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The new member of the European Commission with responsibility for research, Professor Antonio Ruberti, has taken a sensible step towards a rational definition of what the European Communities should be looking for.
A season of celebrations of the fortieth anniversary of DNA appropriately began last week at Watson's laboratory on Long Island. Rarely do people who have worked revolutions have the luck to see the consequences.