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| | A modest proposal to the Department of Education and Science 91
doi:10.1038/267091a0
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| | Today's risks: thinking the unthinkable 92
Reg Farmer, Safety Adviser to the UK Atomic Energy Authority and Visiting Professor at Imperial College of Science and Technology, offers his perspective on risk in modern society
Reg Farmer
doi:10.1038/267092a0
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| | Zoo story 94
Alastair Hay looks at the London Zoo, now experiencing some changes at the top
Alastair Hay
doi:10.1038/267094a0
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| | Fiftieth anniversary of the Dunn School of Pathology 96
Peter Newmark
doi:10.1038/267096a0
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| | USA: The costs of high technology 97
A report last week on X-ray scanners has raised questions about expensive technology in the US health care system. Colin Norman reports from Washington
Colin Norman
doi:10.1038/267097a0
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| | USA 98
Colin Norman
doi:10.1038/267098a0
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| | West Germany: Energy plan published 98
Werner Gries reports from Bonn on the energy research programme recently approved by the West German government
Werner Gries
doi:10.1038/267098b0
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| | Sweden 99
Wendy Barnaby
doi:10.1038/267099a0
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| | In Brief 100
doi:10.1038/267100a0
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| | Where goes the oil? 100
doi:10.1038/267100b0
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| | Muck is magic 101
KENNETH MELLANBY
doi:10.1038/267101a0
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| | 'The Selfish Gene' 102
W. D. HAMILTON
doi:10.1038/267102a0
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| | Efficient fish 102
J. C. J. DOMANIEWSKI
doi:10.1038/267102b0
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| | Value of textbooks 102
H. HILLMAN & P. SARTORY
doi:10.1038/267102c0
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| | Competition 102
doi:10.1038/267102d0
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| | Cosmic gamma-ray bursts 103
K. J. Orford
doi:10.1038/267103a0
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| | A hundred years ago 103
doi:10.1038/267103b0
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| | Sequencing DNA 104
Maria Szekely
doi:10.1038/267104a0
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| | Man-made auroral pulsations 104
Alan Johnstone
doi:10.1038/267104b0
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| | Are the Ir genes expressed by macrophages? 105
Marc Feldmann
doi:10.1038/267105a0
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| | Centrally active peptides 106
John Hughes
doi:10.1038/267106a0
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| | Membranes and receptors 107
Peter Newmark
doi:10.1038/267107a0
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| | Multinucleon transfer reactions 107
P. E. Hodgson
doi:10.1038/267107b0
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| | Positive ions in the stratosphere 109
L. Thomas
doi:10.1038/267109a0
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| | Whither protein structures? 109
S. D. Dover
doi:10.1038/267109b0
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| | Heat flow at the mantle surface 110
Peter J. Smith
doi:10.1038/267110a0
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| | Economics of alternative energy sources 111
Martin Ryle
doi:10.1038/267111a0
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| | A chaotic cosmology 117
John D. Barrow
doi:10.1038/267117a0
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| | A physical interpretation of the Haicheng earthquake prediction 121
C. H. Scholz
doi:10.1038/267121a0
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| | Control of grip and stick in cell adhesion through lateral relationships of membrane glycoproteins 124
David A. Rees, Clive W. Lloyd & David Thom
doi:10.1038/267124a0
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| | Cosmological tests of general relativity 128
P. HUT
doi:10.1038/267128a0
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| | Tugboat model for OB binaries, X-ray stars and pulsars 130
DAVID J. HELFAND & EUGENE TADEMARU
doi:10.1038/267130a0
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| | Preliminary results from Solrad 11  -burst detectors 131
J. G. LAROS, W. D. EVANS, R. W. KLEBESADEL, R. A. OLSON & R. E. SPALDING
doi:10.1038/267131a0
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| | Detection of 4He in stratospheric particles gives evidence of extraterrestrial origin 133
R. S. RAJAN, D. E. BROWNLEE, D. TOMANDL, P. W. HODGE, HARRY FARRAR IV & R. A. BRITTEN
doi:10.1038/267133a0
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| | Pulsating aurora induced by upper atmospheric barium releases 135
C. DEEHR & G. ROMICK
doi:10.1038/267135a0
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| | Configuration of the magnetic field and reconstruction of Pangaea in the Permian period 136
M. WESTPHAL
doi:10.1038/267136a0
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| | Isotopic evidence for dramatic climatic changes in East Africa during the Pleistocene 137
T. E. CERLING, R. L. HAY & J. R. O'NEIL
doi:10.1038/267137a0
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| | Location and age of Mesolithic coastal occupation sites on Oronsay, Inner Hebrides 138
W. G. JARDINE
doi:10.1038/267138a0
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| | Spontaneous formation of bubbles in gas-supersaturated water 141
EDVARD A. HEMMINGSEN
doi:10.1038/267141a0
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| | X-ray analysis of Co-C bond cleavage in the crystalline state 142
YUJI OHASHI & YOSHIO SASADA
doi:10.1038/267142a0
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| | A physicochemical mechanism for magnetic field detection by migratory birds and homing pigeons 144
M. J. M. LEASK
doi:10.1038/267144a0
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| | Sources of sulphur in rain collected below a wheat canopy 146
CLAIRE C. RAYBOULD, M. H. UNSWORTH & P. J. GREGORY
doi:10.1038/267146a0
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| | Seed germination in response to diurnal fluctuations of temperature 147
K. THOMPSON, J. P. GRIME & G. MASON
doi:10.1038/267147a0
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| | Energy requirement for symbiotic nitrogen fixation 149
J. H. SILSBURY
doi:10.1038/267149a0
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Krameria, free fatty acids and oil-collecting bees 150
BERYL B. SIMPSON, JOHN L. NEFF & DAVID SEIGLER
doi:10.1038/267150a0
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| | Mating advantage of rare males in models of sexual selection 151
PETER O'DONALD
doi:10.1038/267151a0
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| | Spontaneous forward mutation versus reversion frequencies for maize Adh1 in pollen 154
MICHAEL FREELING
doi:10.1038/267154a0
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| | Determinant selection is a macrophage dependent immune response gene function 156
ALAN S. ROSENTHAL, MARCELLO A. BARCINSKI & J. THOMAS BLAKE
doi:10.1038/267156a0
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| | Nucleoside-specific tolerance suppresses anti-nucleoside antibody forming cells 158
B. DAVID STOLLAR & YVES BOREL
doi:10.1038/267158a0
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| | T-cell cytotoxicity in the absence of viral protein synthesis in target cells 160
U. KOSZINOWSKI, M. J. GETHING & M. WATERFIELD
doi:10.1038/267160a0
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| | Cellular inactivation by ultrasound 163
GLORIA C. LI, GEORGE M. HAHN & LEONARD J. TOLMACH
doi:10.1038/267163a0
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| | Effect of human interferon preparations on lymphoblastogenesis in Down's syndrome 165
CLAIRE G. CUPPLES & Y. H. TAN
doi:10.1038/267165a0
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| | Dystrophic mice show age related muscle fibre and myelinated axon losses 167
A. MONTGOMERY & L. SWENARCHUK
doi:10.1038/267167a0
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| | Cs+ causes a voltage-dependent block of inward K currents in resting skeletal muscle fibres 169
LOUISE A. GAY & P. R. STANFIELD
doi:10.1038/267169a0
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| | Is hyperosmotic neurosecretion from motor nerve endings a calcium-dependent process? 170
Y. SHIMONI, E. ALNAES & R. RAHAMIMOFF
doi:10.1038/267170a0
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| | Sodium and calcium action potential in pituitary cells 172
BERNARD BIALES, MARC A. DICHTER & ARTHUR TISCHLER
doi:10.1038/267172a0
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| | Caffeine restores feeding response to 2-deoxy-D-glucose in 6-hydroxydopamine-treated rats 174
E. M. STRICKER, M. B. ZIMMERMAN, M. I. FRIEDMAN & M. J. ZIGMOND
doi:10.1038/267174a0
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| | Nucleic acid sequences of primate type C viruses in normal and neoplastic human tissues 175
EDWARD V. PROCHOWNIK & WERNER H. KIRSTEN
doi:10.1038/267175a0
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| | Chaos in an enzyme reaction 177
LARS FOLKE OLSEN & HANS DEGN
doi:10.1038/267177a0
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KATHLEEN M. ROSE, LINN E. BELL & SAMSON T. JACOB
doi:10.1038/267178a0
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| | The Late Weichselian geomagnetic event 181
MARK NOËL
doi:10.1038/267181a0
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| | The Late Weichselian geomagnetic event (reply) 181
R. THOMPSON & B. BERGLUND
doi:10.1038/267181b0
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| | Liquid nitrogen enhancement of partially annealed fission tracks in glass 182
G. A. WAGNER & B. S. CARPENTER
doi:10.1038/267182a0
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L. J. PILIONE & D. P. GOLD
doi:10.1038/267182b0
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| | Lack of correlation between tight junction morphology and permeability properties in developing choroid plexus 182
M. W. BRADBURY
doi:10.1038/267182c0
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| | Lack of correlation between tight junction morphology and permeability properties in developing choroid plexus (reply) 183
K. MOLLGARD, D. H. MALINOWSKA & N. R. SAUNDERS
doi:10.1038/267183a0
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N. G. MAROUDAS
doi:10.1038/267183b0
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T. J. CROW, J. W. F. DEAKIN & E. C. JOHNSTONE
doi:10.1038/267183c0
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| | Stereospecificity and clinical potency of neuroleptics (reply) 184
S. J. ENNA, J. P. BENNETT JR, D. R. BURT, I. CREESE, D. C. U'PRICHARD, D. A. GREENBERG & S. H. SNYDER
doi:10.1038/267184a0
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| | History of African crops 185
Origins of African Plant Domestication
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doi:10.1038/267185a0
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| | Distinguished Arctic explorer 186
Sir John Richardson: Arctic Explorer, Natural Historian, Naval Surgeon
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doi:10.1038/267186a0
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| | Process of language understanding 186
Computational Semantics: An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Comprehension
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doi:10.1038/267186b0
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| | Major histocompatibility complex 187
Histocompatibility
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doi:10.1038/267187a0
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| | [Book Reviews 'picture story'] 187
doi:10.1038/267187b0
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| | Marine pollution handbook 188
Marine Pollution
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doi:10.1038/267188a0
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| | Muscular exercise 188
Biomechanics and Energetics of Muscular Exercise
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doi:10.1038/267188b0
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Zden k Kopal
doi:10.1038/267189a0
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| | Announcements 190
doi:10.1038/267190a0
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| | Reports and Publications 190
doi:10.1038/267190b0
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