Articles from Science News (August 16, 2008)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
29.7 million.			21
Asthma oddity.	Seppa, Nathan	Clinical report	96
Back story: magnetism, then and now.		Chronology	96
Breaking the link.	Gainer, Diana	Letter to the editor	102
Built for speed: animals would prove fierce competitors at the Olympics--if only they would stay in their lanes.	Milius, Susan	Cover story	2449
Bumblebees deliver disease: hitchhiking pathogens threaten wild populations.	Milius, Susan	Report	308
Death to dodder.	Ehrenberg, Rachel	Report	107
Fangs sprang from one source: embryos disclose history of snake venom delivery.	Maxmen, Amy	Report	402
Fatal attraction: nanomagnets tackle disease: technique uses heat to kill cancerous cells.	Raloff, Janet	Clinical report	1042
Go against the grains, diet study suggests: low-carb beats low-fat in weight loss, cholesterol.	Seppa, Nathan	Clinical report	539
In communicating science, Europe envies the U.S.	Blum, Deborah		828
It's a heavy burden to report on heavy water.	Siegried, Tom	Editorial	412
Math trek.		Brief article	34
Molecule makes magnetic sense: cryptochrome could help explain animal orientation.	Yeager, Ashley		343
Neuron killers: misfolded, clumping proteins evade conviction, but they remain prime suspects in neurodegenerative diseases.	Saey, Tina Hesman		2472
No counting necessary: people track quantities even when distracted.	Bower, Bruce	Brief article	189
One Minute Mysteries: 65 Short Mysteries You Solve With Science!		Brief article	40
Planning for hazards.	Knight, John	Letter to the editor	116
Primeval Kinship: How Pair-Bonding Gave Birth to Human Society.		Brief article	35
Protein links metabolism to clock: work could lead to drugs for obesity, aging and jet lag.	Saey, Tina Hesman		850
Quantum effects make [H.sub.2]O weird: bond lengths are different in heavy, light water molecules.	Castelvecchi, Davide		430
Reframing Scopes: Journalists, Scientists, and Lost Photographs from the Trial of the Century.	Maxmen, Amy	Book review	264
Science & the public.		Brief article	36
Science future.		Brief article	62
Science past: 50 years ago: from Science News letter, August 16, 1958.		Brief article	142
Science stats.		Brief article	59
Scientific observations.		Brief article	80
SN today.			16
Spotting the smallest atoms.	Castelvecchi, Davide	Brief article	145
Starry details.	Myers, John; Cowen, Ron	Letter to the editor	136
Statin snag.	Seppa, Nathan	Brief article	78
The (-est).		Brief article	70
The Encyclopedia of Earth: A Complete Visual Guide.		Brief article	45
The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It.		Book review	32
The Universe in a Mirror: The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It.	Yeager, Ashley	Book review	267
Toddler worldview shifts at age 2: study looks at leap in object recognition and thinking.	Bower, Bruce		432
Viagra for women.	Seppa, Nathan	Brief article	87
Welcome to the quantum internet: quantum encryption is here, but the laws of physics can do much more than protect privacy.	Castelvecchi, Davide		2897
Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910.		Book review	40