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Science, New Series, Vol. 256, No. 5055, Apr. 17, 1992


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Front Matter (15 pp.)
Large Scale Measurements, p. 289
Brooks Hanson; David Voss


Letters
The Insanity Defense and Mental Illness, pp. 292-293
William T. Carpenter; Jonas R. Rappeport; Melvin Sabshin; Harold Alan Pincus; Wendy Davis; Paul R. Marques; Barbara J. Ballermann; Daniel E. Koshland, Jr.
Effects of Low Levels of Lead Exposure, pp. 294-295
John F. Rosen; Herbert L. Needleman


ScienceScope, p. 299
David P. Hamilton


News and Comment
DNA Fingerprinting: Academy Reports, pp. 300-301
Leslie Roberts
Why Watson Quit as Project Head, pp. 301-302
Leslie Roberts
Was Argonne Whistleblower Really Blowing Smoke?, p. 303
Eliot Marshall
Kinsey Institute Director Sues Indiana University, p. 304
Constance Holden
New Clinical Trial Planned, p. 305
Michelle Hoffman
Physics Facilities Come Under Fire, p. 305
David P. Hamilton


Research News
The Ascent of Odorless Chemistry, pp. 306-307+308
Ivan Amato
A Gem of a Diamond-Beater?, p. 307
John Travis
Anthropologists Bet on Their Latest Data in Las Vegas, pp. 308-309
Ann Gibbons
New Methods Make Mid-Sized Molecules Easier to Solve, pp. 309-310
Anne Simon Moffat
Chemists Vie to Make a Better Taxol, p. 311
Ivan Amato
Quasars: Ablaze With Gamma Rays, p. 311
Faye Flam


Random Samples, pp. 312-313
Constance Holden


Large Scale Measurements


News Reports
Turning a Keen Eye on the Stars, pp. 316-317
Marcia Bartusiak
A Military Navigation System Might Probe Lofty "Weather", pp. 318-319
Richard A. Kerr
Cosmologists Search the Universe for a Dubious Panacea, pp. 319-320
Ann Finkbeiner

The Hubble Constant, pp. 321-325
John P. Huchra
LIGO: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, pp. 325-333
Alex Abramovici; William E. Althouse; Ronald W. P. Drever; Yekta Gürsel; Seiji Kawamura; Frederick J. Raab; David Shoemaker; Lisa Sievers; Robert E. Spero; Kip S. Thorne; Rochus E. Vogt; Rainer Weiss; Stanley E. Whitcomb; Michael E. Zucker
Global Tectonics and Space Geodesy, pp. 333-342
Richard G. Gordon; Seth Stein
Measured Trends in Stratospheric Ozone, pp. 342-349
Richard Stolarski; Rumen Bojkov; Lane Bishop; Christos Zerefos; Johannes Staehelin; Joseph Zawodny


Research Article
Allosteric Effects of Nucleotide Cofactors on Escherichia coli Rep Helicase-DNA Binding, pp. 350-355
Isaac Wong; Timothy M. Lohman


Reports
40 Ar/ 39 Ar Dating of the Brunhes-Matuyama Geomagnetic Field Reversal, pp. 356-357
A. K. Baksi; V. Hsu; M. O. McWilliams; E. Farrar
Recognition of Paleobiochemicals by a Combined Molecular Sulfur and Isotope Geochemical Approach, pp. 358-362
Math E. L. Kohnen; Stefan Schouten; Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté; Jan W. de Leeuw; Dawn A. Merritt; J. M. Hayes
Contact Electrification and Adhesion Between Dissimilar Materials, pp. 362-364
Roger G. Horn; Douglas T. Smith
An Efficient Antibody-Catalyzed Aminoacylation Reaction, pp. 365-367
John R. Jacobsen; James R. Prudent; Lynn Kochersperger; Shirlee Yonkovich; Peter G. Schultz
Identification of a Naturally Occurring Transforming Variant of the p65 Subunit of NF-κB, pp. 367-370
Ramaswamy Narayanan; John F. Klement; Steven M. Ruben; Kimberly A. Higgins; Craig A. Rosen
Calcium-Regulated Phosphorylation Within the Leucine Zipper of C/EBPβ, pp. 370-373
Michael Wegner; Zhaodan Cao; Michael G. Rosenfeld
Alternative Forms of Max as Enhancers or Suppressors of Myc-Ras Cotransformation, pp. 373-377
Tomi P. Mäkelä; Päivi J. Koskinen; Imre Västrik; Kari Alitalo
Nucleoid Condensation in Escherichia coli That Express a Chlamydial Histone Homolog, pp. 377-379
Clifton E. Barry III; Stanley F. Hayes; Ted Hackstadt
Reciprocal Regulation of Adipogenesis by Myc and C/EBPα, pp. 379-382
Svend O. Freytag; Tim J. Geddes
Cell Cycle-Regulated Binding of c-Abl Tyrosine Kinase to DNA, pp. 382-385
Edward T. Kipreos; Jean Y. J. Wang
Appearance of Water Channels in Xenopus Oocytes Expressing Red Cell CHIP28 Protein, pp. 385-387
Gregory M. Preston; Tiziana Piazza Carroll; William B. Guggino; Peter Agre


Book Reviews
Dragon's Teeth, pp. 388-389
The Los Alamos Primer. The First Lectures on How To Build an Atomic Bomb.
Robert Serber; Richard Rhodes
Review author[s]: Freeman J. Dyson
Macfarlane Burnet, pp. 389-390
The Seeds of Time. The Life of Sir Macfarlane Burnet.
Christopher Sexton
Review author[s]: Arthur M. Silverstein
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Biology of Ticks. Vol. 1.
Daniel E. Sonenshine
Review author[s]: Katherine Livingston
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Fishes. Vol. 1, Phylogenetic and Biochemical Perspectives.
P. W. Hochachka; T. P. Mommsen
Review author[s]: Katherine Livingston
Books Received, p. 390


Back Matter (22 pp.)

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