Science Magazine - Vol. 325 21 August 2009
Contents:
This Week in Science
Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
Globalizing Science Publishing
Wieland Gevers
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Editors' Choice
Highlights of the recent literature.
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Science Podcast
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The show includes optimizing the distribution of influenza vaccines, archaeology in China, bioluminescent deep-sea worms, and more. Summary »| Full Text »| Transcript »|
New Products
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A weekly roundup of information on newly offered instrumentation, apparatus, and laboratory materials of potential interest to researchers. www.booko.org—freebook and password
News of the Week
Paleontology
Draft Rule Threatens Fossil Excavations in China
Zheng Yu
Science 21 August 2009: 924-925.
Fossil theft and smuggling are rampant in China, and scientists welcome tougher enforcement. But a draft regulation intended to crack down on illicit trade would impede fieldwork and make paleontologists more vulnerable to the whims of local officials, scientists fear.
Plant Genetics
New Strategy Promises Lasting Resistance to a Rice Plague
Dennis Normile
Science 21 August 2009: 925.
In this week's issue of Science (p. 998), a team of Japanese researchers describes a novel type of gene that promises lasting resistance to rice blast fungus without degrading grain taste.
ARPA-E Funding
U.S. Energy Agency Stumbles Out of the Blocks
Jeffrey Mervis www.booko.org
Science 21 August 2009: 926.
Researchers are grumbling about the way the new U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E), which is part of the Department of Energy, is handling its first round of grant proposals.
Biomedical Research
Rejecting ‘Big Science’ Tag, Collins Sets Five Themes for NIH
Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 21 August 2009: 927.
Physician-geneticist Francis Collins, the new director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), laid out his priorities this week, spending his 1st day on the job speaking to his staff and reporters.
ScienceNOW.org
From Science's Online Daily News Site
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Highlights from Science's online daily news site, ScienceNOW, this week include evidence that dogs can't read human minds, a study that used cell-phone calling data to map subjects' social networks, weight loss for batteries, and the evolution of the taste for bitter food.
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Genetic Engineering
Two Steps Forward for Synthetic Biology
Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 21 August 2009: 928-929.
Two new developments, one of which is described in a paper published online this week by Science, have brought genetic engineers closer to a major goal: routinely manipulating sets of genes and even whole genomes.
ScienceInsider
From the Science Policy Blog
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ScienceInsider this week reported on a plan to restore U.S. national forests, a blue-ribbon review of the U.S. human space program, and the new undersecretary for science at the Smithsonian Institution, among other stories.
Random Samples
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News Focus
Archaeology in China
Beyond the Yellow River: How China Became China
Andrew Lawler
Science 21 August 2009: 930-935.
The cradle of Chinese civilization was long considered to be the region around the middle Yellow River. But older and complex cultures from far-flung corners of the modern nation are now telling a different story about the origin of Chinese culture. Podcast Interview »|
Archaeology in China
Founding Dynasty or Myth?
Andrew Lawler
Science 21 August 2009: 934.
A new crop of archaeologists, less willing to take ancient texts at face value, are challenging the existence of a legendary dynasty.