Nature (vol. 438, No. 7070, 15 December 2005)


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Volume 438 Number 7070 pp889-1050 In this issue (15 December 2005) •Editorials •Research Highlights •News •News Features •Business •Correspondence •Books and Arts •Essay •News and Views •Brief Communications •Brief Communications Arising(this content only available online) •Insight •Articles •Letters •Naturejobs •Futures Also this week •Editor's Summary •Authors •Nature Podcast Editorials Preparing for disaster p889 Earth scientists should find better mechanisms to disseminate facts about the risks of natural disasters, to help local populations make the necessary preparations. Europe's right stuff p889 The European Space Agency is making good use of its funds for space exploration. Wiki's wild world p890 Researchers should read Wikipedia cautiously and amend it enthusiastically. Research Highlights Research highlights p892 Correction p893 News Big money for cancer genomics p894 NIH announces first phase of ambitious project. Erika Check Developing nations offer hope in climate talks p895 Montreal conference is a qualified success. Amanda Haag Fake pottery buries theory of early start for Christianity p895 Dutch artefacts are not what they seem. Siëlle Gramser Sidelines p896 Budget boost gets Russia back in the space game p896 Oil revenues help to relaunch Soviet missions. Tony Reichhardt Pokémon blocks gene name p897 Moniker proves too much for games company. Tom Simonite Snapshot: Blot on the landscape p899 Satellite snaps smoke plume over Britain. Journal grows suspicious of Vioxx data p899 Editors express concern over paper's conclusions. Meredith Wadman Internet encyclopaedias go head to head p900 Jimmy Wales' Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of the accuracy of its science entries, a Nature investigation finds. Jim Giles News in brief p902 Correction p902 News Features Natural disasters: The chaos to come p903 Natural disasters have wreaked havoc on the