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Science 8 October 1999:
Vol. 286. no. 5438, p. 239
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5438.239a

Letters

This Week's Letters

A comparison of DARPA and Bell Labs and the contributions of DARPA's Project Vela are presented. That Robert Louis Stevenson was depressed is questioned, but his long fingers may provide other insights to his medical history. The earliest printed star charts, published around 1094, are traced to China. An apparent contradiction, that isolated sister species can have similar niches yet sister species in the same area usually have different niches, is discussed. For the education of K-12 teachers, it is suggested that, "although a [college] major in a content area is not necessary for someone to be a teacher, it is vital if he or she is going to be a good teacher." And how long the Sahara region has been a desert is clarified.


Letters in This Issue

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[Letter] DARPA in the Spotlight
Sheldon Penman; Charles C. Bates
[Letter] Stevenson's Fingers
Thomas M. Daniel
[Letter] Support for Structural Genomics and Synchrotrons
Marvin Cassman and John C. Norvell
[Letter] Conserved Ecological Niches
Chris D. Jiggins and Margarita Beltran
[Letter] Oldest Printed Star Charts
John S. Major and David C. Major
[Letter] How a Geologist Finds the Truck
Gene Ciancanelli
[Letter] To Be a Good Teacher
Edward Aboufadel
[Letter] A Very Old Sahara
Christopher Swezey



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