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Science, New Series, Vol. 255, No. 5046, Feb. 14, 1992


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Front Matter (18 pp.)
Elephants, Monstrosities, and the Law, p. 777
Daniel E. Koshland, Jr.


Policy Forum
"Indirect" Costs Are Real Costs at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pp. 778-779
James J. Culliton
Indirect Costs at the University of Minnesota, pp. 779-780
A. R. Potami


Letters
The Space Station Revealed?, p. 783
Dietrich Müller
Sagan's Scenario, p. 783
Forrest M. Mims, III
Lead Study Challenge, pp. 783-784
Claire B. Ernhart; Sandra Scarr
Heat of Fusion in the Hydrophobic Effect, p. 784
Jake Bello


Erratum: Subterranean Waterworks of Biblical Jerusalem: Adaptation of a Karst System, p. 784
Erratum: Playing Tag with Membrane Proteins, p. 784
ScienceScope, p. 787


News and Comment
NSH, NIH Under the Microscope, pp. 788-791
Eliot Marshall; Ellis Rubinstein
Pasteur Wants More HIV Blood Test Royalties, p. 792
Jon Cohen
AAAS 92: First Aid for Russian Science, p. 793
Steven Dickman
Sphinx Riddle Put to Rest?, p. 793
Elizabeth Culotta


Research News
How to Find a Black Hole, pp. 794-795
Faye Flam
Evolutionists Wing It With a New Fossil Bird, p. 796
Marcia Barinaga
News Assaults Seen on Earth's Ozone Shield, pp. 797-798
Richard A. Kerr
Swimming Against the PCB Tide, pp. 798-799
Richard Stone
Capturing Chimical Evolution in a Jar, p. 800
Ivan Amato


Briefings
Mengele's DNA, p. 801
Constance Holden
Dystrophy Gene Defect Spotted, p. 801
Constance Holden
Getting Science Into Foreign Policy, p. 801
Constance Holden
Fairy Tale Prize for Nobel Noncontenders?, p. 801
Constance Holden


Perspectives
Genetic Linkage: Interpreting Lod Scores, pp. 803-804
Neil Risch


The Elongation-Termination Decision in Transcription, pp. 809-812
Peter H. von Hippel; Thomas D. Yager

Valuing the Health Benefits of Clean Air, pp. 812-817
Jane V. Hall; Arthur M. Winer; Michael T. Kelinman; Frederick W. Lurmann; Victor Brajer; Steven D. Colome


Research Article
A Yeast Chromosomal Origin of DNA Replication Defined by Multiple Functional Elements, pp. 817-823
York Marahrens; Bruce Stillman


Reports
Large Quasi-Circular Features Beneath Frost on Triton, pp. 824-826
Paul Helfenstein; Joseph Veverka; Derek McCarthy; Pascal Lee; John Hillier
Channel Initiation and the Problem of Landscape Scale, pp. 826-830
David R. Montgomery; William E. Dietrich
Electrical Transport Properties of Undoped CVD Diamond Films, pp. 830-833
L. S. Pan; D. R. Kania; S. Han; J. W. Ager, III; M. Landstrass; O. L. Landan; P. Pianetta
Compressibility of M3C 60 Fullerene Superconductors: Relation Between Tc and Lattice Parameter, pp. 833-835
Otto Zhou; Gavin B. M. Vaughan; Qing Zhu; John E. Fischer; Paul A. Heiney; Nicole Coustel; John P. McCauley, Jr.; Amos B. Smith III
Molecular Dunamics Simulations of Dimer Opening on a Diamond 001(2X1) Surface, pp. 835-838
Barbara J. Garrison; Eric J. Dawnkaski; Deepak Srivastava; Donald W. Brenner
Structure of Transcription Elongation Complexes in Vivo, pp. 838-841
Mark Kainz; Jeffrey Roberts
Mechanism of Transduction by Retroviruses, pp. 841-845
Amanda Swain; John M. Coffin
Early Evolution of Avian Flight and Perching: New Evidence from the Lower Cretaceous of China, pp. 845-848
Paul C. Sereno; Rao Chenggang
Competition, Cooperation, and Mutation: Improving a Synthetic Replicator by Light Irradiation, pp. 848-850
Jong-In Hong; Qing Feng; Vincent Rotello; Julius Rebek, Jr.
Gating of the Cardiac CA 2+ Release Channel: The Role of Na+ Current and Na+-Ca 2+, pp. 850-853
James S. K. Sham; Lars Cleemann; Martin Morad
Tyrosyl Phosphorylation and Activation of MAP Kinases by p56 lck, pp. 853-855
Elham Ettehadieh; Jasbinder S. Sanghera; Steven L. Pelech; Denise Hess-Bienz; Julian Watts; Nilabh Shastri; Ruedi Aebersold


Book Reviews
The Loop Paradigm, pp. 857-858
Plasma Loops in the Solar Corona.
R. J. Bray; L. E. Cram; C. J. Durrant; R. E. Loughhead
Review author[s]: Ellen Zweibel
Very Luminous Objects, p. 858
Active Galactic Nuclei.
R. D. Blandford; H. Netzer; L. Woltjer
Review author[s]: Gary Ferland
Dark Matter, pp. 858-859
Molecular Clouds.
R. A. James; T. J. Millar
Review author[s]: Sheldon Green
Books Received, pp. 859-860


Back Matter (32 pp.)

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