Articles from Science News (December 20, 2003)

Title	Author	Type	Words
8 Preposterous Propositions: From the Genetics of Homosexuality to the Benefits of Global Warming.		Book Review	123
A Century of Innovation: Twenty Engineering Achievements That Transformed Our Lives.		Book Review	156
Anthropology & archaeology.			263
Astronomy.			775
Baboons demonstrate social proficiency.		Brief Article	281
Behavior.			339
Biomedicine.			1269
Bookish math: statistical tests are unraveling knotty literary mysteries.	Klarreich, Erica		2402
Botany & zoology.			427
Cell & molecular biology.			392
Chemistry.			483
Correction.		Correction Notice	30
Did rivers once run on the Red Planet?		Brief Article	184
Drug particle delivers insulin on demand.		Brief Article	197
Dune leapfrogging is deciphered.		Brief Article	262
Earth science.			570
Environment & ecology.			421
Fighting off the viruses.	Miller, Julie Ann	Editorial	363
Food for thought.		Brief Article	147
Food science & nutrition.		Brief Article	251
Galileo in Rome: The Rise and Fall of a Troublesome Genius.		Book Review	221
German cave yields Stone Age figurines.	Bower, B.		507
Glow with the flow.		Brief Article	209
Hard mattresses not best for back pain.		Brief Article	249
Harvest may be too heavy to last.	Milius, S.		446
How to Keep Dinosaurs.		Book Review	173
Liquid Crystal Sensor plays nature's game.	Goho, A.		438
Lupus patients exhibit signs of heart disease.	Seppa, N.		516
Mathematics & computers.			246
MathTrek.			335
New materials take the heat.		Brief Article	225
No dark secret.	Turner, O. Frank	Letter to the Editor	85
Orbiting telescope views infrared universe.	Cowen, R.		513
Paleobiology.			317
Physics.			446
Severe storms can lift smoke into stratosphere.	Perkins, S.		490
Significant issue.	Lehmann, Kevin	Letter to the Editor	149
Six-foot-deep symbolism.	Soule, Virgil H.	Letter to the Editor	85
Technology.		Brief Article	251
Tropical Flowering Plants: A Guide to Identification and Cultivation.		Book Review	140
Undignified science: well-intentioned research often takes unseemly turns.	Bower, Bruce		1670
Vibrated goo mimics slithery motions.	Weiss, P.		498
Warning issued for trauma debriefing.		Brief Article	207