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Previous Issue: New Series, Vol. 238, No. 4834, Dec. 18, 1987
Next Issue: New Series, Vol. 239, No. 4836, Jan. 8, 1988
Front Matter (10 pp.)
A New Threat to World Health, p. 9
- Barry R. Bloom
Letters
- ``My Mom, the Professor'', p. 10
- Carl Djerassi
- Arctic Dinosaurs and Terminal Cretaceous Extinctions, pp. 10-11
- Gary J. Galbreath; Jack A. Wolfe
- ``My Mom, the Professor'': Response, p. 11
- Elisabeth M. Brouwers; Robert A. Spicer; William A. Clemens
Erratum: Color Vision and the Retinex Theory, p. 11
News & Comment
- Growth in R&D Spending Slows, pp. 12-13
- Mark Crawford
- Down to the Wire on U.S.--Japan Agreement, pp. 13-14
- Marjorie Sun
- IBM, Chen in Supercomputer Partnership, p. 14
- M. Mitchell Waldrop
- Nevada Wins the Nuclear Waste Lottery, p. 15
- Eliot Marshall
- Britain to Remain in CERN for Now, p. 16
- David Dickson
- Debate Rages over Breast Cancer Study, pp. 17-18
- Marjorie Sun
- NASA's Space Station Approved by Congress, p. 19
- Eliot Marshall
- NIH May Have to Move ASAP on AIDS Grants, p. 20
- William Booth
Research News
- Zeroing in on the Sex Switch, pp. 21-23
- Leslie Roberts
- Has a Brown Dwarf Been Found at Last?, pp. 23-24
- M. Mitchell Waldrop
- Orphan Interferon Finds a New Home, pp. 25-26
- Jean L. Marx
- Gamma Rays for Christmas, p. 26
- M. Mitchell Waldrop
Pliocene and Pleistocene Hominid-Bearing Sites from West of Lake Turkana, Kenya, pp. 27-33
- J. M. Harris; F. H. Brown; M. G. Leakey; A. C. Walker; R. E. Leakey
Heavy-Electron Metals: New Highly Correlated States of Matter, pp. 33-42
- Z. Fisk; D. W. Hess; C. J. Pethick; D. Pines; J. L. Smith; J. D. Thompson; J. O. Willis
Tropical Forests and the Global Carbon Cycle, pp. 42-47
- R. P. Detwiler; Charles A. S. Hall
Reports
- Global Trends in Total Ozone, pp. 48-50
- Kenneth P. Bowman
- Atomic Force Microscopy of an Organic Monolayer, pp. 50-52
- O. Marti; H. O. Ribi; B. Drake; T. R. Albrecht; C. F. Quate; P. K. Hansma
- GEOSAT Altimeter Observations of Kelvin Waves and the 1986-87 El Niño, pp. 52-54
- Laury Miller; Robert E. Cheney; Bruce C. Douglas
- Implantation of Bacteroides gingivalis in Nonhuman Primates Initiates Progression of Periodontitis, pp. 55-57
- Stanley C. Holt; Jeffrey Ebersole; Jeffrey Felton; Michael Brunsvold; Kenneth S. Kornman
- Dominant Role of N-Type Ca 2+ Channels in Evoked Release of Norepinephrine from Sympathetic Neurons, pp. 57-61
- Lane D. Hirning; Aaron P. Fox; Edwin W. McCleskey; Baldomero M. Olivera; Stanley A. Thayer; Richard J. Miller; Richard W. Tsien
- Molecular Crowding on the Cell Surface, pp. 61-64
- T. A. Ryan; J. Myers; D. Holowka; B. Baird; W. W. Webb
- Human Ribosomal RNA Genes: Orientation of the Tandem Array and Conservation of the 5 � End, pp. 64-68
- Ronald G. Worton; Joanne Sutherland; James E. Sylvester; Huntington F. Willard; Sharon Bodrug; Ian Dubé; Catherine Duff; Vanora Kean; Peter N. Ray; Roy D. Schmickel
- Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1) Infection among Laboratory Workers, pp. 68-71
- Stanley H. Weiss; James J. Goedert; Suzanne Gartner; Mikulas Popovic; David Waters; Phillip Markham; Fulvia Di Marzo Veronese; Mitchell H. Gail; W. Emmett Barkley; Joseph Gibbons; Fred A. Gill; Michael Leuther; George M. Shaw; Robert C. Gallo; William A. Blattner
- Naturally Occurring Antihormones: Secretion of FSH Antagonists by Women Treated with a GnRH Analog, pp. 72-74
- Kristine D. Dahl; Thomas A. Bicsak; Aaron J. W. Hsueh
AAAS News
- 1987 Election Results, pp. 75-76
- Reports Investigate Torture and Role of Health Professionals, p. 76
- SWARM Plans Spring Meeting, pp. 76-77
- U.S.-China Water Management Collaboration, p. 77
- Lisbeth A. Levey
- 1988 Calendar of Scientific Meetings Available, p. 77
- Dues Increase Announced, p. 77
- Reminder for Members, p. 77
Book Reviews
- An Official Program, p. 79
- Guide to China's Science and Technology Policy, 1986
- Review author[s]: Nicholas Lardy
- Institutions Transformed, pp. 79-80
- The Care of Strangers
- Charles E. Rosenberg
- Review author[s]: David Rosner
- Gravity: Foundational Questions, pp. 80-82
- Quantum Concepts in Space and Time
- R. Penrose; C. J. Isham
- Review author[s]: Karel Kuchař
- Imaginative Biochemistry, p. 82
- Free Radical
- Ralph W. Moss
- Review author[s]: W. D. McElroy
Back Matter (35 pp.)
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