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<DIV>"In the build-up to the US presidential election, science is making</DIV>
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<DIV> a sizeable impact on the political agenda. But what will another
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<DIV>four years of George W. Bush mean for science, compared with</DIV>
<DIV>a term under Democratic challenger John Kerry? <BR><BR>To find out,
<EM>Nature</EM> has asked the two candidates 15 questions </DIV>
<DIV>about their science policies."</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.nature.com/news/specials/uselection/index.html">http://www.nature.com/news/specials/uselection/index.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A class=article-link
href="http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040913/full/040913-8.html"><STRONG>Climate
change</STRONG></A><BR><SPAN class=article-textsml>Kerry advocates stricter
stance on greenhouse-gas emissions.</SPAN></DIV><SPAN
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face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT><BR><A class=article-link
href="http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040913/full/040913-7.html"><STRONG>Yucca
Mountain</STRONG></A><BR><SPAN class=article-textsml>Fate of nuclear waste dump
divides candidates.</SPAN><BR></DIV>
<DIV><A class=article-link
href="http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040913/full/040913-11.html"><STRONG>Stem
cells</STRONG></A><BR><SPAN class=article-textsml>Candidates take opposing
stances on medical research.</SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=article-textsml><A class=article-link
href="http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040913/full/040913-9.html"><STRONG>Nuclear
weapons research</STRONG></A><BR><SPAN class=article-textsml>Need for new bomb
tests questioned.</SPAN><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=article-textsml><A class=article-link
href="http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040913/full/040913-10.html"><STRONG>Manipulation
of science</STRONG></A><BR><SPAN class=article-textsml>Bush administration
stands accused of distorting science.</SPAN><BR></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=article-textsml><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Brett</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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