THE CLASS OF 2005:
United States: Two Scientists and a Baby

Jim Austin
Science 21 October 2005: 518-519.
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THE CLASS OF 2005:
Germany: Deciphering Cellular Processes

Anne Forde
Science 21 October 2005: 519-520.
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THE CLASS OF 2005:
France: A Knot Mathematician, With a Twist

Elizabeth Pain
Science 21 October 2005: 520.
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THE CLASS OF 2005:
Spain: A Physicist Keen to Put Things in Order

Elizabeth Pain
Science 21 October 2005: 520-521.
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THE CLASS OF 2005:
Norway: A Neuroscientist Making Connections

Anne Forde
Science 21 October 2005: 521.
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THE CLASS OF 2005:
Belgium: A Particle Physicist On Track

Elizabeth Pain
Science 21 October 2005: 521.
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THE CLASS OF 2005:
Germany: Tracking Pollutants

Anne Forde
Science 21 October 2005: 521.
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This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
Science and the Digital Divide

Shuichi Iwata and Robert S. Chen
Science 21 October 2005: 405.
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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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New Products

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News of the Week

STEM CELLS:
Deriving 'Controversy-Free' ES Cells Is Controversial

Gretchen Vogel
Science 21 October 2005: 416-417.
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STEM CELLS:
U.S. Public Supports Stem Cell Research

Constance Holden
Science 21 October 2005: 416.
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AVIAN INFLUENZA:
Europe Scrambles to Control Deadly H5N1 Strain

Dennis Normile
Science 21 October 2005: 417.
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EVOLUTION:
New Migration Route Could Lead to New Species of Bird

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 21 October 2005: 419.
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PHYSICS:
Magnetic Fields Give Heat a Curious Sideways Shove

Adrian Cho
Science 21 October 2005: 420.
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METEOROLOGY:
Rise of the Forecasting Machines

Richard Kerr
Science 21 October 2005: 420.
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PLANETARY SCIENCE:
Titan Clouds Hint of Heavy Rains, Methane Gurglings

Richard A. Kerr
Science 21 October 2005: 421.
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TOXICOLOGY:
Panel Finds No Proof That Phthalates Harm Infant Reproductive Systems

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 21 October 2005: 422.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH:
NIH Aims to Create 'Homes' for Clinical Science

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 21 October 2005: 422-423.
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U.S. ECONOMY:
Panel Calls for More Science Funding to Preserve U.S. Prestige

Eli Kintisch
Science 21 October 2005: 423.
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U.S. ASTRONOMY:
You Make the Call, NASA Chief Tells Scientists

Carolyn Gramling and Andrew Lawler
Science 21 October 2005: 425.
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SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING:
Retracted Papers Spur Million-Dollar Lawsuit

John Travis
Science 21 October 2005: 425.
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ScienceScope

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Random Samples

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News Focus

AVIAN INFLUENZA:
Are Wild Birds to Blame?

Dennis Normile
Science 21 October 2005: 426-428.
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AVIAN INFLUENZA:
Keeping Track of Viral Air Traffic

Martin Enserink
Science 21 October 2005: 428.
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AVIAN INFLUENZA:
Preaching Against the Pandemic

Martin Enserink
Science 21 October 2005: 429.
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PLANETARY EXPLORATION:
European Probe Returns to Our Neglected Neighbor

Govert Schilling
Science 21 October 2005: 431.
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CLIMATE CHANGE:
Confronting the Bogeyman of the Climate System

Richard A. Kerr
Science 21 October 2005: 432-433.
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CLIMATE CHANGE:
Hedging Your Climate-Change Bets

Richard A. Kerr
Science 21 October 2005: 433.
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Letters

This Week's Letters

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 An Open Letter to Cancer Researchers

Stephen J. Elledge and Gregory J. Hannon
Science 21 October 2005: 439-441.
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 Evaluating Evidence for Aging

Richard A. Miller;, David Gershon;, Tomas A. Prolla, and R. H. Weindruch
Science 21 October 2005: 441-443.
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 Tracing Contaminants with ¹⁵N Measurements

Keith A. Hobson;, Jules M. Blais, Lynda E. Kimpe, Dominique McMahon, Bronwyn E. Keatley, Mark L. Mallory, Marianne S. V. Douglas, and John P. Smol
Science 21 October 2005: 443.
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 Corrections and Clarifications

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Books et al.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES:
Escaping an Epidemic

Larry J. Anderson
Science 21 October 2005: 444-445.
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 Browsings

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Books Received

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Policy Forum

NUCLEAR WASTE:
Proof of Safety at Yucca Mountain

Luther J. Carter and Thomas H. Pigford
Science 21 October 2005: 447-448.
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Perspectives

SYSTEMS BIOLOGY:
Less Is More in Modeling Large Genetic Networks

Stefan Bornholdt
Science 21 October 2005: 449-451.
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CHEMISTRY:
The Renaissance of Natural Products as Drug Candidates

Ian Paterson and Edward A. Anderson
Science 21 October 2005: 451-453.
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APPLIED PHYSICS:
Enhanced: Molecular Orbitals Tell the Story

James N. O'Shea
Science 21 October 2005: 453-454.
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EVOLUTION:
Changing the Cofactor Diet of an Enzyme

Andrew D. Ellington and J. J. Bull
Science 21 October 2005: 454-455.
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Reviews

Ice-Sheet and Sea-Level Changes

Richard B. Alley, Peter U. Clark, Philippe Huybrechts, and Ian Joughin
Science 21 October 2005: 456-460.
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Brevia

Glycine-Rich Antifreeze Proteins from Snow Fleas

Laurie A. Graham and Peter L. Davies
Science 21 October 2005: 461.
"Snow fleas" (Collembola) have an antifreeze protein that is rich in glycine and distinct from those of beetles and moths, implying a separate evolutionary innovation in arthropods.
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Reports

Air-Stable All-Inorganic Nanocrystal Solar Cells Processed from Solution

Ilan Gur, Neil A. Fromer, Michael L. Geier, and A. Paul Alivisatos
Science 21 October 2005: 462-465.
An efficient miniature solar cell resistant to oxidation is produced by layering films of cadmium-telluride and cadmium selenide nanoparticles on a glass substrate.
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Bridging Dimensions: Demultiplexing Ultrahigh-Density Nanowire Circuits

Robert Beckman, Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin, Yi Luo, Jonathan E. Green, and James R. Heath
Science 21 October 2005: 465-468.
Published online 29 September 2005 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1114757] (in Science Express Reports)
A dielectric bridge oriented perpendicular to an array of nanometer-scale wires allows them to be connected to larger micrometer-scale circuits produced by lithography.
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Visualization of the Molecular Jahn-Teller Effect in an Insulating K₄C₆₀ Monolayer

A. Wachowiak, R. Yamachika, K. H. Khoo, Y. Wang, M. Grobis, D.-H. Lee, Steven G. Louie, and M. F. Crommie
Science 21 October 2005: 468-470.
Addition of potassium to a monolayer of K₃C₆₀ leads to a charge-induced structural rearrangement of the molecules that converts the film from metallic to insulating.
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Biomarker Evidence for Photosynthesis During Neoproterozoic Glaciation

Alison N. Olcott, Alex L. Sessions, Frank A. Corsetti, Alan J. Kaufman, and Tolentino Flavio de Oliviera
Science 21 October 2005: 471-474.
Published online 29 September 2005 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1115769] (in Science Express Reports)
Organic-rich black shale beds in Brazil show that marine organisms were diverse and primary production was at least locally vigorous during a Precambrian Snowball Earth episode.
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The Evolution of Titan's Mid-Latitude Clouds

C. A. Griffith, P. Penteado, K. Baines, P. Drossart, J. Barnes, G. Bellucci, J. Bibring, R. Brown, B. Buratti, F. Capaccioni, P. Cerroni, R. Clark, M. Combes, A. Coradini, D. Cruikshank, V. Formisano, R. Jaumann, Y. Langevin, D. Matson, T. McCord, V. Mennella, R. Nelson, P. Nicholson, B. Sicardy, C. Sotin, L. A. Soderblom, and R. Kursinski
Science 21 October 2005: 474-477.
Space- and ground-based observations of Saturn's moon Titan show that methane clouds repeatedly form and dissipate within hours in the same region.
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Geographic Control of Titan's Mid-Latitude Clouds

Henry G. Roe, Michael E. Brown, Emily L. Schaller, Antonin H. Bouchez, and Chadwick A. Trujillo
Science 21 October 2005: 477-479.
Space- and ground-based observations of Saturn's moon Titan show that methane clouds repeatedly form and dissipate within hours in the same region.
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Selective Logging in the Brazilian Amazon

Gregory P. Asner, David E. Knapp, Eben N. Broadbent, Paulo J. C. Oliveira, Michael Keller, and Jose N. Silva
Science 21 October 2005: 480-482.
High-resolution satellite imaging of the Amazon basin reveals previously undetectable selective logging and forces a doubling of estimates of forest degradation rates.
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Transmission of Equine Influenza Virus to Dogs

P. C. Crawford, Edward J. Dubovi, William L. Castleman, Iain Stephenson, E. P. J. Gibbs, Limei Chen, Catherine Smith, Richard C. Hill, Pamela Ferro, Justine Pompey, Rick A. Bright, Marie-Jo Medina, Influenza Genomics Group, Calvin M. Johnson, Christopher W. Olsen, Nancy J. Cox, Alexander I. Klimov, Jacqueline M. Katz, and Ruben O. Donis
Science 21 October 2005: 482-485.
Published online 26 September 2005 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1117950] (in Science Express Reports)
An entire influenza virus has transferred from horses to dogs, causing sustained outbreaks in racing greyhounds and pets.
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Movement of Eukaryotic mRNAs Between Polysomes and Cytoplasmic Processing Bodies

Muriel Brengues, Daniela Teixeira, and Roy Parker
Science 21 October 2005: 486-489.
Published online 1 September 2005 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1115791] (in Science Express Reports)
Cytoplasmic organelles called P-bodies cannot only degrade mRNA but can store it for later release into the translation machinery.
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The ß-Glucuronidase Klotho Hydrolyzes and Activates the TRPV5 Channel

Q. Chang, S. Hoefs, A. W. van der Kemp, C. N. Topala, R. J. Bindels, and J. G. Hoenderop
Science 21 October 2005: 490-493.
A hormone that influences mammalian life span contributes to tight control of blood calcium by causing a particular kind of calcium channel to accumulate in cell membranes.
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Reciprocal Interference Between Specific CJD and Scrapie Agents in Neural Cell Cultures

Noriuki Nishida, Shigeru Katamine, and Laura Manuelidis
Science 21 October 2005: 493-496.
Infection of cultured neurons with inactive prions that otherwise cause Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease and scrapie can prevent subsequent infection by other prion strains, consistent with in vivo results.
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Interlinked Fast and Slow Positive Feedback Loops Drive Reliable Cell Decisions

Onn Brandman, James E. Ferrell, Jr., Rong Li, and Tobias Meyer
Science 21 October 2005: 496-498.
Many cell signaling networks consist of dual feedback loops, enabling them to combine rapid response with reliable performance.
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The Biochemical Architecture of an Ancient Adaptive Landscape

Mark Lunzer, Stephen P. Miller, Roderick Felsheim, and Antony M. Dean
Science 21 October 2005: 499-501.
Artificial evolution of bacteria by stepwise replacement of amino acids in an enzyme reveals a relatively smooth adaptive landscape with the wild-type strain atop a fitness peak.
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Assortative Mating as a Mechanism for Rapid Evolution of a Migratory Divide

Stuart Bearhop, Wolfgang Fiedler, Robert W. Furness, Stephen C. Votier, Susan Waldron, Jason Newton, Gabriel J. Bowen, Peter Berthold, and Keith Farnsworth
Science 21 October 2005: 502-504.
Two groups of European blackcaps that winter in different locales mate only within their own group in their common summer breeding ground, suggesting a route to allopatric speciation.
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