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      <title>Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[A classic paper, written in a clear language that is seldom found today.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:23:04 -0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/316</link>
      <guid>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/316</guid>
      <dc:creator>Martin Fenner</dc:creator>
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      <title>A search for life on Earth from the Galileo spacecraft</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[An inspired 'control experiment' in the search for extraterrestrial life]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:27:25 -0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/167</link>
      <guid>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/167</guid>
      <dc:creator>Karl Ziemelis</dc:creator>
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      <title>War and peace at mucosal surfaces</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[It is an extremely well written article, fun to read and very thorough. It is my favorite article!]]>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:24:05 -0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/166</link>
      <guid>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/166</guid>
      <dc:creator>Laura Ferrero-Miliani</dc:creator>
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      <title>An invisible hand</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Great summary of recent advances and the present state  of linguistics hypotheses and research, and very nice depiction of the phylogenetic tree of Indo-European language.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:24:01 -0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/165</link>
      <guid>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/165</guid>
      <dc:creator>Alexandru Tomescu</dc:creator>
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      <title></title>
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        <![CDATA[Whether or not slaveholder Thomas Jefferson paradoxically merits remembrance as history's greatest human rights idealist, and whether or not he fathered the last child of Sally Hemings, whom he owned under grotesque, perverted laws then in force, this genetic-science report contributed importantly to historical understanding by showing that _someone_ carrying Jefferson family DNA fathered the child. This scientific report contributed importantly even though Nature's misleading headline, "Jefferson fathered slave's last child," propagated misunderstanding worldwide by seeming plainly to invoke what neither the authors nor their text ever invoked: the full authority of science, alone, for what was actually a historical interpretation of molecular findings. The report is thus a classic in biohistory, and its headline a classic case study for science communicators. -Steven T. Corneliussen, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab), Newport News, Virginia, USA]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:53:13 -0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/164</link>
      <guid>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/164</guid>
      <dc:creator>Steven Corneliussen</dc:creator>
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      <title></title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Very clever and very geeky.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:29:17 -0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/162</link>
      <guid>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/162</guid>
      <dc:creator>Timo Hannay</dc:creator>
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      <title>Total synthesis of taxol</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[This paper is one of the all-time classics of chemistry. The synthesis of Taxol, an anti-cancer drug, stretched the limits of organic chemistry and is still regarded as a monummental achievement 13 years on. Enormous skill is required to make molecules of this  complexity, especially in the later stages of the synthesis, when only tiny quantities of material would have been available. This paper inspired a generation of organic chemists - what else can I say?]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:22:03 -0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/161</link>
      <guid>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/161</guid>
      <dc:creator>Andrew Mitchinson</dc:creator>
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      <title>Fluorescence detection in automated DNA sequence analysis</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[This is a first description of using fluorescence technology to automate DNA sequencing, eventually resulting in the human genome sequence.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:17:28 -0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/160</link>
      <guid>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/160</guid>
      <dc:creator>Chris Gunter</dc:creator>
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      <title>Human evolution writ small</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[I'm no scientist, but I was fascinated by the idea of "hobbits" really existing (I guess partly from an interest in fantasy fiction like Lord of the Rings).  This paper was big news too - it was all anyone was talking about for ages! ]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:34:27 -0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/159</link>
      <guid>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/159</guid>
      <dc:creator>Alison Muskett</dc:creator>
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      <title>Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[It's the human genome!]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:28:53 -0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/158</link>
      <guid>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/158</guid>
      <dc:creator>Chris Gunter</dc:creator>
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      <title>Counterfeit pharmaceuticals:  Murder by medicine</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[This news feature about the dangers of fake pharmaceuticals, written by Peter Aldhous during his travels in Asia and complete with investigative reporting, is now part of the Wellcome Trust exhibition on medicine. It's not every day you get to see your colleagues' work under glass as part of an art or museum exhibit! The Wellcome Trust is well worth a visit if you're in London.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:05:37 -0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/156</link>
      <guid>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/156</guid>
      <dc:creator>Nicola Jones</dc:creator>
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      <title>Information transmission under conditions of sensory shielding</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[This paper is a test of Uri Geller's self-proclaimed psychic powers. See the PDF for interesting results on transmitting images. This comes from the Dai Davies era (1970s), when Nature threw down the gauntlet to scientists and said they should be able to prove, or disprove, such claims. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:56:45 -0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/154</link>
      <guid>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/154</guid>
      <dc:creator>Arran Frood</dc:creator>
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      <title>Structural Changes in Muscle During Contraction: Interference Microscopy of Living Muscle Fibres</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[initial]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:15:17 -0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/131</link>
      <guid>http://spotlight.nature.com/bestofnature/paper/131</guid>
      <dc:creator>maxine clarke</dc:creator>
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