Science Magazine ~ Vol 323, Issue 5913, 23rd January 2009 | Date: 30 April 2011, 11:34
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Pages 427-534
This Week in ScienceEditor summaries of this week's papers.
Science 23 January 2009: 433.
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Redefining Science EducationBruce Alberts
Science 23 January 2009: 437.
Editors' ChoiceHighlights of the recent literature.
Science 23 January 2009: 438.
|Full Text » Science PodcastScience 23 January 2009: 534.
NEW PRODUCTSScience 23 January 2008: 534.
News of the WeekEUROPE: Acquittals in CJD Trial Divide French ScientistsBarbara Casassus
Science 23 January 2009: 446.
Summary: Three French judges acquitted six doctors and pharmacists last week of charges of involuntary homicide and aggravated fraud after a prolonged investigation centering on the distribution of human growth hormone contaminated with deadly prions in the 1980s. Full Text »| PDF »| ECOLOGY: Western U.S. Forests Suffer Death by DegreesElizabeth Pennisi
Science 23 January 2009: 447.
Summary: Mortality rates in seemingly healthy conifer stands have doubled in the past several decades, and often, new trees aren't replacing dying ones, forest ecologists report on page 521 of this issue of Science. Warmer temperatures and subsequent water shortfalls are the likely cause of the trees' increased death rate, they say. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY: Debate Continues Over Rainforest Fate--With a Climate TwistErik Stokstad
Science 23 January 2009: 448.
Summary: Depending on whom you talk to, the future of tropical rainforest biodiversity is either "truly catastrophic" or not as bad as feared. That's the verdict from two symposia held to evaluate recent evidence on the threat to tropical biodiversity. WILDLIFE BIOLOGY: Confused Pelicans May Have Lingered Too Long Up NorthGreg Miller
Science 23 January 2009: 449.
Summary: In recent weeks, hundreds of disoriented and emaciated brown pelicans have turned up in strange places along the Pacific coast from the Baja peninsula to Washington state, prompting concern for this once-imperiled bird now on the verge of removal from the endangered species list. AWARDS: Two Americans Win Japan PrizeYudhijit Bhattacharjee
Science 23 January 2009: 449.
Summary: This year's Japan Prize goes to two U.S. academics, one a longtime advocate for sustainability and the other a radiologist who pioneered a standard tool for medical imaging. AGRICULTURE: European Pesticide Rules Promote Resistance, Researchers WarnSara Coelho
Science 23 January 2009: 450.
Summary: Despite intense opposition from farmer groups and scientists, the European Parliament voted last week to approve new regulations that could ultimately outlaw up to one-quarter of the pesticides on the European market. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Scientists Puzzle Over Ebola-Reston Virus in PigsDennis Normile
Science 23 January 2009: 451.
Summary: An international team of human- and animal-health experts is in the Philippines this month, studying the first known outbreak of Ebola-Reston virus in pigs. Experts are concerned because pigs live in close proximity to humans. TEACHING EVOLUTION: Educators Decry New Louisiana PolicyYudhijit Bhattacharjee
Science 23 January 2009: 451.
Summary: Science teachers in Louisiana have been given permission to use supplementary material in the classroom in a move that many scientists and educators regard as a backdoor attempt to allow creationism and its variants into the classroom. THE TRANSITION: Proposed Regulatory Czar Has Long and Perplexing Track RecordDan Charles
Science 23 January 2009: 452-453.
Summary: President-elect Barack Obama's choice to manage the regulatory policies of his new Administration, law professor Cass Sunstein, has triggered a mixture of consternation and delight among conservatives and liberals. BIOTECHNOLOGY: U.S. Appellate Court Weighs 'Obvious' PatentsEli Kintisch
Science 23 January 2009: 452-453.
Summary: A federal court is mulling a case that could make it harder for researchers to patent scientific discoveries, say biotech lawyers, stymieing innovation and investment. PHYSICS: Photon Sieve Lights a Smooth Path to Entangled Quantum WeirdnessAdrian Cho
Science 23 January 2009: 453.
Summary: Physicists report on page 483 of this week's issue of Science that they have found a way to create entangled pairs of light particles, or photons, by simply passing ordinary photons through a novel optical filter. Random SamplesScience 23 January 2009: 443.
|NewsmakersScience 23 January 2009: 445.
News FocusSOCIAL SCIENCE: Friendship as a Health FactorJennifer Couzin
Science 23 January 2009: 454-457.
Summary: In a string of hot articles, two social scientists report that obesity, smoking, and other behaviors "spread" in networks. As the two friends expand their theory, doubters sharpen their questions. SOCIAL SCIENCE: With Isolation Comes Ill HealthJennifer Couzin
Science 23 January 2009: 456-457.
Summary: Social isolation, the flip side of social networks, is believed to have dire consequences, increasing the risk of certain diseases and earlier death. But attempts to transform this knowledge into action have had discouraging results. FALL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION: Galloping Glaciers of Greenland Have Reined Themselves InRichard A. Kerr
Science 23 January 2009: 458.
Summary: Ice loss in Greenland has had some climatologists speculating that global warming might have brought on a scary new regime of wildly heightened ice loss and an ever-faster rise in sea level. But glaciologists reported at the American Geophysical Union meeting that Greenland ice's Armageddon has come to an end. FALL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION: Tang Hints of a Watery Interior for EnceladusRichard A. Kerr
Science 23 January 2009: 458-459.
Summary: At the American Geophysical Union meeting, planetary scientists reported that Saturn's E ring, formed from icy particles spewed out of the planet's moon Enceladus, contains the chemicals they would see if a salty ocean lurks beneath the moon's surface. FALL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION: The Many Dangers of Greenhouse AcidRichard A. Kerr
Science 23 January 2009: 459.
Summary: Geochemists reported at the American Geophysical Union meeting that most sorts of calcifying organisms--creatures that grow calcium carbonate skeletons or shells--suffered when pH sank much below the 8.2 of surface ocean seawater, not just the iconic coral reefs. FALL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION: Snapshots From the MeetingRichard A. Kerr
Science 23 January 2009: 459.
Summary: Snapshots from the American Geophysical Union meeting include mostly upbeat news in the search for martian water and an ice core suggesting that changes in the far south of the Southern Ocean helped drive greenhouse warming at the end of the last ice age, 18,000 years ago. Letters Bailing Out Creatures Great and SmallJaboury Ghazoul
Science 23 January 2009: 460.
Proposed French Reforms Miss the MarkDidier Job
Science 23 January 2009: 460-461.
Ban Impact Factor ManipulationChristian Wallner
Science 23 January 2009: 461.
GOP Must Embrace Science AgainRobert White
Science 23 January 2009: 461.
A Word of Caution on the Coca-Cola WayGraham Satchwell
Science 23 January 2009: 461.
Books et al.WATER RESOURCES: Data Drought, Data FloodJared Farmer
Science 23 January 2009: 462-463.
Summary: Powell discusses how drought, dams, and climate change threaten to produce a long-term water resources crisis in the American West. LINGUISTICS: Pondering Grammar and GodAndreea S. Calude
Science 23 January 2009: 463.
Summary: Everett weaves together discussions of his fieldwork in the Amazonian jungle, the ethnography of the Piraha people, and his conclusions about the implications of their language for linguistics. Books ReceivedScience 23 January 2009: 463.
Summary »| Policy ForumGLOBAL BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES: Could Access Requirements Stifle Your Research?Sikina Jinnah and Stefan Jungcurt
Science 23 January 2009: 464-465.
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