Table of contents
Volume 447 Number 7146 pp753-884
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Editorials
Evolution and the brain p753
With all deference to the sensibilities of religious people, the idea that man was created in the image of God can surely be put aside.
doi:10.1038/447753a
Academic diversity p753
US universities must act to recruit and retain minority faculty members.
doi:10.1038/447753b
Mentors of tomorrow p754
Everyone knows bad peer review when they come across it — but too few are nurturing good referees.
doi:10.1038/447754a
News
Can a Saudi university think freely? p758
Sceptics query track record on academic freedom
Declan Butler
doi:10.1038/447758a
Hawaiian solar telescope meets resistance p758
Locals fear impact on endangered species and cultural identity
Lucy Odling-Smee
doi:10.1038/447758b
Biosphere 2 finds a buyer p759
Houses to be built around famous research complex
Rex Dalton
doi:10.1038/447759a
Genome project turns up evolutionary surprises p760
Findings reveal how DNA is conserved across animals
Erika Check
doi:10.1038/447760a
Sidelines p761
doi:10.1038/447761a
Researcher refuses to back down over race case p762
University to re-evaluate policy on ethnic minorities
Heidi Ledford
doi:10.1038/447762a
Plans falter over EU research infrastructure p762
Governments decide which projects to fund
Quirin Schiermeier
doi:10.1038/447762b
Stem-cell paper corrected p763
Authors say conclusions still valid
Erika Check
doi:10.1038/447763a
Indian scientists battle journal retraction p764
Government clears researchers accused of data manipulation
K. S. Jayaraman
doi:10.1038/447764a
News in brief p765
doi:10.1038/447765a
Correction p765
doi:10.1038/447765b
Business
Shades of success p766
Light-emitting diodes are seen by many as the light source of the future. But as Kurt Kleiner reports, their adaptation will take time.
doi:10.1038/447766a
In brief p767
doi:10.1038/447767a
Market watch p767
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/447767b
News Features
Moral psychology: The depths of disgust p768
Is there wisdom to be found in repugnance? Or is disgust 'the nastiest of all emotions', offering nothing but support to prejudice? Dan Jones looks at the repellant side of human nature.
doi:10.1038/447768a
See also: Editor's summary
Fundamental physics: Feel the force p772
When two objects separated by a vacuum are barely a whisker apart, a strange attraction comes into play. Philip Ball meets the physicists who are trying to make something out of nothing.
doi:10.1038/447772a
Correspondence
Students unite to create State of the Planet course p775
Krystal L. Rypien, Jill Anderson, Jason Andras, Rulon W. Clark, Gretchen A. Gerrish, James T. Mandel, Marie L. Nydam & Daniel K. Riskin
doi:10.1038/447775a
Leeches underline the need for linnaean taxonomy p775
U. Kutschera
doi:10.1038/447775b
Slang's not so slick when you remember its origins p775
Renée M. Ned & Lisa N. Steele
doi:10.1038/447775c
Books and Arts
Dirt cheap soil p777
Precious few societies have taken care of their most fundamental resource.
Eric A. Davidson reviews Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations by David R. Montgomery
doi:10.1038/447777a
Secret life of plants p778
Paul Falkowski reviews The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History by David Beerling
doi:10.1038/447778a
Science in culture: The obscure clarity of starlight p779
Anselm Kiefer builds monumental souvenirs of the night sky.
Pete Jeffs
doi:10.1038/447779a
Bloggers unite p779
Paul Stevenson reviews The Open Laboratory: The Best Writing on Science Blogs 2006
doi:10.1038/447779b
See also: Editor's summary
News and Views
Environmental science: Nitrogen impacts on forest carbon p781
Does the extra nitrogen input from anthropogenic sources mean that more carbon from the atmosphere is being locked up in boreal and temperate forests? 'Yes' is the answer to emerge from the latest analysis.
Peter Högberg
doi:10.1038/447781a
See also: Editor's summary
Genomics: Encyclopaedia of humble DNA p782
Researchers of the ENCODE consortium have analysed 1% of the human genome. Their findings bring us a step closer to understanding the role of the vast amount of obscure DNA that does not function as genes.
John M. Greally
doi:10.1038/447782a
See also: Editor's summary
Planetary science: Mars at the tipping point p785
There's a big problem with the idea of ancient oceans on Mars: if they were contained within the 'shoreline' visible today, sea level would not have been level. Could it be that Mars has since tipped over?
Maria T. Zuber
doi:10.1038/447785a
See also: Editor's summary
50 & 100 Years Ago p785
doi:10.1038/447785b
Palaeobotany: Forests frozen in time p786
Just over 300 million years ago, a forest was dropped below sea level by an earthquake and swiftly buried. Such rapid events provide snapshots of lost ecosystems, sometimes on a huge spatial scale.
Kirk R. Johnson
doi:10.1038/447786a
Optical memory: The secret of the stone p787
Liesbeth Venema
doi:10.1038/447787a
Correction p787
doi:10.1038/447787b
Obituary: Chauncey Starr (1912–2007) p789
Physicist, engineer and leader in the development of nuclear power.
Paul M. Grant
doi:10.1038/447789a
Feature
Nature's guide for mentors p791
Having a good mentor early in your career can mean the difference between success and failure in any field. Adrian Lee, Carina Dennis and Philip Campbell look at what makes a good mentor.
Adrian Lee, Carina Dennis & Philip Campbell
doi:10.1038/447791a
See also: Editor's summary
Articles
Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project p799
The ENCODE Project Consortium
doi:10.1038/nature05874
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (4,575K) | Supplementary information
See also: Editor's summary | News and Views by Greally
Exploitation of structural and regulatory diversity in glutamate racemases p817
Tomas Lundqvist, Stewart L. Fisher, Gunther Kern, Rutger H. A. Folmer, Yafeng Xue, D. Trevor Newton, Thomas A. Keating, Richard A. Alm & Boudewijn L. M. de Jonge
doi:10.1038/nature05689
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (1,124K) | Supplementary information
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MicroRNA silencing through RISC recruitment of eIF6 p823
Thimmaiah P. Chendrimada, Kenneth J. Finn, Xinjun Ji, David Baillat, Richard I. Gregory, Stephen A. Liebhaber, Amy E. Pasquinelli & Ramin Shiekhattar
doi:10.1038/nature05841
Abstract | Full Text | PDF (2,149K) | Supplementary information
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Letters
A giant outburst two years before the core-collapse of a massive star p829
A. Pastorello, S. J. Smartt, S. Mattila, J. J. Eldridge, D. Young, K. Itagaki, H. Yamaoka, H. Navasardyan, S. Valenti, F. Patat, I. Agnoletto, T. Augusteijn, S. Benetti, E. Cappellaro, T. Boles, J.-M. Bonnet-Bidaud, M. T. Botticella, F. Bufano, C. Cao, J. Deng, M. Dennefeld, N. Elias-Rosa, A. Harutyunyan, F. P. Keenan, T. Iijima, V. Lorenzi, P. A. Mazzali, X. Meng, S. Nakano, T. B. Nielsen, J. V. Smoker, V. Stanishev, M. Turatto, D. Xu & L. Zampieri
doi:10.1038/nature05825
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (691K) | Supplementary information
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Tethys and Dione as sources of outward-flowing plasma in Saturn's magnetosphere p833
J. L. Burch, J. Goldstein, W. S. Lewis, D. T. Young, A. J. Coates, M. K. Dougherty & N. André
doi:10.1038/nature05906
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (394K) | Supplementary information
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Demonstration of controlled-NOT quantum gates on a pair of superconducting quantum bits p836
J. H. Plantenberg, P. C. de Groot, C. J. P. M. Harmans & J. E. Mooij
doi:10.1038/nature05896
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (591K) | Supplementary information
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Evidence for an ancient martian ocean in the topography of deformed shorelines p840
J. Taylor Perron, Jerry X. Mitrovica, Michael Manga, Isamu Matsuyama & Mark A. Richards
doi:10.1038/nature05873
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (395K) | Supplementary information
See also: Editor's summary | News and Views by Zuber
A gigantic bird-like dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China p844
Xing Xu, Qingwei Tan, Jianmin Wang, Xijin Zhao & Lin Tan
doi:10.1038/nature05849
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (637K) | Supplementary information
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The human footprint in the carbon cycle of temperate and boreal forests p849
Federico Magnani, Maurizio Mencuccini, Marco Borghetti, Paul Berbigier, Frank Berninger, Sylvain Delzon, Achim Grelle, Pertti Hari, Paul G. Jarvis, Pasi Kolari, Andrew S. Kowalski, Harry Lankreijer, Beverly E. Law, Anders Lindroth, Denis Loustau, Giovanni Manca, John B. Moncrieff, Mark Rayment, Vanessa Tedeschi, Riccardo Valentini & John Grace
doi:10.1038/nature05847
First paragraph | Full Text | PDF (310K) | Supplementary information
See also: Editor's summary | News and Views by Högberg
Miniature eye movements enhance fine spatial detail p852
Michele Rucci, Ramon Iovin, Martina Poletti & Fabrizio Santini
doi:10.1038/nature05866
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Sensory neuron sodium channel Nav1.8 is essential for pain at low temperatures p856
Katharina Zimmermann, Andreas Leffler, Alexandru Babes, Cruz Miguel Cendan, Richard W. Carr, Jin-ichi Kobayashi, Carla Nau, John N. Wood & Peter W. Reeh
doi:10.1038/nature05880
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HDAC6 rescues neurodegeneration and provides an essential link between autophagy and the UPS p860
Udai Bhan Pandey, Zhiping Nie, Yakup Batlevi, Brett A. McCray, Gillian P. Ritson, Natalia B. Nedelsky, Stephanie L. Schwartz, Nicholas A. DiProspero, Melanie A. Knight, Oren Schuldiner, Ranjani Padmanabhan, Marc Hild, Deborah L. Berry, Dan Garza, Charlotte C. Hubbert, Tso-Pang Yao, Eric H. Baehrecke & J. Paul Taylor
doi:10.1038/nature05853
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RAS–RAF–MEK-dependent oxidative cell death involving voltage-dependent anion channels p865
Nicholas Yagoda, Moritz von Rechenberg, Elma Zaganjor, Andras J. Bauer, Wan Seok Yang, Daniel J. Fridman, Adam J. Wolpaw, Inese Smukste, John M. Peltier, J. Jay Boniface, Richard Smith, Stephen L. Lessnick, Sudhir Sahasrabudhe & Brent R. Stockwell
doi:10.1038/nature05859
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Resolvin E1 and protectin D1 activate inflammation-resolution programmes p869
Jan M. Schwab, Nan Chiang, Makoto Arita & Charles N. Serhan
doi:10.1038/nature05877
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Drosophila miR2 induces pseudo-polysomes and inhibits translation initiation p875
Rolf Thermann & Matthias W. Hentze
doi:10.1038/nature05878
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Corrigendum
Pluripotency of mesenchymal stem cells derived from adult marrow p880
Yuehua Jiang, Balkrishna N. Jahagirdar, R. Lee Reinhardt, Robert E. Schwartz, C. Dirk Keene, Xilma R. Ortiz-Gonzalez, Morayma Reyes, Todd Lenvik, Troy Lund, Mark Blackstad, Jingbo Du, Sara Aldrich, Aaron Lisberg, Walter C. Low, David A. Largaespada & Catherine M. Verfaillie
doi:10.1038/nature05812
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Naturejobs
ProspectIn search of the super-mentor p881
Gene Russo
doi:10.1038/nj7146-881a
Career Views
John Mather, chief scientist, Science Mission Directorate, NASA, Washington DC p882
John Mather to take on NASA's chief scientist position.
Virginia Gewin
doi:10.1038/nj7146-882a
Southern light p882
Australia christens the country's first synchrotron.
Hannah Hoag
doi:10.1038/nj7146-882b
What kind of difference? p882
I want to make a difference – but what kind of difference?
Peter Jordan
doi:10.1038/nj7146-882c
Recruiters
The time is ripe p884
With pharmaceutical companies outsourcing drug testing, jobs in clinical research are growing fast.
Mike Mortimer
doi:10.1038/nj7146-884a