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Science 1 December 1995: 1415.
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Editorial:
Multifaceted Chemistry

George A. Olah
Science 1 December 1995: 1417.
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 ScienceScope|

Science 1 December 1995: 1427.

 Random Samples|Substitute for Shock Therapy? * Biocontrol for Kiwi Mold * Subterranean Rumbling at Mount St. Helens * Tunable Sensors * Virtual Course on Protein Structure * Fuzzy Athletic Vegetarian ISO . . .

Science 1 December 1995: 1443-1445.

 Book Reviews|DNA Repair and Mutagenesis, reviewed by B. S. Strauss * Physics and Chemistry of Earth Materials, R. Jeanloz * Books Received * Vignettes * Publishers' Addresses

Science 1 December 1995: 1511-1514.
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 Products & Materials|

Science 1 December 1995: 1515-1516.

News and Comment

Conservation Biology: Are Wildlife Corridors the Right Path?

Charles C. Mann and Mark L. Plummer
Science 1 December 1995: 1428-1430.
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Science Funding: Report Strips R&D Down to the Basics

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 1 December 1995: 1430.
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Scientific Misconduct: Panel Urges New Approach to Inquiries

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 1 December 1995: 1431.
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Japan: Consortia to Boost Efforts to Develop Genome Industry

Dennis Normile
Science 1 December 1995: 1432-1433.
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Polar Research: Pressure on Budget Triggers Review of Antarctic Program

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 1 December 1995: 1433-1434.
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Polar Research: Europeans Make Room for Ice-Core Project

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 1 December 1995: 1434.
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Research News

Astronomy: Found: A Star Too Small to Shine

James Glanz
Science 1 December 1995: 1435-1436.
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Paleontology: Why Mammal Ears Went on the Move

Joshua Fischman
Science 1 December 1995: 1436.
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Neuroscience Meeting: Brain Researchers Speak a Common Language

Marcia Barinaga
Science 1 December 1995: 1437-1438.
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Physics: Measurements Are the Only Reality, Say Quantum Tests

James Glanz
Science 1 December 1995: 1439-1440.
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Biochemistry: Model Enzyme Takes Hydrogen Apart

Robert F. Service
Science 1 December 1995: 1440-1441.
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Earth Science: Another Killer Charged With Mass Extinction

Richard A. Kerr
Science 1 December 1995: 1441-1442.
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Earth Science: A Strangelove Ocean Comes Back to Life

Richard A. Kerr
Science 1 December 1995: 1442.
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Letters

 Letters|Lyme Disease Research: P. McFadden * Diet and Test Animals: R. W. Hart, A. Turturro, J. Leakey, W. T. Allaben; J. R. Bucher, G. N. Rao, K. Abdo, F. Kari, G. Lucier * Genetic Discrimination: Actuarial Aspects: A. Dicke; K. Hudson and F. Collin s

Science 1 December 1995: 1419-1423.

Policy Forum

Myths About Test Score Comparisons

Iris C. Rotberg
Science 1 December 1995: 1446-1448.
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Needed: Coherent Budgeting for Science and Technology

Frank Press
Science 1 December 1995: 1448.
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How Does the Texaco Case Affect Photocopying by Scientists?

null The National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists
Science 1 December 1995: 1450-1451.
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Perspectives

An Exploding Star in Motion

Roger A. Chevalier
Science 1 December 1995: 1452-1453.
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ENHANCED PERSPECTIVE: Molecular Mimicry in Protein Synthesis?

Peter B. Moore
Science 1 December 1995: 1453.
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The United Nations Climate Convention: Unattainable or Irrelevant

Pekka E. Kauppi
Science 1 December 1995: 1454.
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Articles

The Interstellar Carbon Budget and the Role of Carbon in Dust and Large Molecules

Theodore P. Snow and Adolf N. Witt
Science 1 December 1995: 1455-1460.
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Venus Reconsidered

William M. Kaula
Science 1 December 1995: 1460-1464.
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Research Article

Crystal Structure of the Ternary Complex of Phe-tRNA^Phe, EF-Tu, and a GTP Analog

Poul Nissen, Morten Kjeldgaard, Søren Thirup, Galina Polekhina, Ludmila Reshetnikova, Brian F. C. Clark, and Jens Nyborg
Science 1 December 1995: 1464-1472.
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Reports

Phase Diagram of Iron by in Situ X-ray Diffraction: Implications for Earth's Core

C. S. Yoo, J. Akella, A. J. Campbell, H. K. Mao, and R. J. Hemley
Science 1 December 1995: 1473-1475.
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Expansion of SN 1993J

J. M. Marcaide, A. Alberdi, E. Ros, P. Diamond, I. I. Shapiro, J. C. Guirado, D. L. Jones, T. P. Krichbaum, F. Mantovani, R. A. Preston, A. Rius, R. T. Schilizzi, C. Trigilio, A. R. Whitney, and A. Witzel
Science 1 December 1995: 1475-1478.
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Infrared Spectrum of the Cool Brown Dwarf Gl 229B

B. R. Oppenheimer, S. R. Kulkarni, K. Matthews, and T. Nakajima
Science 1 December 1995: 1478-1479.
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Molecular Organization of Surfactants at Solid-Liquid Interfaces

Srinivas Manne and Hermann E. Gaub
Science 1 December 1995: 1480-1482.
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Scaling Properties of Stretching Ridges in a Crumpled Elastic Sheet

Alex Lobkovsky, Sharon Gentges, Hao Li, David Morse, and T. A. Witten
Science 1 December 1995: 1482-1485.
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Autoencapsulation Through Intermolecular Forces: A Synthetic Self-Assembling Spherical Complex

Robert S. Meissner, Julius Rebek, Jr., and Javier de Mendoza
Science 1 December 1995: 1485-1488.
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Yeast Checkpoint Genes in DNA Damage Processing: Implications for Repair and Arrest

David Lydall and Ted Weinert
Science 1 December 1995: 1488-1491.
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Activation of the Estrogen Receptor Through Phosphorylation by Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase

Shigeaki Kato, Hideki Endoh, Yoshikazu Masuhiro, Takuya Kitamoto, Shimami Uchiyama, Haruna Sasaki, Shoichi Masushige, Yukiko Gotoh, Eisuke Nishida, Hiroyuki Kawashima, Daniel Metzger, and Pierre Chambon
Science 1 December 1995: 1491-1494.
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Solution Structure of the Activator Contact Domain of the RNA Polymerase Subunit

Young Ho Jeon, Tomofumi Negishi, Masahiro Shirakawa, Toshio Yamazaki, Nobuyuki Fujita, Akira Ishihama, and Yoshimasa Kyogoku
Science 1 December 1995: 1495-1497.
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A Population Genetic Test of Selection at the Molecular Level

M. F. J. Taylor, Y. Shen, and M. E. Kreitman
Science 1 December 1995: 1497-1499.
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Definition of Two Angiogenic Pathways by Distinct Integrins

Martin Friedlander, Peter C. Brooks, Robert W. Shaffer, Christine M. Kincaid, Judith A. Varner, and David A. Cheresh
Science 1 December 1995: 1500-1502.
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Essential Ca²⁺-Binding Motif for Ca²⁺-Sensitive Inactivation of L-Type Ca²⁺ Channels

Marita de Leon, Yan Wang, Lisa Jones, Edward Perez-Reyes, Xiangyang Wei, Tuck Wah Soong, Terry P. Snutch, and David T. Yue
Science 1 December 1995: 1502-1506.
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Coactivator and Promoter-Selective Properties of RNA Polymerase I TAFs

Holger Beckmann, Jin-Long Chen, Thomas O'Brien, and Robert Tjian
Science 1 December 1995: 1506-1509.
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Technical Comments

The Evolution of Molecular Computation

W. P. C. Stemmer
Science 1 December 1995: 1510.
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