Articles from Science News (August 29, 2009)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
A new recipe for brown fat: energy-burning cells offer potential obesity treatment.	Sanders, Laura		385
Allergy meds slim down mice.	Lee, Jenny Lauren	Brief article	96
Analysis of TV viewer habits sorts commercial bargains from lemons: highest-rated shows may not always be best for advertisers.	Sanders, Laura		440
Atom & cosmos.			23
Balancing gains and threats in cardiovascular care.	Seppa, Nathan	Interview	769
Bat fungus in Europe.	Milius, Susan	Brief article	121
Bent tissue strip gives orchid kick; study dissects how plants hit bees with pollen masses.	Milius, Susan	Brief article	315
Body & brain.			15
Bookshelf.		Book review	175
Brilliant blue for the spinal cord: rats that get dye after injury show motor improvements.	Ehrenberg, Rachel		412
Churning water by the numbers: small swimmers may affect ocean mixing and climate.	Ehrenberg, Rachel		395
Conspiratorial skepticism.	Zaldo, David J.; Middlecoff, Jacques	Letter to the editor	271
Cosmic carbonation.	Rex, Larry D.	Letter to the editor	80
Crows use sticks, stones to show skills at manipulating tools in lab: birds' problem-solving ability turns out to be no fable.	Bower, Bruce		1245
Dark Side of the Moon: Wernher von Braun, the Third Reich, and the Space Race.	Zelkowitz, Rachel	Book review	289
Death-grip fungus made me do it; parasite benefits when host ants bite low-hanging leaves.	Milius, Susan		416
Earthquakes severely test science's power to predict.	Siegfried, Tom	Editorial	333
Fallout from September 11 lingers in the form of stress, asthma risk: survey suggests serious health ramifications continue.	Seppa, Nathan		405
Giving baseball better numbers: statisticians offer improved way to measure fielding skill.	Sanders, Laura		348
Green peas produce a lot of stars: compact galaxies could shed light on more distant systems.	Cowen, Ron		456
Jupiter takes it on the chin.	Cowen, Ron	Brief article	131
Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution.	Perkins, Sid	Book review	259
Matter & energy.			16
New nerve cells grow in mouse gut: study suggests novel approach to fight intestinal disorders.	Lee, Jenny Lauren	Brief article	336
Nod-for-me potion.	Milius, Susan	Brief article	134
Overlooked organ gets new respect; research reveals that the spleen harbors immune agents.	Seppa, Nathan	Brief article	265
Pearls unstrung: for a while, the Great Lakes weren't connected by rivers and Niagara Falls was just a trickle.	Perkins, Sid		2387
Phragmites egg each other on.	Milius, Susan	Brief article	104
Science future.		Calendar	55
Science past: from the issue of August 29, 1959.		Brief article	121
Science stats: alternative health care costs.			78
Scientific observations.		Quotation	105
Shaky forecasts: despite past failures, geophysicists think earthquake prediction might yet be possible.	Brody, Kristina Bartlett		2543
Spotting danger from on high.	Perkins, Sid	Brief article	175
Team identifies new path to haze; reactions turn hydrocarbon into light-scattering aerosols.	Perkins, Sid		311
The (-est).		Brief article	109
Tiny bird, tiny genome.	Ehrenberg, Rachel	Brief article	152
Treatable throat cancer.	Seppa, Nathan	Brief article	131
What do you see? Emotion may help the visual system jump the gun to predict what the brain will see.	Lee, Jenny Lauren		2804