This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
Getting Older

Donald Kennedy
Science 11 October 2002: 323.
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Editors' Choice

Highlights of the recent literature.
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NetWatch

Best of the Web in science.
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 Quarterly Author Index

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 Gordon Research Conferences

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 NEW PRODUCTS

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News of the Week

SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE:
Judge Rejects Cancer Data in Maryland Cell Phone Suit

Mark Parascandola
Science 11 October 2002: 338.
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BACTERIAL MENINGITIS:
Appeal to Thwart Deadly Outbreak

Gretchen Vogel
Science 11 October 2002: 339.
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HERPETOLOGY:
100 Frogs A-Leaping for Biodiversity

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 11 October 2002: 339-341.
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TOXICOLOGY:
Protecting Liver From Painkiller's Lethal Dose

Jean Marx
Science 11 October 2002: 341-342.
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PHYSICS:
Quantum Experiment Asks 'How Big Is Big?'

Charles Seife
Science 11 October 2002: 342-343.
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SWITZERLAND:
Compromise Allows Transgenic Trials

Min Ku
Science 11 October 2002: 343.
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ASTRONOMY:
New Results Reawaken Quasar Distance Dispute

Govert Schilling
Science 11 October 2002: 345.
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YOUNG INVESTIGATORS:
European Program to Fund the Best

Erica Goldman
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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News Focus

MICROBIOLOGY:
The Science of Pfiesteria: Elusive, Subtle, and Toxic

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 11 October 2002: 346-349.
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MICROBIOLOGY:
Pfiesterian Lifestyle: Simple or Complex?

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 11 October 2002: 348.
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SOLAR SYSTEM FORMATION:
The First Rocks Whisper of Their Origins

Richard A. Kerr
Science 11 October 2002: 350-351.
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MICROBIOLOGY:
Domino Effects From Battles Against Microbes

Jon Cohen
Science 11 October 2002: 351-353.
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PROFILE: DENNY MORE:
Learning to Speak the Amazon's Languages

Bill Hinchberger
Science 11 October 2002: 353-355.
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WOMEN IN SCIENCE:
Can Equality in Sports Be Repeated in the Lab?

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 11 October 2002: 356.
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ORNITHOLOGY:
High-Flying Science Seeks to Reduce Toll at Towers

David Malakoff
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Letters

This Week's Letters

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 Plants Talk--But Can They Listen?

Manuel Lerdau
Science 11 October 2002: 361-363.
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 Something in the Eye of the Beholder

Helen Blau, Tim Brazelton, Gilmor Keshet, Fabio Rossi1;, Raymond F. Castro, Kathyjo A. Jackson, Margaret A. Goodell, Claudia S. Robertson, Hao Liu, H. David Shine;, Amy J. Wagers, Richard I. Sherwood, Julie L. Christensen, and Irving L. Weissman
Science 11 October 2002: 361-363.
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 Revisiting the Science/Political Mix

Philip Siekevitz; and Amit Basole
Science 11 October 2002: 363-364.
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 CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

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Books et al.

ECOLOGY:
Understanding the Dynamics of Populations

Nils Chr. Stenseth
Science 11 October 2002: 367-368.
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 Browsings

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ASTRONOMY:
The Joy of Stargazing

Robin M. Catchpole
Science 11 October 2002: 368.
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  Books Received

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Policy Forum

ENVIRONMENT:
Biodiversity Update--Progress in Taxonomy

Stephen Blackmore
Science 11 October 2002: 365.
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Perspectives

SINGLE MOLECULES:
Molecular Entanglements

Michel Orrit
Science 11 October 2002: 369-370.
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RNA EVENTS:
No End to Nonsense

Melissa J. Moore
Science 11 October 2002: 370-371.
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EVOLUTION:
Enhanced: Jaws of the Fates

Georgy Koentges and Toshiyuki Matsuoka
Science 11 October 2002: 371-373.
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OPTICS:
A New Low for Nonlinear Optics

M. C. Downer
Science 11 October 2002: 373-375.
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BIOMINERALIZATION:
At the Cutting Edge

Steve Weiner and Lia Addadi
Science 11 October 2002: 375-376.
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NEUROSCIENCE:
Reconstructing a 3D World

Charles E. Connor
Science 11 October 2002: 376-377.
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Brevia

 Sri Lanka: An Amphibian Hot Spot

M. Meegaskumbura, F. Bossuyt, R. Pethiyagoda, K. Manamendra-Arachchi, M. Bahir, M. C. Milinkovitch, and C. J. Schneider
Science 11 October 2002: 379.
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Research Articles

Specification of Jaw Subdivisions by Dlx Genes

Michael J. Depew, Thomas Lufkin, and John L. R. Rubenstein
Science 11 October 2002: 381-385.
Published online 22 August 2002 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1075703] (in Science Express Research Articles)
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Nanometer Resolution and Coherent Optical Dipole Coupling of Two Individual Molecules

C. Hettich, C. Schmitt, J. Zitzmann, S. Kühn, I. Gerhardt, and V. Sandoghdar
Science 11 October 2002: 385-389.
Published online 5 September 2002 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1075606] (in Science Express Research Articles)
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Reports

High Abrasion Resistance with Sparse Mineralization: Copper Biomineral in Worm Jaws

Helga C. Lichtenegger, Thomas Schöberl, Michael H. Bartl, Herbert Waite, and Galen D. Stucky
Science 11 October 2002: 389-392.
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A Classical Nova, V2487 Oph 1998, Seen in X-rays Before and After Its Explosion

Margarita Hernanz and Glòria Sala
Science 11 October 2002: 393-395.
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Magnetic Superstructure in the Two-Dimensional Quantum Antiferromagnet SrCu₂(BO₃)₂

K. Kodama, M. Takigawa, M. Horvati, C. Berthier, H. Kageyama, Y. Ueda, S. Miyahara, F. Becca, and F. Mila
Science 11 October 2002: 395-399.
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Stimulated Raman Scattering in Hydrogen-Filled Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber

F. Benabid, J. C. Knight, G. Antonopoulos, and P. St. J. Russell
Science 11 October 2002: 399-402.
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Rapid Vapor Deposition of Highly Conformal Silica Nanolaminates

Dennis Hausmann, Jill Becker, Shenglong Wang, and Roy G. Gordon
Science 11 October 2002: 402-406.
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Role of ANC-1 in Tethering Nuclei to the Actin Cytoskeleton

Daniel A. Starr and Min Han
Science 11 October 2002: 406-409.
Published online 8 August 2002 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1075119] (in Science Express Reports)
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Neural Correlates for Perception of 3D Surface Orientation from Texture Gradient

Ken-Ichiro Tsutsui, Hideo Sakata, Tomoka Naganuma, and Masato Taira
Science 11 October 2002: 409-412.
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Extracting 3D from Motion: Differences in Human and Monkey Intraparietal Cortex

W. Vanduffel, D. Fize, H. Peuskens, K. Denys, S. Sunaert, J. T. Todd, and G. A. Orban
Science 11 October 2002: 413-415.
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Coordinate Regulation of Transcription and Splicing by Steroid Receptor Coregulators

Didier Auboeuf, Arnd Hönig, Susan M. Berget, and Bert W. O'Malley
Science 11 October 2002: 416-419.
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Separable Roles for rent1/hUpf1 in Altered Splicing and Decay of Nonsense Transcripts

Joshua T. Mendell, Colette M. J. ap Rhys, and Harry C. Dietz
Science 11 October 2002: 419-422.
Published online 12 September 2002 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1074428] (in Science Express Reports)
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Modulation of Acetaminophen-Induced Hepatotoxicity by the Xenobiotic Receptor CAR

Jun Zhang, Wendong Huang, Steven S. Chua, Ping Wei, and David D. Moore
Science 11 October 2002: 422-424.
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Subthalamic GAD Gene Therapy in a Parkinson's Disease Rat Model

Jia Luo, Michael G. Kaplitt, Helen L. Fitzsimons, David S. Zuzga, Yuhong Liu, Michael L. Oshinsky, and Matthew J. During
Science 11 October 2002: 425-429.
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Technical Comments

 Effect of Producing Sons on Maternal Longevity in Premodern Populations

Jan Beise, Eckart Voland, Samuli Helle, Virpi Lummaa, and Jukka Jokela
Science 11 October 2002: 317.
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