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The shooting may have stopped on the border between Iraq and Kuwait, but the prospects for lasting stability in the Middle East seem remote. The region needs a demonstration that hopeful developments are possible.
Bayesian scientific reasoning has a sound foundation in logic and provides a unified approach to the evaluation of deterministic and statistical theories, unlike its main rivals.
Nature offers itself as a clearing-house for news and information about projects aimed at the improvement of education in elementary and secondary schools, now back in fashion.
Oligonucleotide analogues offer several mechanisms for potential therapeutic action; triple helix agents that inhibit disease-causing genes at the DNA level show particular promise.
A new reagent for on-column biotinylation of oligonucleotides, a neurotoxic peptide antagonist at brain NMDA receptors and systems for multiple peptide synthesis are included in this week's review.
