Articles from Science News (July 5, 2008)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
A Field Guide to Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, and Poison Sumac: Prevention and Remedies.		Book review	38
A mammoth divide.	Yeager, Ashley	Brief article	128
Acid test for cancer.	Maxmen, Amy	Brief article	96
Acrobatic skill had a downside: headless skeletons tell story of ancient sacrifice.	Bower, Bruce		399
Andes rose rather rapidly: analyses of sediments suggest new scenario explaining South American mountains' height.	Perkins, Sid		407
As ozone hole heals, Antarctic could heat up: models suggest changes in wind, weather patterns.	Perkins, Sid		478
Asking the right questions.	Mueller, Jeffry D.	Letter to the editor	55
Astronomers find distant star with a whole set of superEarths: total count of extrasolar planets now exceeds 300.	Cowen, Ron		460
Biblical tree brought back to life: date palm seed recovered from Masada germinates.	Maxmen, Amy	Brief article	163
Enter the plutoids.	Yeager, Ashley	Brief article	84
Every breath you make tells of all your aches: scientists look at exhaled compounds to diagnose ills.	Ehrenberg, Rachel		1234
Extrasolar: three new projects aim to capture a first: an image of a planet orbiting a star outside the solar system.	Cowen, Ron	Cover story	2233
Falling for Science: Objects in Mind.	Brody, Kristina Bartlett	Book review	250
Footprints in ash date humans in Americas.	Perkins, Sid	Brief article	154
Forest invades tundra ... and the new tenants could aggravate global warming.	Raloff, Janet		1407
Get the real life.	Anderson, Greg	Letter to the editor	222
Good news for coffeeholics: 2 to 3 cups daily drops death rate among women.	Ghose, Tia		573
Headless animals easier to eat.	Zachary, Michael	Letter to the editor	120
I'm Lucy: A Day in the Life of a Young Bonobo.		Book review	40
Life in Cold Blood.		Book review	29
McCain and Obama: read this magazine.	Siegfried, Tom		417
Mirroring People: The New Science of How We Connect With Others.	Maxmen, Amy	Book review	277
Monkeys trade chips like food: study shows capuchins use symbolic reasoning.	Bower, Bruce		409
New method for birth control.	Barry, Patrick	Brief article	69
One of the 2,000-year-old seeds (left) identifies as the date palm Phoenix dactylifera L. was recently planted.		Photograph	43
Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul.		Book review	37
Science & the public.		Brief article	228
Science future.		Calendar	52
Science past: 50 years ago: from Science News Letter, July 5, 1958.		Brief article	141
Scientific observations.		Brief article	92
Simpleminded voters: informed citizens avoid information overload by taking strategic shortcuts before casting their ballots.	Bower, Bruce		2295
Skirting the membrane dilemma: early cells may not have needed sophisticated proteins.	Barry, Patrick		398
Strategies for nurturing science's next generation.	Cech, Thomas R.		764
Sunny days, happy hearts.	Seppa, Nathan	Brief article	99
Surprise found in comet dust: odd mineral offers clues to solar system's origins.	Yeager, Ashley	Brief article	252
The (-est).		Brief article	67
The Animal Research War.		Book review	30
Thoughts on the new Science News.	MacRitchie, Norman; Feller, Deborah	Letter to the editor	171
Trees avoid Goldilocks' troubles: leaves sweat, huddle to keep temperatures favorable.	Milius, Susan	Brief article	239
Weak interaction with Earth.	Blinder, Theodore J.; Cowen, Ron	Letter to the editor	116
Wrong place to ponder being.	Machan, Tibor R.	Letter to the editor	105
Young scientists.	Johnson, Phyllis T.	Letter to the editor	53