Articles from Science News (January 19, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A Force of Nature: The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford.			146
A thirst for meat: changes in diet, rising population may strain China's water supply.	Perkins, Sid		563
Benjamin Franklin's Numbers: An Unsung Mathematical Odyssey.			165
Bird's-eye view of Antarctic ice loss.	Perkins, Sid		269
Blind bet: despite uncertain odds, many horse owners gamble on stem cell therapy.	Beil, Laura		1869
Butterfly's clock linked to compass.	Milius, Susan		245
Dusty fireball: can lab-made blob explain ball lightning?	Castelvecchi, Davide		462
Evening the score.	Van Veen, Merlijn	Letter to the editor	112
Getting the red out: drug improves kids' psoriasis symptoms.	Seppa, Nathan		448
HIV variant might help vaccine search.	Seppa, Nathan		247
Infectious voyagers: DNA suggests Columbus took syphilis to Europe.	Bower, Bruce		508
Judging science: courts may be too skeptical of research done with juries in mind.	Raloff, Janet		2471
Living Systems: Innovative Materials and Technologies for Landscape Architecture.			187
Night lights may foster cancer.	Raloff, Janet		213
Phoenix heart: replacing a heart's cells could ease transplants.	Barry, Patrick		476
Polar musings.	Nickelson, Bob; Perkins, Sid; Sweetman, David; Stoltzmann, David	Letter to the editor	221
Retro RAM.	Castelvecchi, Davide		260
Second time around: some old stars may make new planets.	Cowen, Ron		509
Sleep disruption and glucose processing.	Seppa, Nathan		242
Switchgrass may yield biofuel bounty.	Barry, Patrick		248
The Five-Second Rule and Other Myths About Germs: What Everyone Should Know About Bacteria, Viruses, Mold and Mildew.			173
The Normal Personality: A New Way of Thinking About People.			162
Transport emissions sizable, and rising.	Perkins, Sid		237
When mice fly: bat DNA leads to longer limbs in mouse embryos.	Callaway, Ewen		486
X-raying a galactic jet set.	Cowen, Ron		164