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Volume 446 Issue 7133, 15 March 2007

Editorial

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Research Highlights

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News

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News in Brief

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Correction

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Column

  • Does anybody care about NASA? Most in Congress do only if there is a research centre in their district. David Goldston explains why members never step up to the plate to set priorities.

    • David Goldston
    Column
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Business

  • A Canadian company says it is the first to bring a quantum computer to market but, as Geoff Brumfiel reports, not everyone is buying into the approach.

    Business
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News Feature

  • Updating the tree of life needs both the skills of evolutionary biologists and the data from genome-crunchers — the two ignore each other at their peril. John Whitfield reports.

    • John Whitfield
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  • For some, species are simply the things you save; but for taxonomists, the concept is much more complex. Emma Marris asks whether Linnaeus's legacy is cut out for conservation.

    • Emma Marris
    News Feature
  • Professional taxonomists often bristle at non-professionals who name new species without going through peer review. But are amateur naturalists really bad for science? Brendan Borrell reports.

    • Brendan Borrell
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  • Although Linnaeus is best known for his botany and taxonomy, he was also an anatomist — and a keeper of pets. Henry Nicholls tells the story of Sjupp the raccoon.

    • Henry Nicholls
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Correspondence

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Commentary

  • As we celebrate the visionary genius of Carl Linnaeus, it is time to analyse how professional taxonomy interfaces with the rest of biology and beyond. Where next for Linnaeus's heirs, asks H. C. J. Godfray?

    • H. C. J. Godfray Jr
    Commentary
  • Keeping track of new species names is a growing challenge for modern taxonomists. Sandra Knapp, Andrew Polaszek and Mark Watson make the case for electronic publication of scientific names.

    • Sandra Knapp
    • Andrew Polaszek
    • Mark Watson
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Books & Arts

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Connections

  • Subjective awareness may depend on neural networks in the brain supporting complex wiring schemes and dynamic patterns of activity.

    • György Buzsáki
    Connections
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Essay

  • Carl Linnaeus's use of erotic language to describe plants ultimately helped him to recruit a global network of specimen collectors.

    • Staffan Müller-Wille
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News & Views

  • A shake-up of current thinking about the evolution of the angiosperms — the flowering plants — is a consequence of the relocation of a hitherto obscure branch on the angiosperm evolutionary tree.

    • Else Marie Friis
    • Peter Crane
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  • The way in which protons are transferred between acids and bases has been known in general terms for decades. But the details of the process are complex, and only now is the full proton itinerary becoming clear.

    • James T. Hynes
    News & Views
  • The first 'collisional family' has been spotted among objects in the Kuiper belt, which lies on the outskirts of the Solar System. The identification could provide useful constraints on the outer Solar System's history.

    • Alessandro Morbidelli
    News & Views
  • A protein called 14-3-3σ inhibits the cell cycle and may act as a tumour suppressor. It now turns out that it is also involved in regulating protein synthesis from messenger RNA during cell division.

    • Anthony Wynshaw-Boris
    News & Views
  • Trapped by mirrors, a photon can be monitored from birth to death by a stream of passing atoms. The technique could also be used to entangle the quantum states of many atoms — a possible boon for quantum computing.

    • Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler
    News & Views
  • What is the maximum number of covalent chemical bonds that two atoms can share? Six, according to the latest theoretical study — at least where just two atoms of the same element are concerned.

    • Gernot Frenking
    • Ralf Tonner
    News & Views
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Review Article

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Progress

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Article

  • The evolution of the three tiny bones for the mammalian middle ear from components of the reptilian lower jaw is seen clearly in this primitive fossil mammal, in which the middle-ear bones remain connected to the lower jaw by Meckel's cartilage, a transition associated with a corresponding remodelling of the lumbar region.

    • Zhe-Xi Luo
    • Peiji Chen
    • Meng Chen
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Letter

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Corrigendum

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Prospects

  • Could blogs replace résumés?

    • Paul Smaglik
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Movers

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Bricks & Mortar

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Career View

  • Sometimes you have to go where your research takes you.

    • Chris Rowan
    Career View
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Recruiters

  • Why do women remain curiously absent from the ranks of academia?

    • Mary Anne Holmes
    • Suzanne O'Connell
    Recruiters
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Authors

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Brief Communications Arising

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