From the August 30, 2001 issue of Nature
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Chemistry: Mystery of an interstellar ion
ANNICK SUZOR-WEINER AND IOAN F. SCHNEIDER
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe. Its chemistry governs most reactions in space, especially when it
is ionized. But the abundance of the H3+ ion is not easy to explain.

Full text
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v412/n6850/full/412871a0_fs.html

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Letters to Nature

Characterization of extrasolar terrestrial planets from diurnal photometric variability
E. B. FORD, S. SEAGER & E. L. TURNER

First paragraph
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v412/n6850/abs/412885a0_fs.html

EurekAlert release
Earth's light show is a clue to finding habitable neighbors
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2001-08/pu-els082901.php

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Mechanism for the destruction of H3+ ions by electron impact
V. KOKOOULINE, CHRIS H. GREENE & B. D. ESRY

First paragraph
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v412/n6850/abs/412891a0_fs.html

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Parasitic computing
ALBERT-LÁSZLÓ BARABÁSI, VINCENT W. FREEH, HAWOONG JEONG & JAY B. BROCKMAN

First paragraph
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v412/n6850/abs/412894a0_fs.html

Supplementary information
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v412/n6850/suppinfo/412894a0.html

Feature of the week
Who's been using your PC?
http://www.nature.com/nature/fow/010830.html

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Transition of Mount Etna lavas from a mantle-plume to an island-arc magmatic source
PIERRE SCHIANO, ROBERTO CLOCCHIATTI, LUISA OTTOLINI & TIZIANA BUSÀ

First paragraph
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v412/n6850/abs/412900a0_fs.html

Supplementary information
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v412/n6850/suppinfo/412900a0.html

Nature science update
Etna in identity crisis
http://www.nature.com/nsu/010830/010830-10.html

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Alex R. Blackwell
University of Hawaii