Articles from Science News (August 2, 2008)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
Apollo rocks show traces of water: study may shed light on moon formation and evolution.	Cowen, Ron		414
Astrocytes are rising stars of the brain: cells regulate blood flow and make fMRI possible.	Saey, Tina Hesman		1067
Cuttlefish embryos look and learn: before hatching, young acquire interest in crab dinners.	Milius, Susan	Brief article	280
Decoding the quantum mystery: signals from space to Earth could establish the reality of Einstein's worst fear.	Siegfried, Tom	Essay	1392
DNA, Jim, but not as we know it: unnatural genetic letters build stronger double helix.	Barry, Patrick		344
Dopamine's role linked to location: desire and dread separated by mere millimeters.	Maxmen, Amy		516
Feminization blamed on farming: agricultural chemicals suspected in cane toad troubles.	Raloff, Janet		675
Finding the golden genes: advances in gene therapy could tempt some athletes to enhance their genetic makeup, leading some researchers to work on detection methods just in case.	Barry, Patrick	Cover story	2792
Frogbuilding ... first the toes, then the legs: development appears out of order in coqui frog.	Ehrenberg, Rachel		416
Insightful light: Raman spectroscopy may offer doctors, dentists and forensic scientists a better tool for molecular detection.	Yeager, Ashley		2472
Iridescent shortcut.	Spenicer, Mike	Letter to the editor	97
It all began with a single crack: crumbling, not just incline, spurs a slab avalanche.	Yeager, Ashley	Brief article	312
Kudos for epigenetics article.	Dunn, Jim	Letter to the editor	67
Mature, or just dead.	Prunier, Tom	Letter to the editor	93
Messages from Mercury: flyby reveals clues to volcanism, magnetism.	Cowen, Ron	Brief article	208
Now available in color: fossils: pigment may have been preserved in feathers.	Castelvecchi, Davide		337
Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science.	Castelvecchi, Davide	Book review	286
Rebels, Mavericks, and Heretics in Biology.		Book review	33
Rock finds suggest unlikely neighbors.	Perkins, Sid	Brief article	137
Science and government.	Adams, Bud; Walstad, Allan	Letter to the editor	300
Science future.		Calendar	55
Science past: 50 years ago.		Brief article	159
Scientific observations.		Brief article	97
Simpleminded voters.	Mann, Ivan; Marans, Nelson	Letter to the editor	289
SN online: www.sciencenews.org.		Brief article	99
Starved for Science: How Biotechnology is Being Kept Out of Africa.		Book review	33
Stem cells aid weak muscles: transplants in mice help ameliorate genetic defect.	Ghose, Tia	Brief article	236
Strategies for fighting aging can be complex: resveratrol, low-cal diets don't work the same way.	Saey, Tina Hesman		424
The (-est).		Brief article	70
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives.	Quill, Elizabeth	Book review	233
The Handy Anatomy Answer Book.		Brief article	39
The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and Their Patients.		Book review	50
The wandering fish eye.	Yeager, Ashley	Brief article	152
The Woman Who Can't Forget.			25
Tiny diamonds may set earlier date for first life: carbon isotope ratios suggest biological activity.	Perkins, Sid		448
Two paths to longer life overlap: study identifies proteins that may play key roles in longevity.	Barry, Patrick	Brief article	181
Vapor breath.	Ossmann, Bill; Ehrenberg, Rachel	Letter to the editor	147
Voice from the past.	Frazier, Kendrick	Letter to the editor	223
Voyager 2 reports from the edge: bubble surrounding solar system seems to be lopsided.	Cowen, Ron		387
World Science Summit: Science should be prominent in U.S. foreign policy.			857