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Nature 415, 252 (17 January 2002) | doi:10.1038/415252a

Smithsonian lobby forces White House to abandon reform plans
Pacific warming raises fears of another El Niño
French researchers hit by agency age change
Dispute over stem-cell rights is resolved
US shifts its stance on nuclear weapons
Brown dwarf shines to put astronomers in orbit
Yucca Mountain chosen as radioactive waste dump