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Front Matter (23 pp.)

Letters

The Federal Government's Role in Basic Research, p. 226

Harrison Schmitt

Teletext Systems, p. 226+228

Charles L. Jackson; Harry M. Shooshan; Anthony A. Barnett; Gene P. Mater

Environmental Quality, p. 228

Robert Cameron Mitchell

Sex and Mathematics, p. 231

Alice T. Schafer; Mary W. Gray

Quaternary Climates and Sea Levels of the U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain, pp. 233-240

Thomas M. Cronin; Barney J. Szabo; Thomas A. Ager; Joseph E. Hazel; James P. Owens

Telecommunications in Alaskan Villages, pp. 241-248

Alex Hills; M. Granger Morgan

Science and Technology in the White House, 1977 to 1980: Part 2, pp. 249-256

Frank Press

News and Comment

Air Force Challenged on Sickle Trait Policy, p. 257

Constance Holden

Overblown Reports Distort Obesity Risks, p. 258

Roger Lewin

Will U.S. Skip Neutron Scattering Derby?, pp. 259-260+262-263

Arthur L. Robinson

Briefing

Most Additives are Harmless, p. 260

R. Jeffrey Smith

Revlon Funds Animal Test Research, p. 260

R. Jeffrey Smith

Too Much Congressional Direction?, pp. 260-261

R. Jeffrey Smith

Pope John Paul Meets the Scientists, p. 261

R. Jeffrey Smith

Genentech: Is Its Glamor Gone?, p. 262

Marjorie Sun

New Niche for Science on Reference Shelf, pp. 263-264

John Walsh

Research News

A New Understanding of Sickle Cell Emerges, pp. 265-267

Thomas H. Maugh

Who will Build the Next Supercomputer?, pp. 268-269

Gina Bari Kolata

Book Reviews

Darwin Novelized, pp. 270-271

The Origin

Irving Stone

Review author[s]: Stephen Jay Gould

Hales's Activities, pp. 271-272

Stephen Hales

D. G. C. Allan; R. E. Schofield

Review author[s]: R. W. Home

Solid State Physics, p. 272

The Lattice Dynamics and Statics of Alkali Halide Crystals

John R. Hardy; Arnold M. Karo

Review author[s]: Heinz Bilz

Achievements in Astronomy, pp. 272-273

Oort and the Universe

Hugo Van Woerden; Willem N. Brouw; Henk C. Van De Hulst

Review author[s]: S. Chandrasekhar

Biogeochemistry, p. 273

Environmental Chemistry of the Elements

H. J. M. Bowen

Review author[s]: James C. G. Walker

Reports

Simulated Wind Pollination and Airflow around Ovules of Some Early Seed Plants, pp. 275-277

Karl J. Niklas

A Scanning Micropipette Molecule Microscope, pp. 277-279

Joseph A. Jarrell; John G. King; John W. Mills

Diatoms as Hydrographic Tracers: Example from Bering Sea Sediments, pp. 279-281

Constance Sancetta

A Three-Band Hand-Held Radiometer for Field Use, pp. 281-283

Compton J. Tucker; William H. Jones; William A. Kley; Gunnar J. Sundstrom

Decipherment of the Earliest Tablets, pp. 283-285

Denise Schmandt-Besserat

Atmospheric Trace Gases in Antarctica, pp. 285-287

R. A. Rasmussen; M. A. K. Khalil; R. W. Dalluge

Cross-Linked Fibrinogen Dimers Demonstrate a Feature of the Molecular Packing in Fibrin Fibers, pp. 287-289

W. E. Fowler; H. P. Erickson; R. R. Hantgan; J. McDonagh; J. Hermans

Deoxyribonucleic Acid Structure: A New Model, pp. 289-291

Robert C. Hopkins

Hydra Mesoglea: A Model for Investigating Epithelial Cell-Basement Membrane Interactions, pp. 291-294

Robert M. Day; Howard M. Lenhoff

Giant Synaptic Potential Hypothesis for Epileptiform Activity, pp. 294-297

Daniel Johnston; Thomas H. Brown

Minor Planet Satellites, pp. 297-298

T. C. Van Flandern

Geothermal System at 21 degrees N, p. 298

Chen-Tung A. Chen

Back Matter (20 pp.)

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