Chun Fan, Sarah E. Topol, Eric J. Topol, and Qing Wang
Science 28 November 2003: 1578-1581.
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Regulation of NF-B-Dependent Lymphocyte Activation and Development by Paracaspase

Astrid A. Ruefli-Brasse, Dorothy M. French, and Vishva M. Dixit
Science 28 November 2003: 1581-1584.
Published online 23 October 2003 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1090769] (in Science Express Reports)
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