Nature, May 14, 2009

Cover
The cover shows a rosette of maturing Neurospora asci with fluorescing binucleate ascospores, indicated by GFP-histone H1.

Seismology: The sleeping dragon
The great Sichuan
earthquake of 12 May 2008 caught Earth scientists off guard. A year on,
Alexandra Witze reports from the shattered towns on how researchers
have learned from their failures.

Microbiology: Tinker, bacteria, eukaryote, spy
Bacteria
and their hosts may reside in different kingdoms, but that doesn't stop
them from intercepting each other's communications.

Insight: Microbial oceanography
Microorganisms are
the most abundant lifeforms in the ocean, and as such have a very
important role in many ecosystems. New technologies are allowing
scientists to dig deeper than ever before into the composition and
activity of microbial communities.

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