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Science, New Series, Vol. 250, No. 4977, Oct. 5, 1990


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Front Matter (48 pp.)
Instrumentation, p. 9
John I. Brauman


Letters
Human Habitation of the Americas, pp. 14-15
John L. Cotter; Ruth Gruhn; Alan L. Bryan
Computer-Guided Fertilizer Application, p. 15
John T. Bakos
EPA Scientific Advisory Panels, pp. 15-16
William K. Reilly
Multidisciplinary Economics, p. 16
Daniel Yankelovich


News and Comment
Cetus's Costly Stumble on IL-2, pp. 20-21
Barbara J. Culliton
Institute of Medicine Backs Training Over Research, p. 22
Colin Norman
Flying Blind: The Making of EMF Policy, pp. 23-25
Robert Pool
GE's Cool Diamonds Prompt Warm Words, pp. 25-26
Eliot Marshall
NASA Keeps Its Fingers Crossed While Magellan Shines, p. 27
Richard A. Kerr


Briefings
More Mice on the Way, Thanks to NIH, p. 28
David P. Hamilton
Where is the SSC Cost Estimate?, p. 28
David P. Hamilton
Still Flying Blind in the War on Drugs, p. 28
David P. Hamilton
Fear and Loathing of Nuclear Power, p. 28
David P. Hamilton


Research News
Who Can Forecast the Worst Weather?, pp. 29-31
Richard A. Kerr
A Window Looking Out on Creation, p. 32
M. Mitchell Waldrop
Embryology Gets Down-to the Molecular Level, pp. 33-34
Jeremy Cherfas
Zebrafish: Swimming into the Development Mainstream, pp. 34-35
Marcia Barinaga


Advances in Instrumentation
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine and Physiology, pp. 53-61
Chrit T. W. Moonen; Peter C. M. van Zijl; Joseph A. Frank; Denis Le Bihan; Edwin D. Becker
Mass Spectrometry and Its Use in Tandem with Laser Spectroscopy, pp. 61-68
E. R. Grant; R. G. Cooks
The Study of Solid/Liquid Interfaces with X-ray Standing Waves, pp. 69-74
H. D. Abruña; G. M. Bommarito; D. Acevedo
Instrumental Requirements for Global Atmospheric Chemistry, pp. 75-81
D. L. Albritton; F. C. Fehsenfeld; A. F. Tuck
Neutron and Gamma Ray Scattering Measurements for Subsurface Geochemistry, pp. 82-87
Darwin V. Ellis
Free-Electron Lasers: Present Status and Future Prospects, pp. 88-93
Kwang-Je Kim; Andrew Sessler


Research Article
Chromosomal Region of the Cystic Fibrosis Gene in Yeast Artificial Chromosomes: A Model for Human Genome Mapping, pp. 94-98
Eric D. Green; Maynard V. Olson


Reports
Developmentally Regulated Systemic Endopolyploidy in Succulents with Small Genomes, pp. 99-101
E. Jay De Rocher; Kristi R. Harkins; David W. Galbraith; Hans J. Bohnert
Photoacoustic "Signatures" of Particulate Matter: Optical Production of Acoustic Monopole Radiation, pp. 101-104
G. J. Diebold; M. I. Khan; S. M. Park
A Bangiophyte Red Alga from the Proterozoic of Arctic Canada, pp. 104-107
Nicholas J. Butterfield; Andrew H. Knoll; Keene Swett
Not So Hot "Hot Spots" in the Oceanic Mantle, pp. 107-111
Enrico Bonatti
Hematite Nanospheres of Possible Colloidal Origin from a Precambrian Banded Iron Formation, pp. 111-113
Jung Ho Ahn; Peter R. Buseck
Different Tumor-Derived p53 Mutants Exhibit Distinct Biological Activities, pp. 113-116
Orna Halevy; Dan Michalovitz; Moshe Oren
Impact of Mass Treatment of Onchocerciasis with Ivermectin on the Transmission of Infection, pp. 116-118
Hugh R. Taylor; Michel Pacquá; Beatriz Muñoz; Bruce M. Greene
Extrageniculate Vision in Hemianopic Humans: Saccade Inhibition by Signals in the Blind Field, pp. 118-121
R. Rafal; J. Smith; J. Krantz; A. Cohen; C. Brennan
Control of Yeast Mating Signal Transduction by a Mammalian $\beta_2$-Adrenergic Receptor and G$_s α Subunit, pp. 121-123
Klim King; Henrik G. Dohlman; Jeremy Thorner; Marc G. Caron; Robert J. Lefkowitz
Rhodopsin Mutants that Bind but Fail to Activate Transducin, pp. 123-125
Roland R. Franke; Bernd König; Thomas P. Sakmar; H. Gobind Khorana; Klaus P. Hofmann


Technical Comments
Inhibition of HIV-1 Infectivity by Phosphate-Methylated DNA: Retraction, pp. 125-126
H. M. Moody; P. J. L. M. Quaedflieg; L. H. Koole; M. H. P. van Genderen; H. M. Buck; L. Smit; S. Jurriaans; J. L. M. C. Geelen; J. Goudsmit


Book Reviews
A Cambridge Worthy, pp. 143-144
Before Newton. The Life and Times of Isaac Barrow.
Mordechai Feingold
Review author[s]: Simon Schaffer
Mathematics after Newton, p. 144
The Development of Newtonian Calculus in Britain, 1700-1800.
Niccolò Guicciardini
Review author[s]: Michael S. Mahoney
Evolutionary Themes, pp. 144-145
Population Biology of Genes and Molecules.
Naoyuki Takahata; James F. Crow
Review author[s]: Bruce Walsh
The Assembly of Pangea, p. 145
Evolution of Laurussia. A Study in Late Palaeozoic Plate Tectonics.
Peter A. Ziegler
Review author[s]: Kevin Burke
Books Received, pp. 145-146


Back Matter (34 pp.)

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