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Volume 431 Issue 7011, 21 October 2004

Editorial

  • Should scientists let the public help them decide how government research funds are spent? Yes they should, because the consequences are to be welcomed, not feared.

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News

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News in Brief

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News Feature

  • Antibiotics are failing and drug companies have all but stopped developing new ones. Will conquered diseases come back to haunt us? Martin Leeb examines one plan to avert the crisis.

    • Martin Leeb
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  • Employing genetic diagnosis to avoid having a baby with a disability is controversial enough. But a minority of deaf people would consider testing to ensure that they had a deaf child. Carina Dennis finds out why.

    • Carina Dennis
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Correspondence

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Commentary

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Autumn Books

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Essay

  • Co-evolution: Earth history involves tightly entwined transitions of information and the environment, but where is this process heading?

    • T. M. Lenton
    • H. J. Schellnhuber
    • E. Szathmáry
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News & Views

  • Just over three years ago, it was announced that a first draft of the human genome sequence had been completed. Gaps and errors remained, but the job of fixing those problems is now largely done.

    • Lincoln D. Stein
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  • The genome of a second pufferfish species has been sequenced. Why is this important? Because comparing this genome with that of other animals yields a wealth of information on genome evolution.

    • John Mulley
    • Peter Holland
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  • According to a prediction of general relativity, the spinning mass of the Earth affects the motion of satellites. A measurement of this ‘frame-dragging’ effect confirms Einstein's theory.

    • Neil Ashby
    News & Views
  • The discovery of a protein that regulates the production of antibody-generating B cells has implications for our understanding of how cancers of the immune system develop — and how they might be treated.

    • Louis M. Staudt
    News & Views
  • Data from Europe in 1940–42, and simulations of severe El Niño events, suggest that the effects of such events can be unexpectedly far-reaching. The stratosphere could be a key player in this behaviour.

    • William J. Randel
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Research Highlights

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Brief Communication

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Analysis

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Article

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Letter

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Erratum

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Prospects

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Regions

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Career View

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