Opinion

Subjectivity, objectivity and the insights they bring p213

Discussions about art and science can be frustrating but occasionally stimulating. The Editor explains why this issue includes the first of a series of artistic and art-historical contributions to Nature.

Philip Campbell

doi:10.1038/38333

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News

Chip-making equipment industry warns of threat from Intel deal p215

Colin Macilwain

doi:10.1038/38335

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Brussels slims down advisory body p215

Alison Abbott

doi:10.1038/38338

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India opens up its nuclear reactors to foreign inspection p216

K. S. Jayaraman

doi:10.1038/38340

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Uncertain aims delay start of Internet research effort p216

Colin Macilwain

doi:10.1038/38342

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Science to stay on top at French museum p217

Declan Butler

doi:10.1038/38345

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NASA looks to overhaul grants process p218

Tony Reichhardt

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Lack of cash for instruments 'threatens ESA science missions' p218

Alison Abbott

doi:10.1038/38351

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Ozone treaty 'must tackle CFC smuggling' p219

David Spurgeon

doi:10.1038/38353

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'Surprising success' of the Montreal Protocol p219

David Spurgeon

doi:10.1038/38356

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Australia eyes role in Gemini telescopes p220

Peter Pockley

doi:10.1038/38358

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New research chief faces multiple challenges p220

Peter Pockley

doi:10.1038/38360

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Image of Newton reopens historic divide p221

Ehsan Masood

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C. P. Snow's 'two cultures' thesis was just 'declinist whinging' p221

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News in Brief p222

doi:10.1038/38369

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Correspondence

Italy needs its an NIH of its own p224

Giuseppe Benagiano

doi:10.1038/38372

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Cheques and balances p224

Douglas B. Kell and David McA. McKirdy

doi:10.1038/38374

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Credit where it's due p224

Sanjay A. Pai

doi:10.1038/38376

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Commentary

Climate science and insurance risk p225

Partnerships between insurance companies and climate scientists are a model for how academic science can provide value to business. These partnerships benefit both businesses and scientists, as well as the wider public.

doi:10.1038/38378

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News and Views

Efficient fish not faint-hearted p229

Elizabeth Brainerd

doi:10.1038/38381

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Particle physics:  Exotic meson plays hard-to-get p230

Frank Close

doi:10.1038/38384

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Chromatin structure:  The nucleosome core all wrapped up p231

Daniela Rhodes

doi:10.1038/38386

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100 and 50 years ago p233

doi:10.1038/38390

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Origins of life:  A left-handed Solar System? p234

Christopher F. Chyba

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Avoided objects:  Freudian abstracts p234

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Binocular vision:  Seeing in reverse p235

Ian P. Howard

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Apoptosis:  Clues in the p53 murder mystery p237

Andrew Wyllie

doi:10.1038/38405

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Daedalus:  Back to the womb p238

David Jones

doi:10.1038/38408

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Gene therapy - promises, problems and prospects p239

Inder M. Verma and Nikunj Somia

doi:10.1038/38410

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Scientific Correspondence

Superconductivity enhanced by Hg fission p243

L. Krusin-Elbaum, D. Lopez, J. R. Thompson, R. Wheeler, J. Ullmann, C. W. Chu and Q. M. Lin

doi:10.1038/38415

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Glycerol generates turgor in rice blast p244

Joke C. de Jong, Barbara J. McCormack, Nicholas Smirnoff and Nicholas J. Talbot

doi:10.1038/38418

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Reptile relationships turn turtle... p245

Michael S. Y. Lee

doi:10.1038/38422

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...and turn back again p246

James E. Platz and J. Michael Conlon

doi:10.1038/38425

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Book Reviews

The business of sustainability p247

Robert Day reviews Factor Four: Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use by Ernst von Weizsäcker, Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins and Charging Ahead: The Business of Renewable Energy and What it Means for America by John J. Berger

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On the shoulders of giants p247

doi:10.1038/38430

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Emergent learning p248

Eugenie C. Scott reviews Connected Knowledge: Science, Philosophy, and Education by Alan Cromer

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Old companions who learn new tricks p249

doi:10.1038/38435

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Fins, legs, fins p249

Michael W. Caldwell reviews Ancient Marine Reptiles edited by Jack M. Callaway and Elizabeth L. Nicholls

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Axioms for biology p250

Paul E. Griffiths reviews Foundations of Biophilosophy by Martin Mahner and Mario Bunge

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When the rains come p250

Julia Slingo reviews Climates of South Asia by G. B. Pant and K. Rupa Kumar

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Article

Crystal structure of the nucleosome core particle at 2.8 Å resolution p251

Karolin Luger, Armin W. Mäder, Robin K. Richmond, David F. Sargent and Timothy J. Richmond

doi:10.1038/38444

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Letters to Nature

The radio afterglow from the -ray burst of 8 May 1997 p261

D. A. Frail, S. R. Kulkarni, L. Nicastro, M. Feroci and G. B. Taylor

doi:10.1038/38451

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Position and parallax of the -ray burst of 8 May 1997 p263

G. B. Taylor, D. A. Frail, A. J. Beasley and S. R. Kulkarni

doi:10.1038/38456

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Isotopic evidence for extraterrestrial non- racemic amino acids in the Murchison meteorite p265

M. H. Engel and S. A. Macko

doi:10.1038/38460

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Creating electrical contacts between metal particles using directed electrochemical growth p268

Jean-Claude Bradley, Hsuing-Ming Chen, Jeffrey Crawford, Jennifer Eckert, Karima Ernazarova, Thomas Kurzeja, Muduo Lin, Michael McGee, Wolfgang Nadler and Samuel G. Stephens

doi:10.1038/38464

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The interplay between binding energy and catalysis in the evolution of a catalytic antibody p271

Helle D. Ulrich, Emily Mundorff, Bernard D. Santarsiero, Edward M. Driggers, Raymond C. Stevens and Peter G. Schultz

doi:10.1038/38470

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Sources and contribution of terrigenous organic carbon to surface sediments in the Gulf of Mexico p275

Miguel A. Goñi, Kathleen C. Ruttenberg and Timothy I. Eglinton

doi:10.1038/38477

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Trade-off between parasitoid resistance and larval competitive ability in Drosophila melanogaster p278

A. R. Kraaijeveld and H. C. J. Godfray

doi:10.1038/38483

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Responses of primary visual cortical neurons to binocular disparity without depth perception p280

B. G. Cumming and A. J. Parker

doi:10.1038/38487

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Vergence eye movements in response to binocular disparity without depth perception p283

G. S. Masson, C. Busettini and F. A. Miles

doi:10.1038/38496

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Action-potential propagation gated by an axonal I_A-like K⁺ conductance in hippocampus p286

Dominique Debanne, Nathalie C. Guérineau, Beat H. Gähwiler and Scott M. Thompson

doi:10.1038/38502

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Phospholipase C isozymes selectively couple to specific neurotransmitter receptors p290

Daesoo Kim, Ki Sun Jun, Seong Beom Lee, Nae-Gyu Kang, Do Sik Min, Young-Hoon Kim, Sung Ho Ryu, Pann-Ghill Suh and Hee-Sup Shin

doi:10.1038/38508

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Stimulation of CFTR activity by its phosphorylated R domain p294

Michael C. Winter and Michael J. Welsh

doi:10.1038/38514

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Direct stimulation of Bruton's tyrosine kinase by G_q-protein -subunit p296

Kendra Bence, Wei Ma, Tohru Kozasa and Xin-Yun Huang

doi:10.1038/38520

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A model for p53-induced apoptosis p300

Kornelia Polyak, Yong Xia, Jay L. Zweier, Kenneth W. Kinzler and Bert Vogelstein

doi:10.1038/38525

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Self-organization of microtubules and motors p305

F. J. Ndlec, T. Surrey, A. C. Maggs and S. Leibler

doi:10.1038/38532

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Structure of a viral procapsid with molecular scaffolding p308

Terje Dokland, Robert McKenna, Leodevico L. Ilag, Brian R. Bowman, Nino L. Incardona, Bentley A. Fane and Michael G. Rossmann

doi:10.1038/38537

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