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| | Reductionists lay claim to the mind 97
There are deep disagreements about how science should deal with the problem of consciousness. But neuroscientists should soon be in a position to set the agenda. The result is likely to be rapid progress.
doi:10.1038/381097a0
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| | Antarctica research essential for continued influence, says panel 99
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/381099a0
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| | Scrutiny delays Brent Spar report 99
Ehsan Masood
doi:10.1038/381099b0
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| | Synchrotron bids seek ways to raise money 100
Declan Butler & David Dickson
doi:10.1038/381100a0
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| | Australian astronomers are rebuffed in move to apply for ESO membership 100
Peter Pockley
doi:10.1038/381100b0
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| | Argonne sees bright future from new photon source 101
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/381101a0
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| | UK council seeks £60 million 'pulse' to ease LHC burden 102
David Dickson
doi:10.1038/381102a0
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| | 'Voucher' scheme will give costed access to facilities 102
DAVID DICKSON
doi:10.1038/381102b0
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| | Ceiling principle 'not needed' in DNA cases 103
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/381103a0
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| | Group plans boost to German biotech 103
Alison Abbott
doi:10.1038/381103b0
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| | Partners fall out over supercomputer bid 104
Rex Dalton
doi:10.1038/381104a0
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| | Inquiry clears Canadian researchers 104
David Spurgeon
doi:10.1038/381104b0
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| | Superconductivity spurs Japanese plan for NMR research 105
David Swinbanks
doi:10.1038/381105a0
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| | 'Race and IQ' psychologist in inquiry over teaching conduct 105
Ruth Bell & Ehsan Masood
doi:10.1038/381105b0
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| | News in Brief | |
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| | News in brief 106
doi:10.1038/381106a0
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| | Academic management 108
Michael Baumann
doi:10.1038/381108a0
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| | Neem pest not a mystery 108
D. Sundararaju & P. C. Sundara Babu
doi:10.1038/381108b0
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| | Ads from the edge 108
Kofi Crentsil
doi:10.1038/381108c0
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| | Lakes under a three-pronged attack 109
Two studies of environmental damage to lakes in Canada teach us several lessons — not least, that understanding such problems requires long-term investigations that take into account the complex interactions involved.
Eville Gorham
doi:10.1038/381109a0
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| | Mutation-causing mutations 110
Nathan A. Ellis
doi:10.1038/381110a0
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| | The physiology of the planet 111
Lee R. Kump
doi:10.1038/381111a0
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| | Picking up the TAB 112
Stephen K. Burley
doi:10.1038/381112a0
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| | A gold mine of methane 114
William C. Evans
doi:10.1038/381114a0
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| | Towards the ideal detector 115
Francesco Paresce
doi:10.1038/381115a0
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| | Left, right, left... turn 116
Rosa Beddington
doi:10.1038/381116a0
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| | Diamond films put on display 116
Philip Ball
doi:10.1038/381116b0
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| | Only one speed per object 117
Oliver Braddick
doi:10.1038/381117a0
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| | Grave solutions 118
David Jones
doi:10.1038/381118a0
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| | Prediction of future BSE spread 119
Dov J. Stekel, Martin A. Nowak & T. R. E. Southwood
doi:10.1038/381119a0
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| | Even smaller radar tags on insects 120
Jens Roland, Graham McKinnon, Chris Backhouse & Philip D. Taylor
doi:10.1038/381120a0
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| | Reducing antibiotic resistance 120
Stephanie J. Schrag & Véronique Perrot
doi:10.1038/381120b0
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| | Obligate anaerobe or not? 121
David Lloyd
doi:10.1038/381121a0
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| | Sinistral nematode population 122
Marie-Anne Félix, Paul W. Sternberg & Paul De. Ley
doi:10.1038/381122a0
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| | Hard-headed dualism 123
Christof Koch
doi:10.1038/381123a0
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| | Never knowingly undersold 124
Stephen Battersby
doi:10.1038/381124a0
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| | Is God green? 125
John Adams
doi:10.1038/381125a0
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| | Earth's timekeeper 126
Joel D. Blum
doi:10.1038/381126a0
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| | Just airborne 126
C. J. Pennycuick
doi:10.1038/381126b0
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| | Crystal structure of a yeast TFIIA/TBP/DNA complex 127
Song Tan, Yvonne Hunziker, David F. Sargent & Timothy J. Richmond
doi:10.1038/381127a0
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| | Single optical photon detection with a superconducting tunnel junction 135
A. Peacock, P. Verhoeve, N. Rando, A. van Dordrecht, B. G. Taylor, C. Erd, M. A. C. Perryman, R. Venn, J. Howlett, D. J. Goldie, J. Lumley & M. Wallis
doi:10.1038/381135a0
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| | A universal scaling law for atomic diffusion in condensed matter 137
Mikhail Dzugutov
doi:10.1038/381137a0
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| | Low-threshold cold cathodes made of nitrogen-doped chemical-vapour-deposited diamond 140
Ken Okano, Satoshi Koizumi, S. Ravi P. Silva & Gehan A. J. Amaratunga
doi:10.1038/381140a0
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| | Increased UV-B penetration in a lake owing to drought-induced acidification 141
Norman D. Yan, Wendel Keller, Norman M. Scully, David R. S. Lean & Peter J. Dillon
doi:10.1038/381141a0
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| | A latitudinal gradient in carbon turnover times in forest soils 143
Michael I. Bird, Allan R. Chivas & John Head
doi:10.1038/381143a0
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| | Effects of mass extinctions on biodiversity 146
V. Courtillot & Y. Gaudemer
doi:10.1038/381146a0
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| | Strategy for rapid immobilization of prey by a fish-hunting marine snail 148
Heinrich Terlau, Ki-Joon Shon, Michelle Grilley, Martin Stocker, Walter Stühmer & Baldomero M. Olivera
doi:10.1038/381148a0
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| | Left–right asymmetric expression of the TGF -family member lefty in mouse embryos 151
Chikara Meno, Yukio Saijoh, Hideta Fujii, Masako Ikeda, Takahiko Yokoyama, Minesuke Yokoyama, Yutaka Toyoda & Hiroshi Hamada
doi:10.1038/381151a0
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| | Relationship between asymmetric nodal expression and the direction of embryonic turning 155
Jérôme Collignon, Isabella Varlet & Elizabeth J. Robertson
doi:10.1038/381155a0
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| | Conserved left–right asymmetry of nodal expression and alterations in murine situs inversus
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Linda A. Lowe, Dorothy M. Supp, Karuna Sampath, Takahiko Yokoyama, Christopher V. E. Wright, S. Steven Potter, Paul Overbeek & Michael R. Kuehn
doi:10.1038/381158a0
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| | Perceived visual speed constrained by image segmentation 161
Preeti Verghese & Leland S. Stone
doi:10.1038/381161a0
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Arnold J. Heynen, Wickliffe C. Abraham & Mark F. Bear
doi:10.1038/381163a0
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| | A role for the proteasome regulator PA28 in antigen presentation 166
Marcus Groettrup, Andrea Soza, Maren Eggers, Lothar Kuehn, Tobias P. Dick, Hansjörg Schild, Hans-Georg Rammensee, Ulrich H. Koszinowski & Peter-M. Kloetzel
doi:10.1038/381166a0
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| | A DEAD-box RNA helicase in the Escherichia coli RNA degradosome 169
Béatrice Py, Christopher F. Higgins, Henry M. Krisch & Agamemnon J. Carpousis
doi:10.1038/381169a0
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| | A canine distemper virus epidemic in Serengeti lions (Panthera leo) 172
Melody E. Roelke-Parker, Linda Munson, Craig Packer, Richard Kock, Sarah Cleaveland, Margaret Carpenter, Stephen J. O'Brien, Andreas Pospischil, Regina Hofmann-Lehmann, Hans Lutz, George L. M. Mwamengele, M. N. Mgasa, G. A. Machange, Brian A. Summers & Max J. G. Appel
doi:10.1038/381172a0
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| | The structure of the Escherichia coli EF-Tu. EF-Ts complex at 2.5 Å resolution 172
Takemasa Kawashima, Carmen Berthet-Colominas, Michael Wulff, Stephen Cusack & Reuben Leberman
doi:10.1038/381172b0
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| | A comprehensive genetic map of the mouse genome 172
William F. Dietrich, Joyce Miller, Robert Steen, Mark A. Merchant, Deborah Damron-Boles, Zeeshan Husain, Robert Dredge, Mark J. Daly, Kimberly A. Ingalls, Tara J. O'Connor, Cheryl A. Evans, Margaret M. DeAngelis, David M. Levinson, Leonid Kruglyak, Nathan Goodman, Neal G. Copeland, Nancy A. Jenkins, Trevor L. Hawkins, Lincoln Stein, David C. Page & Eric S. Lander
doi:10.1038/381172c0
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| | Modulation of Ca2+ channels by G-protein  subunits 172
Stefan Herlitze, David E. Garcia, Ken Mackie, Bertil Hille, Todd Scheuer & William A. Catterall
doi:10.1038/381172d0
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This week's issue reviews new technology and laboratory items in the field of microbiology, including a new anaerobe identification system, new gel electrophoresis boxes and a clinical laboratory microscope.
Brendan Horton
doi:10.1038/381173a0
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