This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
Science for All Nations

Kofi Annan
Science 13 February 2004: 925.
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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 13 February 2004: 1031.

 Gordon Research Conferences

Science 13 February 2004: 1033-1053.

News of the Week

BIOMEDICAL FUNDING:
A Bumpy Landing for Cancer Research

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 13 February 2004: 936-937.
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HUMAN CLONING:
Scientists Take Step Toward Therapeutic Cloning

Gretchen Vogel
Science 13 February 2004: 937-939.
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SPACE-BASED ASTRONOMY:
Hubble's Supporters Attack NASA Plan

David Malakoff
Science 13 February 2004: 939.
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ITER:
Compromise Deal Hinges on a Graceful Runner-Up

Daniel Clery and Dennis Normile
Science 13 February 2004: 940.
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HEART DISEASE:
Gene Suggests Asthma Drugs May Ease Cardiovascular Inflammation

Ingrid Wickelgren
Science 13 February 2004: 941.
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SCIENCE FUNDING:
Hungarian Science on the Chopping Block

Richard Stone
Science 13 February 2004: 942.
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RENEWABLE ENERGY:
Hydrogen From Ethanol Goes Portable

Adrian Cho
Science 13 February 2004: 942-943.
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KENNEWICK MAN:
Scientists Hope Ruling Will Lead Them to Bones

Constance Holden
Science 13 February 2004: 943.
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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News Focus

MEDICINE:
Caution Urged on SARS Vaccines

Eliot Marshall and Martin Enserink
Science 13 February 2004: 944-946.
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ENERGY:
Gas Hydrate Resource: Smaller But Sooner

Science 13 February 2004: 946-947.
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FRANCE:
The Winter of Discontent

Barbara Casassus
Science 13 February 2004: 948-949.
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FRANCE:
New Faces, Old Promises

Michael Balter
Science 13 February 2004: 949.
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SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY MEETING:
Shark Flexes Its Teeth for Tough Meals

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 13 February 2004: 950.
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SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY MEETING:
Estrogen May Disrupt Nitrogen Fixation

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 13 February 2004: 950.
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SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY MEETING:
Neural Beginnings for the Turtle's Shell

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 13 February 2004: 951.
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SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY MEETING:
Bird in Bush Aids Snake in Grass

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 13 February 2004: 951.
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Letters

This Week's Letters

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 French Scientists Take a Stand

Alain Fischer
Science 13 February 2004: 954.
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 Thailand's Prime-Boost HIV Vaccine Phase III

Charal Trinvuthipong
Science 13 February 2004: 954-955.
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 How Much at Risk Are Cone Snails?

Thomas F. Duda, Jr., Jon-Paul Bingham, Bruce G. Livett, Alan J. Kohn, Gabriella Raybaudi Massilia, Joseph R. Schultz, John Down, David Sandall, Jonathan V. Sweedler;, Mike Fainzilber;, Eric Chivian, Callum M. Roberts, and Aaron S. Bernstein
Science 13 February 2004: 955-957.
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Books et al.

INSECT BIOLOGY:
A Most Productive Passion for Natural History

Ian T. Baldwin
Science 13 February 2004: 958-959.
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 Browsings

Science 13 February 2004: 959.
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SCIENCE AND ITS HISTORY:
Nota Bene: Moving Mountains

Orla Smith
Science 13 February 2004: 960.
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 Books Received

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Policy Forum

POLICY REBUTTAL:
HIV Vaccine Trial Justified

John G. McNeil, Margaret I. Johnston, Deborah L. Birx, and Edmund C. Tramont
Science 13 February 2004: 961.
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Perspectives

ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE:
Wind Data: A Promise in Peril

Kathryn A. Kelly
Science 13 February 2004: 962-963.
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EVOLUTION:
Transitions from Nonliving to Living Matter

Steen Rasmussen, Liaohai Chen, David Deamer, David C. Krakauer, Norman H. Packard, Peter F. Stadler, and Mark A. Bedau
Science 13 February 2004: 963-965.
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PLANT SCIENCES:
A CONSTANS Experience Brought to Light

John Klejnot and Chentao Lin
Science 13 February 2004: 965-966.
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DEVELOPMENT:
Making Sense of the Sensory Lineage

Marianne Bronner-Fraser
Science 13 February 2004: 966-968.
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PHYSICS:
Packing in the Spheres

David A. Weitz
Science 13 February 2004: 968-969.
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NEUROSCIENCE:
Enhanced: Conflict and Cognitive Control

Kenji Matsumoto and Keiji Tanaka
Science 13 February 2004: 969-970.
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Review

Evolutionary Ecology of the Prezygotic Stage

G. Bernasconi, T.-L. Ashman, T. R. Birkhead, J. D. D. Bishop, U. Grossniklaus, E. Kubli, D. L. Marshall, B. Schmid, I. Skogsmyr, R. R. Snook, D. Taylor, I. Till-Bottraud, P. I. Ward, D. W. Zeh, and B. Hellriegel
Science 13 February 2004: 971-975.
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Brevia

 Evolution of a Protochordate Allorecognition Locus

Anthony W. De Tomaso and Irving L. Weissman
Science 13 February 2004: 977.
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Research Articles

Satellite Measurements Reveal Persistent Small-Scale Features in Ocean Winds

Dudley B. Chelton, Michael G. Schlax, Michael H. Freilich, and Ralph F. Milliff
Science 13 February 2004: 978-983.
Published online 15 January 2004 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1091901] (in Science Express Research Articles)
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Structural Basis of Transcription: An RNA Polymerase II-TFIIB Cocrystal at 4.5 Angstroms

David A. Bushnell, Kenneth D. Westover, Ralph E. Davis, and Roger D. Kornberg
Science 13 February 2004: 983-988.
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Reports

Ultra-Low Thermal Conductivity in W/Al₂O₃ Nanolaminates

R. M. Costescu, D. G. Cahill, F. H. Fabreguette, Z. A. Sechrist, and S. M. George
Science 13 February 2004: 989-990.
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Improving the Density of Jammed Disordered Packings Using Ellipsoids

Aleksandar Donev, Ibrahim Cisse, David Sachs, Evan A. Variano, Frank H. Stillinger, Robert Connelly, Salvatore Torquato, and P. M. Chaikin
Science 13 February 2004: 990-993.
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Renewable Hydrogen from Ethanol by Autothermal Reforming

G. A. Deluga, J. R. Salge, L. D. Schmidt, and X. E. Verykios
Science 13 February 2004: 993-997.
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Chondrules with Peculiar REE Patterns: Implications for Solar Nebular Condensation at High C/O

Andreas Pack, J. Michael G. Shelley, and Herbert Palme
Science 13 February 2004: 997-1000.
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Lowland Forest Loss in Protected Areas of Indonesian Borneo

L. M. Curran, S. N. Trigg, A. K. McDonald, D. Astiani, Y. M. Hardiono, P. Siregar, I. Caniago, and E. Kasischke
Science 13 February 2004: 1000-1003.
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Photoreceptor Regulation of CONSTANS Protein in Photoperiodic Flowering

Federico Valverde, Aidyn Mouradov, Wim Soppe, Dean Ravenscroft, Alon Samach, and George Coupland
Science 13 February 2004: 1003-1006.
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Nanotubular Highways for Intercellular Organelle Transport

Amin Rustom, Rainer Saffrich, Ivanka Markovic, Paul Walther, and Hans-Hermann Gerdes
Science 13 February 2004: 1007-1010.
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Direct Activation of Bax by p53 Mediates Mitochondrial Membrane Permeabilization and Apoptosis

Jerry E. Chipuk, Tomomi Kuwana, Lisa Bouchier-Hayes, Nathalie M. Droin, Donald D. Newmeyer, Martin Schuler, and Douglas R. Green
Science 13 February 2004: 1010-1014.
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Structural Basis of Transcription: Separation of RNA from DNA by RNA Polymerase II

Kenneth D. Westover, David A. Bushnell, and Roger D. Kornberg
Science 13 February 2004: 1014-1016.
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Modulation of Th1 Activation and Inflammation by the NF-B Repressor Foxj1

Ling Lin, Melanie S. Spoor, Andrea J. Gerth, Steven L. Brody, and Stanford L. Peng
Science 13 February 2004: 1017-1020.
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Instructive Role of Wnt/ß-Catenin in Sensory Fate Specification in Neural Crest Stem Cells

Hye-Youn Lee, Maurice Kléber, Lisette Hari, Véronique Brault, Ueli Suter, Makoto M. Taketo, Rolf Kemler, and Lukas Sommer
Science 13 February 2004: 1020-1023.
Published online 8 January 2004 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1091611] (in Science Express Reports)
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Anterior Cingulate Conflict Monitoring and Adjustments in Control

John G. Kerns, Jonathan D. Cohen, Angus W. MacDonald, III, Raymond Y. Cho, V. Andrew Stenger, and Cameron S. Carter
Science 13 February 2004: 1023-1026.
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Cdh1-APC Controls Axonal Growth and Patterning in the Mammalian Brain

Yoshiyuki Konishi, Judith Stegmüller, Takahiko Matsuda, Shirin Bonni, and Azad Bonni
Science 13 February 2004: 1026-1030.
Published online 8 January 2004 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1093712] (in Science Express Reports)
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Technical Comments

 Comment on "Parasite Selection for Immunogenetic Optimality"

Philip W. Hedrick
Science 13 February 2004: 957.
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 Response to Comment on "Parasite Selection for Immunogenetic Optimality"

K. Mathias Wegner, Martin Kalbe, Joachim Kurtz, Thorsten B. H. Reusch, and Manfred Milinski
Science 13 February 2004: 957.
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