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[News Focus] Paleoclimatology: Climate Scientists Shine Light on Cave Ice

Glaciologists, geophysicists, and other scientists are trying to establish that caves hold frozen clues to ancient regional climates.

Author: Lucas Laursen

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[Letter] Science Education: Neglected

Authors: Robert Calfee, Roger Bruning

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[Letter] Science Education: Narrative Nonfiction

Author: Jacqueline Miller

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[Letter] Science Education: Poetry

Author: Arthur J. Stewart

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[Letter] Science Education: Learn by Listening

Author: Peter S. Kessler

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[Letter] Response—Science Education: Learn by Listening

Author: Paul Webb

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[Letter] Science Education: Flouting Formality

Author: Melissa Stewart

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[Letter] Science Education: Mixed Messages

Author: Harold A. Scarbro

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[Correction] Corrections and Clarifications

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[Book Review] History of Science: Performance, Not Control

Considering the activities and thoughts of a largely forgotten group of British cyberneticians, Pickering argues that they saw the world "as ultimately unknowable, a place where genuine novelty is always emerging."

Author: Tara H. Abraham

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[Books et al.] Books Received

A listing of books received at Science during the week ended 06 August 2010.

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[Book Review] Exhibitions: Skin Overlooked

An exhibition at London's Wellcome Collection offers a variety of thought-provoking perspectives on skin, ranging from 16th-century anatomy to contemporary art; Lovric's novel is provoking on its own.

Author: Caroline Ash

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[Policy Forum] Nuclear Waste: Nuclear Waste: Knowledge Waste?

A stalled nuclear waste program, and possible increase in wastes, beg for social science input into acceptable solutions.

Authors: Eugene A. Rosa, Seth P. Tuler, Baruch Fischhoff, Thomas Webler, Sharon M. Friedman, Richard E. Sclove, Kristin Shrader-Frechette, Mary R. English, Roger E. Kasperson, Robert L. Goble, Thomas M. Leschine, William Freudenburg, Caron Chess, Charles Perrow, Kai Erikson, James F. Short

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[Perspective] Ecology: Structure and Dynamics of Ecological Networks

Understanding the architecture of species relationships may help predict how ecosystems respond to change.

Author: Jordi Bascompte

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[Perspective] Cell Biology: The Proteome in Balance

Cells monitor and maintain protein homeostasis by coordinating protein folding and degradation processes in multiple cellular locations.

Authors: Darren Hutt, William E. Balch

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[Perspective] Immunology: β-Catenin Balances Immunity

Dendritic cells can limit responses to self antigens by activating the Wnt signaling pathway.

Authors: Ira Mellman, Björn E. Clausen

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[Perspective] Geophysics: Sedimentary Basins Feeling the Heat from Below

A major change may be taking place in underlying theories to explain sea level change over time scales of 2 to 20 million years.

Author: R. Dietmar Müller

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[Perspective] AIDS/HIV: A Boost for HIV Vaccine Design

Antibodies that potently neutralize almost all HIV isolates could aid the rational design of a vaccine.

Authors: Dennis R. Burton, Robin A. Weiss

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[Perspective] Engineering: Concentrating on Solar Electricity and Fuels

Thermal energy from mirror arrays that focus solar radiation not only generates electricity but also could be used to synthesize fuels from water and carbon dioxide.

Authors: Martin Roeb, Hans Müller-Steinhagen

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[Perspective] Climate Change: The Carbon Dioxide Exchange

Understanding how carbon dioxide cycles between land and atmosphere is key to developing better climate models.

Author: Peter B. Reich

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