Einstein's Legacy--Challenges in Physics

A Passion for Physics

Robert Coontz, Ian Osborne, and Phil Szuromi
Science 11 February 2005: 865.
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News

Special Relativity Reconsidered

Adrian Cho
Science 11 February 2005: 866-868.
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Doubly Special, Twice as Controversial

Adrian Cho
Science 11 February 2005: 867.
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We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert

Charles Seife and Andrew Lawler
Science 11 February 2005: 869-870.
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Viewpoints

The Quantum Measurement Problem

A. J. Leggett
Science 11 February 2005: 871-872.
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From Pedigree Cats to Fluffy-Bunnies

Jacob Dunningham, Alexander Rau, and Keith Burnett
Science 11 February 2005: 872-875.
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Reviews

Time and the Quantum: Erasing the Past and Impacting the Future

Yakir Aharonov and M. Suhail Zubairy
Science 11 February 2005: 875-879.
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Astrophysical Observations: Lensing and Eclipsing Einstein's Theories

Charles L. Bennett
Science 11 February 2005: 879-884.
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Inflationary Cosmology: Exploring the Universe from the Smallest to the Largest Scales

Alan H. Guth and David I. Kaiser
Science 11 February 2005: 884-890.
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This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
Where Science Meets Society

Alan I. Leshner
Science 11 February 2005: 815.
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Editors' Choice

Highlights of the recent literature.
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NetWatch

Best of the Web in science.
Science 11 February 2005: 823.
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 New Products

Science 11 February 2005: 941.
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News of the Week

CONFLICT OF INTEREST:
NIH Chief Clamps Down on Consulting and Stock Ownership

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 11 February 2005: 824-825.
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SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING:
NIH Wants Public Access to Papers 'As Soon As Possible'

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 11 February 2005: 825.
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ECOLOGY:
Ginseng Threatened by Bambi's Appetite

Erik Stokstad
Science 11 February 2005: 827.
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GLOBAL WARMING:
Millennium's Hottest Decade Retains Its Title, for Now

Richard A. Kerr
Science 11 February 2005: 828-829.
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BIOINFORMATICS:
With a Stumble, Microsoft Launches European Research Project

Gretchen Vogel
Science 11 February 2005: 828.
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TOXIC AIR POLLUTANTS:
Inspector General Blasts EPA Mercury Analysis

Erik Stokstad
Science 11 February 2005: 829-831.
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ASTRONOMY:
Hearing Highlights Dispute Over Hubble's Future

Andrew Lawler
Science 11 February 2005: 831.
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ScienceScope

Science 11 February 2005: 827.
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Random Samples

Science 11 February 2005: 842.
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News Focus

SCIENCE POLICY:
Caught in the Squeeze

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 11 February 2005: 832-834.
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SCIENCE POLICY:
Science Education Takes a Hit at NSF

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 11 February 2005: 832-833.
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SCIENCE POLICY:
Jupiter Is a Blue State, Mars Is Red

Andrew Lawler
Science 11 February 2005: 834.
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SCIENCE POLICY:
Ocean Research Budget Ebbs

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 11 February 2005: 834.
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DRUG DEVELOPMENT:
Lupus Drug Company Asks FDA for Second Chance

Jennifer Couzin
Science 11 February 2005: 835.
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CELL BIOLOGY:
SUMO Wrestles Its Way to Prominence in the Cell

Jean Marx
Science 11 February 2005: 836-839.
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NEANDERTALS REVISITED MEETING:
Calorie Count Reveals Neandertals Out-Ate Hardiest Modern Hunters

Elizabeth Culotta
Science 11 February 2005: 840.
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NEANDERTALS REVISITED MEETING:
Faces May Lie When Skulls Tell Tales

Elizabeth Culotta
Science 11 February 2005: 840-841.
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NEANDERTALS REVISITED MEETING:
The Question of Sex

Elizabeth Culotta
Science 11 February 2005: 841.
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Letters

This Week's Letters

Science 11 February 2005: 845.
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 Questions About Orrorin Femur

James C. Ohman, C. Owen Lovejoy, Tim D. White;, Robert B. Eckhardt, Karol Galik, and Adam J. Kuperavage
Science 11 February 2005: 845.
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 FBI mtDNA Database: A Cogent Perspective

Bruce Budowle and Deborah Polanskey
Science 11 February 2005: 845-847.
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 Brazil's Nuclear Activities

Roberto Abdenur;, Liz Palmer, and Gary Milhollin
Science 11 February 2005: 847-851.
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 Optimism About String Theory

Gordon Kane
Science 11 February 2005: 851.
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 CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

Science 11 February 2005: 851.
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Books et al.

PHYSICS:
Treks of Imagination

Frank Wilczek
Science 11 February 2005: 852-853.
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BIOGRAPHY:
Refuge from Berlin's Bustle

John Bohannon
Science 11 February 2005: 853.
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 Browsings

Science 11 February 2005: 853.
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 Books Received

Science 11 February 2005: 853.

Essays on Science and Society

YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD ESSAY WINNER:
Construction of a Minimal, Protein-Free Spliceosome

Saba Valadkhan
Science 11 February 2005: 863-864.
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 2004 Grand Prize Winner

Science 11 February 2005: 864.
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Policy Forum

ETHICS:
Forbidden Knowledge

Joanna Kempner, Clifford S. Perlis, and Jon F. Merz
Science 11 February 2005: 854.
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Perspectives

ASTRONOMY:
A Pulsar Bonanza

Duncan R. Lorimer
Science 11 February 2005: 855-856.
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MATHEMATICS/COMPUTATION:
Accelerating Networks

John S. Mattick and Michael J. Gagen
Science 11 February 2005: 856-858.
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IMMUNOLOGY:
Enhanced: Thymic Regulation--Hidden in Plain Sight

Ellen V. Rothenberg
Science 11 February 2005: 858-859.
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PHYSICS:
Toward Atom Chips

József Fortágh and Claus Zimmermann
Science 11 February 2005: 860-861.
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PALEONTOLOGY:
Homoplasy in the Mammalian Ear

Thomas Martin and Zhe-Xi Luo
Science 11 February 2005: 861-862.
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Brevia

Genetic Consequences of Tropical Second-Growth Forest Regeneration

Uzay U. Sezen, Robin L. Chazdon, and Kent E. Holsinger
Science 11 February 2005: 891.
The palm trees in a second-growth forest in Costa Rica are much less genetically diverse than trees in the adjacent old-growth tropical rain forest. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Research Articles

Twenty-One Millisecond Pulsars in Terzan 5 Using the Green Bank Telescope

Scott M. Ransom, Jason W. T. Hessels, Ingrid H. Stairs, Paulo C. C. Freire, Fernando Camilo, Victoria M. Kaspi, and David L. Kaplan
Science 11 February 2005: 892-896.
Published online 13 January 2005 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1108632] (in Science Express Research Articles)
An old, distant globular cluster contains 21 newly discovered pulsars, some with extreme properties that challenge pulsar models and help refine general relativity. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Optical Imaging of Neuronal Populations During Decision-Making

K. L. Briggman, H. D. I. Abarbanel, and W. B. Kristan, Jr.
Science 11 February 2005: 896-901.
As a leech chooses whether to swim or crawl, a voltage-sensitive dye reveals the decision-making circuit and shows that a single neuron can determine the choice. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Reports

Nodal Quasiparticles and Antinodal Charge Ordering in Ca_2-xNa_xCuO₂Cl₂

Kyle M. Shen, F. Ronning, D. H. Lu, F. Baumberger, N. J. C. Ingle, W. S. Lee, W. Meevasana, Y. Kohsaka, M. Azuma, M. Takano, H. Takagi, and Z.-X. Shen
Science 11 February 2005: 901-904.
Two classes of electrons with distinct momentum distributions exist in cuprate superconductors, perhaps explaining the spatial ordering of electrons. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Asynchronous Bends in Pacific Seamount Trails: A Case for Extensional Volcanism?

Anthony A. P. Koppers and Hubert Staudigel
Science 11 February 2005: 904-907.
The bends of three volcanic chains in the Pacific Ocean formed at different times, a result inconsistent with a coherent change in plate motion over stationary volcanic sources. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Liquid Carbon, Carbon-Glass Beads, and the Crystallization of Carbon Nanotubes

Walt A. de Heer, Philippe Poncharal, Claire Berger, Joseph Gezo, Zhimin Song, Jefferson Bettini, and Daniel Ugarte
Science 11 February 2005: 907-910.
Vaporizing graphite causes amorphous liquid carbon drops to be deposited on the surface of nanotubes, allowing the nanotubes to grow without a catalyst. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Independent Origins of Middle Ear Bones in Monotremes and Therians

Thomas H. Rich, James A. Hopson, Anne M. Musser, Timothy F. Flannery, and Patricia Vickers-Rich
Science 11 February 2005: 910-914.
The middle ear of mammals, composed of three bones derived from the jaw of reptilian ancestors, probably evolved separately yet similarly in different early mammal lineages. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Shell Composition Has No Net Impact on Large-Scale Evolutionary Patterns in Mollusks

Susan M. Kidwell
Science 11 February 2005: 914-917.
Extreme variation in shell composition, and thus long-term stability, over the 500-million-year history of marine bivalves has unexpectedly failed to bias the fossil record. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Two Abundant Bioaccumulated Halogenated Compounds Are Natural Products

Emma L. Teuten, Li Xu, and Christopher M. Reddy
Science 11 February 2005: 917-920.
Radiocarbon analysis reveals that halogenated ethers in whale blubber accumulated from natural sources, not from industrial pollution. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Deer Browsing and Population Viability of a Forest Understory Plant

James B. McGraw and Mary Ann Furedi
Science 11 February 2005: 920-922.
Recently expanded populations of white-tailed deer consume the herb American ginseng, posing a greater extinction risk than human harvesting. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Glycolipids as Receptors for Bacillus thuringiensis Crystal Toxin

Joel S. Griffitts, Stuart M. Haslam, Tinglu Yang, Stephan F. Garczynski, Barbara Mulloy, Howard Morris, Paul S. Cremer, Anne Dell, Michael J. Adang, and Raffi V. Aroian
Science 11 February 2005: 922-925.
A receptor for Bt toxin, used as a pesticide in organic farming, turns out to be made of glycolipids. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Lymphotoxin-Mediated Regulation of Cell Differentiation by ß T Cell Progenitors

Bruno Silva-Santos, Daniel J. Pennington, and Adrian C. Hayday
Science 11 February 2005: 925-928.
Published online 9 December 2004 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1103978] (in Science Express Reports)
A subset of cells in the thymus thought to be immature immune cells is found to also regulate other developing immune cells. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Mammalian SAD Kinases Are Required for Neuronal Polarization

Masashi Kishi, Y. Albert Pan, Justin Gage Crump, and Joshua R. Sanes
Science 11 February 2005: 929-932.
A kinase distinguishes the dendrites (processes carrying information into neurons) from the axon,which carries information out. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Methylation as a Crucial Step in Plant microRNA Biogenesis

Bin Yu, Zhiyong Yang, Junjie Li, Svetlana Minakhina, Maocheng Yang, Richard W. Padgett, Ruth Steward, and Xuemei Chen
Science 11 February 2005: 932-935.
RNA duplexes that form during regulatory miRNA biosynthesis are methylated on the last nucleotide, protecting them from degradation and allowing binding to their targets. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

A Selective Inhibitor of eIF2 Dephosphorylation Protects Cells from ER Stress

Michael Boyce, Kevin F. Bryant, Céline Jousse, Kai Long, Heather P. Harding, Donalyn Scheuner, Randal J. Kaufman, Dawei Ma, Donald M. Coen, David Ron, and Junying Yuan
Science 11 February 2005: 935-939.
A new drug prevents the removal of a phosphate group from a regulator of translation, protecting mammalian cells from stress-induced death typical of many infections. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|