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- 1From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Henry Gee [1] Kiln People by David Brin Tor: 2002. 336 pp. $25.95 According to Jewish folklore, a sixteenth-century rabbi of Bohemia called Yehuda Loew devised an antidote to anti-Semitic attacks: a...
- 2From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Denis J. Headon [1]; Stephanie A. Emmal [2]; Betsy M. Ferguson [2]; Abigail S. Tucker [3]; Monica J. Justice [4]; Paul T. Sharpe [5]; Jonathan Zonana [2]; Paul A. Overbeek (corresponding author) [1, 4]...
- 3From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Les Firbank [1] Sir Despite the statement in your Opinion article "Finding a future for GM crops" (Nature 414, 1; 2001), the Supply Chain Initiative on Modified Agricultural Crops (SCIMAC) is not involved...
- 4From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Masahira Hattori (corresponding author) [1]; Todd D. Taylor (corresponding author) [1] Believe it or not, the Harry Potter stories aren't the only highly anticipated series being published these days. On...
- 5From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-Reviewed100 YEARS AGO Messages from Newfoundland announce that Mr. Marconi has succeeded in signalling from England to America by wireless telegraph. Detailed information is not yet available, but it is said that the signals...
- 6From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Leslie Iversen [1] The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics 1500-2000 by Richard Davenport-Hines Weidenfeld & Nicholson: 2001. 481 pp. £20 Our inability to control the illegal use of...
- 7From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-ReviewedIndian government orders review of human drug trials New Delhi The Indian government has ordered an immediate review of the ethics and safety of all human drug trials being conducted in the country. The move was...
- 8From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Maurice Pope [1] A History of Writing by Steven Roger Fischer Reaktion Books: 2001. 352 pp. £19.95, $29.95 Writing is a sophisticated accomplishment. Was it therefore the product of intelligent design...
- 9From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-ReviewedGenerous tax-free salaries topped up with non-residence allowances; remuneration to cover school fees; regular, paid trips home: these are among the privileges enjoyed by scientists at Europe's leading multinational...
- 10From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Quirin Schiermeier Munich Radical plans for the European Commission's next Framework programme for scientific research have been watered down by European Union research ministers. The plans would have...
- 11From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Keunchan Oh [1]; Kyu-Sung Jeong [2]; Jeffrey S. Moore (corresponding author) [1] The biological function of biomacromolecules such as DNA and enzymes depends on their ability to perform and control...
- 12From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Caroline L. Herzenberg [1] Sir [illus. 1] Your informative News Feature "Eyes on the prize" (Nature 413, 560-564; 2001) contains a photo of the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov, winner of the 1904 Nobel...
- 13From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Tony Reichhardt Washington The new President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) -- named by the White House last week -- is dominated by computer-industry executives. Bench...
- 14From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Bryan Lemon; Carla Inouye; David S. King; Robert Tjian (corresponding author) An array of regulatory protein and multi-subunit cofactors has been identified [1] that directs eukaryotic gene transcription....
- 15From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): David Adam London Researchers in the United Kingdom have an added reason for Christmas cheer -- more than half of them now work in university departments that are rated as "world class". These are the...
- 16From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-Reviewed[illus. 1] The globular star cluster M15, lying in the constellation Pegasus, was the first globular cluster that was found to contain a planetary nebula (seen towards the upper left corner of the field). The image comes...
- 17From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Michael Gillmer [1] This Man's Pill: Reflections on the 50th Birthday of the Pill by Carl Djerassi Oxford University Press: 2001. 320 pp. £12.99, $22.50 Sexual Chemistry: A History of the...
- 18From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Catherine L. Peichel [1]; Kirsten S. Nereng [1]; Kenneth A. Ohgi [1]; Bonnie L. E. Cole [1]; Pamela F. Colosimo [1]; C. Alex Buerkle [2]; Dolph Schluter [3]; David M. Kingsley (corresponding author) [1] The...
- 19From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Jonathan Knight San Francisco Geophysicists keen to access the most comprehensive topographical maps of the Earth ever produced are facing a longer wait than expected. The US Department of Defense has...
- 20From: Nature. (Vol. 414, Issue 6866) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): David Cyranoski Tokyo Several hundred Japanese physicists and engineers face an uncertain future after the government announced plans to merge two nuclear research institutes by 2006. The move follows a...