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Science, New Series, Vol. 236, No. 4799, Apr. 17, 1987


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Front Matter (27 pp.)
Immortality and Risk Assessment, p. 241
Daniel E. Koshland


Letters
Bipedal Vertebrates, p. 243
James O. Farlow
Values and Science Curricula, p. 243
Raymond D. Gastil; George R. Meneely; Daniel Shapiro


Erratum: Supernova Neutrinos at IMB., p. 243


Perspective
The Future of Science in Space, pp. 244-245
Peter M. Banks; David C. Black


News & Comment
Supercollider Faces Budget Barrier, pp. 246-248
Mark Crawford
Superphénix Springs a Leak, p. 248
David Dickson
Big Versus Little Science in the Federal Budget, p. 249
Eliot Marshall
Tobacco Science Wars, pp. 250-251
Eliot Marshall
Industry Toxicologists Keen on Reducing Animal Use, p. 252
Constance Holden


Briefing
High Court Spurns Animal Rights Plea, p. 252
C.H.
Gorbachev Announces Chemical Weapons Halt, p. 252
D.D.

OTA Cites Financial Disaster of Alzheimer's, p. 253
Constance Holden
A Secret Plan to Speed up SDI?, p. 253
Colin Norman


Research News
Raising the Stakes at Mount St. Helens, pp. 254-255
Richard A. Kerr
Broad Issues Debated at AIDS Vaccine Workshop, pp. 255-257
Deborah M. Barnes
Report Urges Funds for Conservation Biology, pp. 257-259
Roger Lewin
Panel Urges Newborn Sickle Cell Screening, pp. 259-260
Gina Kolata


Risk Assessment and Comparisons: An Introduction, pp. 267-270
Richard Wilson; E. A. C. Crouch

Ranking Possible Carcinogenic Hazards, pp. 271-280
Bruce N. Ames; Renae Magaw; Lois Swirsky Gold

Perception of Risk, pp. 280-285
Paul Slovic

Risk Assessment in Environmental Policy-Making, pp. 286-290
Milton Russell; Michael Gruber

Health and Safety Risk Analyses: Information for Better Decisions, pp. 291-295
Lester B. Lave

The Safety Goals of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, pp. 296-300
David Okrent


Reports
Raf, a Trans-Acting Locus, Regulates the α-Fetoprotein Gene in a Cell-Autonomous Manner, pp. 301-303
Thomas F. Vogt; Davor Solter; Shirley M. Tilghman
Identification and Localization of Mutations at the Lesch-Nyhan Locus by Ribonuclease A Cleavage, pp. 303-305
Richard A. Gibbs; C. Thomas Caskey
Expression and Processing of the AIDS Virus Reverse Transcriptase in Escherichia coli, pp. 305-308
William G. Farmerie; Daniel D. Loeb; N. Carol Casavant; Clyde A. Hutchison; Marshall H. Edgell; Ronald Swanstrom
A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing: Tephritid Flies Mimic Spider Predators, pp. 308-310
Monica H. Mather; Bernard D. Roitberg
A Tephritid Fly Mimics the Territorial Displays of its Jumping Spider Predators, pp. 310-312
Erick Greene; Larry J. Orsak; Douglas W. Whitman
Newly Identified `Glutamate Interneurons' and their Role in Locomotion in the Lamprey Spinal Cord, pp. 312-314
James T. Buchanan; Sten Grillner
Climbing Adaptations in the Early Eocene Mammal Chriacus and the Origin of Artiodactyla, pp. 314-316
Kenneth D. Rose
Common Pathogenetic Mechanism for Three Tumor Types in Bilateral Acoustic Neurofibromatosis, pp. 317-319
Bernd R. Seizinger; Guy Rouleau; Laurie J. Ozelius; Andrew H. Lane; Peter St George-Hyslop; Susan Huson; James F. Gusella; Robert L. Martuza
Clathrin Light Chains LCA and LCB are Similar, Polymorphic, and Share Repeated Heptad Motifs, pp. 320-324
T. Kirchhausen; P. Scarmato; S. C. Harrison; J. J. Monroe; E. P. Chow; R. J. Mattaliano; K. L. Ramachandran; J. E. Smart; A. H. Ahn; J. Brosius
Skeletal Muscle as the Potential Power Source for a Cardiovascular Pump: Assessment in vivo, pp. 324-327
Michael A. Acker; Robert L. Hammond; John D. Mannion; Stanley Salmons; Larry W. Stephenson


Book Reviews
Archeology of the Midwest, pp. 339-340
Central Plains Prehistory
Waldo R. Wedel
Review author[s]: Richard A. Krause
The Ecology of Plant Disease, pp. 340-341
Plant Virus Epidemics
George D. McLean; Ronald G. Garrett; William G. Ruesink
Review author[s]: Alexander H. Purcell
Insect Chemoreception, p. 341
Mechanisms in Insect Olfaction
T. L. Payne; M. C. Birch; C. E. J. Kennedy
Review author[s]: Barry W. Ache
Neutrino Mass, pp. 341-342
'86 Massive Neutrinos in Astrophysics and in Particle Physics
O. Fackler; J. Trân Thanh Vân
Review author[s]: Lincoln Wolfenstein


Back Matter (23 pp.)

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