Nature highlights

Key research and analysis from this week's Nature magazine.

• Dream beam
• Tuna ranches in choppy waters
• Europe's toothless tiger?
• Dust with destiny
• DNA templates: reaction time
• Life in the Archaean
• They're playing our tune
• Once upon a time in America
• A long march
• The human family
• Ribosomes: exit strategy

30 September 2004 table of contents