A review of physics in the United Kingdom highlights the usefulness of external scrutiny and the challenge of getting a part of the community to set itself new standards. Who will take the lead?
doi:10.1038/35014749
Table of contents
Volume 405 Number 6786 pp493-598
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News
Researchers take US government to court over threat to turtles... p495
...as amphibians come under study p495
Green light for plans to sell off US helium reserve p496
UK labs impeded by old equipment p496
Clinical trials end at gene-therapy institute... p497
...as Harvard keeps its ethics guidelines p497
France plans marine research port at Brest p498
Transmutation of nuclear waste branded 'Trojan horse' p498
Germany edges towards stem-cell accord p499
Survey nets volcanic prize p499
French scientists turn to journals in English p500
World's academies seek a sustainable future p501
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News Feature
Requiem for an observatory p504
One of NASA's most productive satellites is about to meet a fiery end. Henry Bortman assesses the achievements of the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, and considers the missions that will follow in its footsteps.
Henry Bortman
doi:10.1038/35014787
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Correspondence
To conserve rainforest, we have to help local people live sustainably p507
S. Jennings, N. D. Brown, T. C. Whitmore, J. N. M. Silva, J. do C. A. Lopes and A. M. V. Baima
doi:10.1038/35014661
Impact factors aren't relevant to taxonomy p507
We have moral authority to apologize for the past p508
Offside researchers score an own goal p508
Winfried S. Peters, Bernd Herkner, Alex Webb and Julian Hibberd
doi:10.1038/35014668
Let Armenia show why it's the place for Sesame p508
Giving Arabs credit for Persian works (again) p508
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Commentary
Time for voices to be raised p509
Scientists must become more involved in controversial public debates.
Derek Burke
doi:10.1038/35014674
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Book Reviews
The house that Jim built p511
Writings from a scientist who has never rested on his Nobel laurels.
doi:10.1038/35014690
Mozart, McCartney and sexual selection p512
doi:10.1038/35014693
Vistas of love p512
doi:10.1038/35014695
Statistical detective p513
Aventis Prizes for Science Books 2000 p513
Making sense of a small world p514
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Millennium Essay
A double-edged sword p515
The technical fix for one genetic disorder had unforeseen repercussions.
Diane Paul
doi:10.1038/35014676
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Futures
Catching crumbs from the table p517
In the face of metahuman science, humans have become metascientists.
Ted Chiang
doi:10.1038/35014679
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News and Views
進化生態学：アルゼンチンアリの超大国
Evolutionary ecology: Pax Argentinica p519
Colonizing species often lose genetic variation. Usually this has harmful effects, but in Argentine ants it has led to loss of clan warfare and formation of supercolonies that overwhelm native species.
David C. Queller
doi:10.1038/35014705
遺伝子調節：遺伝子ネットワークの雑音除去
Gene regulation: Neutralizing noise in gene networks p520
ガラス転移：熱力学に厳しい打撃
Glass transition: Hard knock for thermodynamics p521
100 and 50 years ago p523
doi:10.1038/35014714
認知神経科学：脳の学習方法を学ぶ
Cognitive neuroscience: Learning how the brain learns p523
量子崩壊：見ている湯は速く沸く
Quantum decay: A watched pot boils quicker p525
地形学：川が曲がる事情
Geomorphology: Case of the bends p525
免疫学：キラー細胞の足跡
Immunology: The footprint of a killer p527
Daedalus: Air currents p528
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Astronomy: A massive cool dust torus around
Brief Communications
Pacific leatherback turtles face extinction p529
Fisheries can help avert the alarming decline in population of these ancient reptiles.
James R. Spotila, Richard D. Reina, Anthony C. Steyermark, Pamela T. Plotkin and Frank V. Paladino
doi:10.1038/35014729
Palaeontology: Fossil record of mass moth migration p530
Neurobiology: Presenilin-1 mutations in Alzheimer's disease p531
C. Russo, G. Schettini, T. C. Saido, C. Hulette, C. Lippa, L. Lannfelt, B. Ghetti, P. Gambetti, M. Tabaton and J. K. Teller
doi:10.1038/35014735
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Astronomy: A massive cool dust torus around 
Carinae?
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Hypothesis
物理：量子力学の統計解釈を古典極限から導出する
Inferring the statistical interpretation of quantum mechanics from the classical limit p533
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Article
生化学：クラスI MHCリガンドとの複合体におけるNK細胞免疫グロブリン様受容体の結晶構造
Crystal structure of an NK cell immunoglobulin-like receptor in complex with its class I MHC ligand p537
Jeffrey C. Boyington, Shawn A. Motyka, Peter Schuck, Andrew G. Brooks and Peter D. Sun
doi:10.1038/35014520
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Letters to Nature
宇宙：太陽の「丘」からわかったロスビー波
Rossby waves on the Sun as revealed by solar 'hills' p544
J. R. Kuhn, J. D. Armstrong, R. I. Bush and P. Scherrer
doi:10.1038/35014530
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物理：頻繁に観測すると量子崩壊が早まる
Acceleration of quantum decay processes by frequent observations p546
物性：ガラス形成体モデルにおける、熱力学的相転移の不在
Absence of thermodynamic phase transition in a model glass former p550
化学：表面相転移の動力学
Dynamics of the silicon (111) surface phase transition p552
J. B. Hannon, H. Hibino, N. C. Bartelt, B. S. Swartzentruber, T. Ogino and G. L. Kellogg
doi:10.1038/35014569
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地球：最終氷期と退氷期の間の南西太平洋に対する古い放射性炭素年代
Old radiocarbon ages in the southwest Pacific Ocean during the last glacial period and deglaciation p555
Elisabeth L. Sikes, Catherine R. Samson, Thomas P. Guilderson and William R. Howard
doi:10.1038/35014581
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地球：地球マントルの遷移層底部近傍にある複数の地震学的不連続面
Multiple seismic discontinuities near the base of the transition zone in the Earth's mantle p559
生態：レミングは被食者か捕食者か
Are lemmings prey or predators? p562
P. Turchin, L. Oksanen, P. Ekerholm, T. Oksanen and H. Henttonen
doi:10.1038/35014595
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進化：産仔数の多い母親は仔の生存能を犠牲にして適応度を最大限にする
Highly fecund mothers sacrifice offspring survival to maximize fitness p565
神経：皮質集団活動から漸増的に予測可能な運動学習中の行動出力
Cortical ensemble activity increasingly predicts behaviour outcomes during learning of a motor task p567
Mark Laubach, Johan Wessberg and Miguel A. L. Nicolelis
doi:10.1038/35014604
生理：非起電性ナトリウム/炭酸水素イオン共輸送体NBCn1とその共役ナトリウムチャネル
An electroneutral sodium/bicarbonate cotransporter NBCn1 and associated sodium channel p571
Inyeong Choi, Christian Aalkjaer, Emile L. Boulpaep and Walter F. Boron
doi:10.1038/35014615
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発生：サイクリンDが植物の成長速度を制御する
Cyclin D control of growth rate in plants p575
Claire E. Cockcroft, Bart G. W. den Boer, J. M. Sandra Healy and James A. H. Murray
doi:10.1038/35014621
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細胞：ペプチドはユビキチン依存性のタンパク質分解経路を活性化して、自身の取込みを促進する
Peptides accelerate their uptake by activating a ubiquitin-dependent proteolytic pathway p579
Glenn C. Turner, Fangyong Du and Alexander Varshavsky
doi:10.1038/35014629
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細胞：組換えシグナル配列が、12/23法則を超えた染色体のV(D)J組換えを制限している
Recombination signal sequences restrict chromosomal V(D)J recombination beyond the 12/23 rule p583
Craig H. Bassing, Frederick W. Alt, Maureen M. Hughes, Margaux D'Auteuil, Tara D. Wehrly, Barbara B. Woodman, Frank Gärtner, J. Michael White, Laurie Davidson and Barry P. Sleckman
doi:10.1038/35014635
細胞：DNAフォトリアーゼの光活性化の際に起こるタンパク質内のラジカル移動
Intraprotein radical transfer during photoactivation of DNA photolyase p586
Corinne Aubert, Marten H. Vos, Paul Mathis, André P. M. Eker and Klaus Brettel
doi:10.1038/35014644
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細胞：自己制御による遺伝子ネットワークの安定性の操作
Engineering stability in gene networks by autoregulation p590
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New on the Market
Answering life's big questions... p595
... such as 'how long is a telomere?' or 'found any good genes lately?'.
doi:10.1038/35014743
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Careers and Recruitment
US Congress encouraged to lay out the welcome mat for skilled foreigners p597
US high-tech industry is crying out for skilled foreign workers, but there just aren't enough visas to go round. Diane Gershon explores...
Diane Gershon
doi:10.1038/35014682
