Articles from Science News (August 5, 2006)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Ancient rains made Sahara livable.	Bower, Bruce	Brief article	212
Autism's cell off: neural losses appear in boys, men with disorder.	Bower, B.		462
Books for late summer: from genius genes to tyrannosaur musings.	Miller, J.A.	Cover story	3884
Close look confirms two eyes on Venus.	Cowen, Ron	Brief article	226
Drug rescues cells that age too fast.	Raloff, Janet	Brief article	181
Follow the lead.	Cunningham, Aimee	Brief article	237
Hot and hungry bees hit hot spots.	Milius, S.	Brief article	135
Microbial mug shots: telltale patterns finger bad bacteria.	Weiss, P.		444
Named medical trials garner extra attention.	Harder, Ben	Brief article	217
Northern refuge: white spruce survived last ice age in Alaska.	Perkins, S.		433
Odd shape.	Frahm, Ellery	Letter to the editor	115
Preserving paradise: huge patch of Hawaiian reefs gets monumental protection.	Raloff, Janet		773
Racial IQ gap narrows: blacks gain 4 to 7 points on whites.	Jaffe, E.		566
Rash statements?	Billingsley, Scott	Letter to the editor	124
Rod is the spoiler.	Welsh, Ralph S.	Letter to the editor	103
Seeking the Sacred Raven: Politics and Extinction on a Hawaiian Island.		Book review	184
Skyscrapers: Uncovering Technology.		Book review	165
Social jet lag: need a smoke?	Raloff, Janet	Brief article	219
Stung lung: volatile chemical may cut respiratory capacity.	Harder, B.		399
Tapping out a TAI-CHI tune.	Raloff, Janet	Brief article	288
The Father of Forensics: The Groundbreaking Cases of Sir Bernard Spilsbury and the Beginnings of Modern CSI.		Book review	173
The Houseplant Encyclopedia.		Book review	178
The Human Body: Uncovering Science.		Brief article	149
Titan's lakes: evidence of liquid on Saturn's largest moon.	Cowen, R.		517
Virtual reality for earthquake fears.	Raloff, Janet	Brief article	243
What's new in the water? Survey tallies emerging disinfection by-products.	Cunningham, A.		480