Articles from Science News (August 17, 2002)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
A Matter of Degrees: What Temperature Reveals about the Past and Future of Our Species, Planet, and Universe.		Book Review	131
Alleged X chromosome activator may be a dud. (Not a Turn-On).	Cobb, K.	Brief Article	553
Ancient birth brick emerges in Egypt. (Archaeology).		Brief Article	157
Ancient Encounters: Kennewick Man and the First Americans.		Book Review	192
Biological clock study challenged. (Biology).		Brief Article	211
Borrowed gene helps wild sunflower. (Tougher Weeds?).	Milius, S.	Brief Article	472
By the numbers. (Letters).		Letter to the Editor	202
Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to all Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex.		Book Review	134
Drug mixes threaten aquatic ecosystems. (Killer Cocktails).	Pickrell, J.	Brief Article	470
El Nino: it's back! (Climate).		Brief Article	285
Flight 427: Anatomy of an Air Disaster.		Book Review	123
Higher blood pressure in newborns links to salt preference. (Budding Tastes).	Seppa, N.	Brief Article	430
Logic in the blocks: simple puzzles can give computers an unexpectedly strenuous workout.	Peterson, Ivars		2105
Malaria parasite reveals old age. (Microbiology).		Brief Article	164
New malaria vaccine protects mice. (Toxin Trumped).	Travis, J.	Brief Article	600
Ocean yields gases that had seemed humanmade. (Nature's Own).	Perkins, S.	Brief Article	363
Questions of origin: Vikings, Vinland, and the veracity of a map.	Gorman, Jessica	Brief Article	830
Silkworms coerced to make better silk. (Spinning Fine Threads).	Gorman, J.	Brief Article	397
The Botanical Garden: Volume I Trees and Shrubs Volume II Perennials and Annuals.		Book Review	167
Tums of the sea: how good is the ocean's natural antacid?	Gorman, Jessica		1835
Violence shows itself in a nearby galaxy. (X-Ray Chaos).	Cowen, R.	Brief Article	299
What's the problem? (Letters).	Reinhardt, David	Letter to the Editor	88
Worm genes take on bacterial foes. (Immunology).		Brief Article	167
Wrong mystery. (Letters).	Mobley, T. Everett	Letter to the Editor	65