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Volume 438 Number 7067 pp395-530 In this issue (24 November 2005) • • • • • • • • • Editorials Research Highlights News News Features Business Correspondence Commentary Books and Arts Essay Also this week • News and Views • Brief Communications • Brief Communications Arising (this content only available online) • Reviews • Articles • Letters • Naturejobs • Futures • Editor's Summary • Authors • Nature Podcast • Synthetic Biology comic Editorials Networks for Africa p395 The future of science and technology in Africa depends on the development of mutually supportive networks. Two examples show how imaginative initiatives can be turned into models for others. The heat is on p396 A successor to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change must involve mandatory emissions caps. Life is what you make it p396 This issue celebrates the emerging field of synthetic biology. Research Highlights Research highlights p398 News Google makes data free for all p400 Project could lead to more 'intelligent' web pages. Declan Butler US watchdog finds bias against morning-after pill p401 Drug agency accused of mixing politics with science. Meredith Wadman Sidelines p402 Neuroscientists put gene therapy into reverse p402 Making the disease could break the disease. Jim Giles Seals net data from cold seas p402 Tagged animals to be used as remote sensors. Tom Simonite Korean stem-cell crisis deepens p405 Fertility specialist admits buying human eggs. David Cyranoski Deal on toxicity law fails to appease p406 EU draws up compromise for chemical-safety legislation. Alison Abbott China steps up drive to vaccinate all domestic birds p406 Officials claim 8 billion birds inoculated so far. David Cyranoski Software shakes up schizophrenia diagnosis p407 Brain scan analysis could reveal disease before symptoms. Jennifer Wild News in brief p409 Correction p409 News Features Energy in California: Power struggle