This Week in Science

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Science 11 October 1996: 153.
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Editorial:
Research, Education, and America's Future

Anne Petersen
Science 11 October 1996: 159-0.
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 ScienceScope|

Science 11 October 1996: 167-0.
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 Random Samples|NASA's Fling With Anti-Gravity * Endangered Species List Updated * Downer for Electric Cars * DNA Dumping * Flagging Malaria Research * A Gene That Controls Herpes

Science 11 October 1996: 183-185.
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 Book Reviews|Betrayal of Science and Reason, reviewed by D. Sarewitz * The Invention That Changed the World, W. Aspray * Vignettes

Science 11 October 1996: 198-199.
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 Gordon Research Conferences

Science 11 October 1996: 268-275.

 Products & Materials|

Science 11 October 1996: 281-282.
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News and Comment

Animal Experimentation: Hunting for Animal Alternatives

Wade Roush
Science 11 October 1996: 168-171.
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Animal Experimentation: Animal-Free Experiments

Wade Roush
Science 11 October 1996: 169-0.
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Animal Experimentation: Going Dutch: Mainstreaming Alternatives

Wade Roush
Science 11 October 1996: 170-0.
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Science in France: New Research Strategy Draws Criticism

Michael Balter
Science 11 October 1996: 171-0.
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Russia: Funding Delay Spawns Hunger Strike

Andrey Allakhverdov and Vladimir Pokrovsky
Science 11 October 1996: 172-0.
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Anthropology: DNA Enters Dust Up Over Bones

Ann Gibbons
Science 11 October 1996: 172-0.
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California EPA: Paper-Trail Cleanup Memo Sparks Furor

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 11 October 1996: 173-0.
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Science Prizes: Critics Say Laskers Omitted NO Pioneer

Eliot Marshall
Science 11 October 1996: 173-174.
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Epidemiology: India's Spreading Health Crisis Draws Global Arsenic Experts

Pallava Bagla and Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 11 October 1996: 174-175.
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Research News

Biochemistry: Close-Up of a Killer

Robert F. Service
Science 11 October 1996: 176-177.
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Neurobiology: New 'Alzheimer's Mouse' Produced

Jean Marx
Science 11 October 1996: 177-178.
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Particle Physics: Year of Strange Events Leaves Standard Theory Unscathed

James Glanz
Science 11 October 1996: 179-0.
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Agricultural Ecology: Could Transgenic Supercrops One Day Breed Superweeds?

James Kling
Science 11 October 1996: 180-181.
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Plate Tectonics: Urals Yield Secret of a Lasting Bond

Richard A. Kerr
Science 11 October 1996: 181-0.
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Robotics: Putting a Human Face on a New Breed of Robot

Richard Stone
Science 11 October 1996: 182-0.
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Letters

 This Week's Letters

Science 11 October 1996: 161-165.
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 Mars Media Mayhem

John F. Kerridge
Science 11 October 1996: 161-165.
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 Mars Meteorite Transfer: Simulation

Brett J. Gladman and Joseph A. Burns
Science 11 October 1996: 161-165.
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 Sociobiology's Successes

Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Peter Rodman, Eric L. Charnov, Jon Seger, Kristen Hawkes, Stephen T. Emlen, Susan A. Foster, Patricia Adair Gowaty, David Haig, Marc Hauser, Lucia F. Jacobs, and Barbara B. Smuts
Science 11 October 1996: 161-165.
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 Rethinking AIDS and Cancer

Gene M. Shearer and Mario Clerici
Science 11 October 1996: 161-165.
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 Evidence of Single-File Diffusion in Zeolites

Vishwas Gupta, Sriram S. Nivarthi, David Keffer, Alon V. McCormick, and H. Ted Davis
Science 11 October 1996: 161-165.
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 Where It's At

Harmon Craig
Science 11 October 1996: 161-165.
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 Sociobiology's Successes

Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Peter Rodman, Eric L. Charnov, Jon Seger, Kristen Hawkes, Stephen T. Emlen, Susan A. Foster, Patricia Adair Gowaty, David Haig, Marc Hauser, Lucia F. Jacobs, and Barbara B. Smuts
Science 11 October 1996: 162-163.
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 Rethinking AIDS and Cancer

Gene M. Shearer and Mario Clerici
Science 11 October 1996: 163-164.
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 Evidence of Single-File Diffusion in Zeolites

Vishwas Gupta, Sriram S. Nivarthi, David Keffer, Alon V. McCormick, and H. Ted Davis
Science 11 October 1996: 164.
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 Where It's At

Harmon Craig
Science 11 October 1996: 165.
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 Corrections and Clarifications

Science 11 October 1996: 161-165.
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Corrections and Clarifications

Science 11 October 1996: 165.
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Corrections and Clarifications

Science 11 October 1996: 165.
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Corrections and Clarifications

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Books et al.

 The Story of Radar: The Invention That Changed the World.

William Aspray
Science 11 October 1996: 199.
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Perspectives

Subpicosecond X-ray Pulses

P. Eisenberger and S. Suckewer
Science 11 October 1996: 201-0.
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A Warped View of Time Travel

Paul Parsons
Science 11 October 1996: 202-203.
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Pass the Butter . . .

Gail Martin
Science 11 October 1996: 203-204.
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Trefoil Peptides--Less Clandestine in the Intestine

Rebecca Chinery and Robert Coffey
Science 11 October 1996: 204-0.
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Research Articles

Discovery of X-ray and Extreme Ultraviolet Emission from Comet C/Hyakutake 1996 B2

C. M. Lisse, K. Dennerl, J. Englhauser, M. Harden, F. E. Marshall, M. J. Mumma, R. Petre, J. P. Pye, M. J. Ricketts, J. Schmitt, J. Trümper, and R. G. West
Science 11 October 1996: 205-209.
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An T Cell Receptor Structure at 2.5 Å and Its Orientation in the TCR-MHC Complex

K. Christopher Garcia, Massimo Degano, Robyn L. Stanfield, Anders Brunmark, Michael R. Jackson, Per A. Peterson, Luc Teyton, and Ian A. Wilson
Science 11 October 1996: 209-219.
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Reports

Orogenic Evolution of the Ural Mountains: Results from an Integrated Seismic Experiment

R. Berzin, O. Oncken, J. H. Knapp, A. Pérez-Estaún, T. Hismatulin, N. Yunusov, and A. Lipilin
Science 11 October 1996: 220-221.
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Crustal Root Beneath the Urals: Wide-Angle Seismic Evidence

R. Carbonell, A. Pérez-Estaún, J. Gallart, J. Diaz, S. Kashubin, J. Mechie, R. Stadtlander, A. Schulze, J. H. Knapp, and A. Morozov
Science 11 October 1996: 222-224.
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Preserved Collisional Crustal Structure of the Southern Urals Revealed by Vibroseis Profiling

H. P. Echtler, M. Stiller, F. Steinhoff, C. Krawczyk, A. Suleimanov, V. Spiridonov, J. H. Knapp, Y. Menshikov, J. Alvarez-Marrón, and N. Yunusov
Science 11 October 1996: 224-226.
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Lithosphere-Scale Seismic Image of the Southern Urals from Explosion-Source Reflection Profiling

J. H. Knapp, D. N. Steer, L. D. Brown, R. Berzin, A. Suleimanov, M. Stiller, E. Lüschen, D. L. Brown, R. Bulgakov, S. N. Kashubin, and A. V. Rybalka
Science 11 October 1996: 226-228.
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A Mini-Surge on the Ryder Glacier, Greenland, Observed by Satellite Radar Interferometry

Ian Joughin, Slawek Tulaczyk, Mark Fahnestock, and Ron Kwok
Science 11 October 1996: 228-230.
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Observations of Near-Zero Ozone Concentrations Over the Convective Pacific: Effects on Air Chemistry

D. Kley, P. J. Crutzen, H. G. J. Smit, H. Vömel, S. J. Oltmans, H. Grassl, and V. Ramanathan
Science 11 October 1996: 230-233.
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Flow-Induced Molecular Orientation of a Langmuir Film

Takayuki Maruyama, Gerald Fuller, Curtis Frank, and Channing Robertson
Science 11 October 1996: 233-235.
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Femtosecond X-ray Pulses at 0.4 Å Generated by 90° Thomson Scattering: A Tool for Probing the Structural Dynamics of Materials

R. W. Schoenlein, W. P. Leemans, A. H. Chin, P. Volfbeyn, T. E. Glover, P. Balling, M. Zolotorev, K.-J. Kim, S. Chattopadhyay, and C. V. Shank
Science 11 October 1996: 236-238.
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Role of GTP Hydrolysis in Fission of Caveolae Directly from Plasma Membranes

Jan E. Schnitzer, Phil Oh, and Deirdre P. McIntosh
Science 11 October 1996: 239-242.
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Association of Spindle Assembly Checkpoint Component XMAD2 with Unattached Kinetochores

Rey-Huei Chen, Jennifer C. Waters, E. D. Salmon, and Andrew W. Murray
Science 11 October 1996: 242-246.
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Identification of a Human Mitotic Checkpoint Gene: hsMAD2

Yong Li and Robert Benezra
Science 11 October 1996: 246-248.
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Cdc13p: A Single-Strand Telomeric DNA-Binding Protein with a Dual Role in Yeast Telomere Maintenance

Constance I. Nugent, Timothy R. Hughes, Neal F. Lue, and Victoria Lundblad
Science 11 October 1996: 249-252.
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Visualization of Gene Expression in Living Adult Drosophila

Manuel Calleja, Eduardo Moreno, Soraya Pelaz, and Ginés Morata
Science 11 October 1996: 252-255.
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Cholesterol Modification of Hedgehog Signaling Proteins in Animal Development

Jeffery A. Porter, Keith E. Young, and Philip A. Beachy
Science 11 October 1996: 255-259.
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Gastric Mucosa Abnormalities and Tumorigenesis in Mice Lacking the pS2 Trefoil Protein

Olivier Lefebvre, Marie-Pierre Chenard, Régis Masson, José Linares, Andrée Dierich, Marianne LeMeur, Corinne Wendling, Catherine Tomasetto, Pierre Chambon, and Marie-Christine Rio
Science 11 October 1996: 259-262.
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Impaired Defense of Intestinal Mucosa in Mice Lacking Intestinal Trefoil Factor

Hiroshi Mashimo, Deng-Chyang Wu, Daniel K. Podolsky, and Mark C. Fishman
Science 11 October 1996: 262-265.
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