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Robert S. Boyd
Kight-Ridder
Washington
Mars
Jane Lubchenco
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Lubchenco
Oregon State University
David Ho
Time Magazine
Earth
John Gibbons
Clinton
Gibbons
NASA
Dan Goldin
Yeast