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Focuses on the research universities of United States. Low pay for postdoctorates as the key to US research productivity; Comparison of pay to graduates in science with those who have business or law degrees; Statistics on the source of support for first postdoctoral appointment; Outlook.

Discusses the involvement of Eastern European countries in the European Union's new research program called Framework 5. Gamble the countries are taking by becoming involved; Costs of Framework 5 subscriptions; Importance of Framework 5 involvement for countries to be accepted into the European Union (EU); Underfunding of research in many post-communist countries; Basic versus applied research in such countries. INSET: Will the Euro Help Grants Flow?.

Discusses how popular interest in dinosaurs has benefitted paleontology. New discoveries which have revived the field; Research on a fish-eating dinosaur by Sereno et al in this issue; Impact of the 1970s idea that dinosaurs were warm-blooded and active; Increased enrollment in classes about dinosaurs; Regional museums about dinosaurs; Private funding for paleontology; Funding from fossils; Corporate funding.