Science, New Series, Vol. 211, No. 4477, Jan. 2, 1981

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Front Matter (8 pp.)

Letters

Public Health Issues: Bendectin, Love Canal, p. 6+8

Beverly Paigen; R. Jeffrey Smith; Murray Levine

Affinities between Scientists and Humanists, p. 9

James M. Banner

Synthesis Gas: A Raw Material for Industrial Chemicals, pp. 11-16

Roy L. Pruett

Impact on Agriculture of the Mount St. Helens Eruptions, pp. 16-22

R. J. Cook; J. C. Barron; R. I. Papendick; G. J. Williams

The Hawaii to Tahiti Shuttle Experiment, pp. 22-28

Klaus Wyrtki; Eric Firing; David Halpern; Robert Knox; G. J. McNally; W. C. Patzert; E. D. Stroup; B. A. Taft; R. Williams

News and Comment

An Early Test of Reagan's Economics, pp. 29-31

Eliot Marshall

Pentagon Orders End to Computer Babel, pp. 31-33

William J. Broad

The Complete Index to Man, pp. 33-35

Nicholas Wade

Dinosaur Battle Erupts in British Museum, pp. 35-36

Nicholas Wade

Briefing

Joint Research Guidelines for Industry, pp. 36-37

Constance Holden

Anti-Nuclear War Consciousness Raising, p. 37

Constance Holden

Long-Awaited Changes Made in Patent Law, p. 37

Constance Holden

Second Gene Splicer to Go Public, p. 37

Constance Holden

Research News

Myasthenia Gravis under Monoclonal Scrutiny, pp. 38-40+42

Roger Lewin

Anthropology Meeting Highlights, pp. 40-41

Roger Lewin

Consensus on Bypass Surgery, pp. 42-43

Gina Bari Kolata

AAAS News

Science Celebrates 100th Anniversary, p. 44

AAAS Socio-Psychological Prize, p. 44

Report of West African Science Association, pp. 44-45

Obituaries, p. 45

Book Reviews

Hopeful Efforts, pp. 46-47

The Rainmakers

Clark C. Spence

Review author[s]: Morgan Sherwood

Early Environmentalism, pp. 47-48

Pollution and Reform in American Cities, 1870-1930

Martin V. Melosi

Review author[s]: Louis P. Cain

Double Stars, p. 48

Close Binary Stars

Mirek J. Plavec; Daniel M. Popper; Roger K. Ulrich

Review author[s]: John B. Hutchings

Vulpes Vulpes, pp. 48-49

The Red Fox

Erik Zimen

Review author[s]: Ernest D. Ables

Echolocation, p. 49

Animal Sonar Systems

Rene-Guy Busnel; James F. Fish

Review author[s]: Melba C. Caldwell; David K. Caldwell

Reports

Stress Anomaly Accompanying the 1979 Lytle Creek Earthquake: Implications for Earthquake Prediction, pp. 51-53

Bruce R. Clark

Siliceous Microfossils from the Lower Cambrian of Northwest Canada: Possible Source for Biogenic Chert, pp. 53-55

Carol Wagner Allison

Strain on the San Andreas Fault near Palmdale, California: Rapid, Aseismic Change, pp. 56-58

J. C. Savage; W. H. Prescott; M. Lisowski; N. E. King

Cellulose Metabolism by the Flagellate Trichonympha from a Termite is Independent of Endosymbiotic Bacteria, pp. 58-59

Michael A. Yamin

Effect of Adenosine 3 prime ,5 prime -Monophosphate on Neuronal Pacemaker Activity: A Voltage Clamp Analysis, pp. 59-61

Steven N. Treistman

Lactose Facilitates the Intestinal Absorption of Lead in Weanling Rats, pp. 61-63

Philip J. Bushnell; Hector F. DeLuca

Binding and Mobility of the Cell Surface Receptors for 3,3 prime ,5-triiodo-L-thyronine, pp. 63-65

F. R. Maxfield; M. C. Willingham; I. Pastan; P. Dragsten; S.-Y. Cheng

Differentiation of Murine Bone Marrow Stem Cells in vitro: Long-Term Growth Promoted by a Lymphocyte-Derived Mediator, pp. 65-67

Amnon Altman; Thomas D. Gilmartin; David H. Katz

Dye Coupling and Possible Electrotonic Coupling in the Guinea Pig Neocortical Slice, pp. 67-70

Michael J. Gutnick; David A. Prince

Identification of Tissue-Specific Nuclear Antigens Transferred to Nitrocellulose from Polyacrylamide Gels, pp. 70-72

William F. Glass; Robert C. Briggs; Lubomir S. Hnilica

Pituitary Intermediate Lobe in Dog: Two Cell Types and High Bioactive Adrenocorticotropin Content, pp. 72-74

Nicholas S. Halmi; Mark E. Peterson; Gloria J. Colurso; Anthony S. Liotta; Dorothy T. Krieger

Immunophagocytic Properties of Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells, pp. 74-76

Victor M. Elner; Thomas Schaffner; Katherine Taylor; Seymour Glagov

Resource Partitioning during Reproduction in the Norway Rat, pp. 76-77

Barbara Woodside; Ruth Wilson; Phyllis Chee; Michael Leon

A Metric for Thought: A Comparison of P300 Latency and Reaction Time, pp. 77-80

Gregory McCarthy; Emanuel Donchin

Cyclophosphamide-Induced Spermatogenic Effects Detected in the F ₁ Generation by Behavioral Testing, pp. 80-82

Perrie M. Adams; Jill D. Fabricant; Marvin S. Legator

b-Endorphin: Possible Involvement in the Antihypertensive Effect of Central a-Receptor Activation, pp. 82-84

George Kunos; Csaba Farsang; Maria Dolores Ramirez-Gonzales

Thermoregulatory Significance of Thoracic Lobes in the Evolution of Insect Wings, pp. 84-86

Matthew M. Douglas

Ape Language, pp. 86-88

Dalbir Bindra; Francine G. Patterson; H. S. Terrace; L. A. Petitto; R. J. Sanders; T. G. Bever

Back Matter (14 pp.)

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