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Science 9 October 1998:
Vol. 282. no. 5387, p. 211
DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5387.211b
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Budding scientists who want to join the search for extraterrestrial life can now get a leg up on the competition. The University of Washington (UW), Seattle, is creating what it claims is the first Ph.D. program in astrobiology. About a dozen students are expected to start their studies, which will range from microbiology to aeronautics, in fall 1999. Fieldwork, alas, is limited to Earth. "Everyone will have to get their hands dirty," says UW astronomer Woodruff Sullivan.

Some new blood might be welcome at NASA, where officials are still sorting out their astrobiology initiative, which links 11 scientific teams in a virtual research center (Science, 29 May, p. 1338). Administrative infighting has dogged the effort, which NASA says could limp without a leader into next year. Complains one researcher: "The team is playing without a coach."

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