Articles from Science News (January 31, 2009)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
Back story.		Brief article	197
Charles Darwin: The 'Beagle' Letters.	Siegfried, Tom	Book review	281
Core of the galaxy in high-res.	Cowen, Ron	Brief article	127
Courting mosquitoes match pitch to signal when they're in the mood: carriers of dengue fever virus harmonize their love songs.	Sanders, Laura		460
Darwin turns 200; Charles Darwin was born into a world that today's scientist wouldn't recognize.	Siegfried, Tom	Biography	2279
Darwin's natural selection redefined the idea of design.	Siegfried, Tom		825
Dopamine's role in thrills.	Sanders, Laura	Brief article	77
Evolution's evolution: Darwin's dangerous idea has adapted to modern biology.	Ehrenberg, Rachel		2807
Evolution: A Little History of a Great Idea.		Book review	35
Finding where criminals live by the numbers: mathematician combines calculations with geography.	Barry, Patrick		417
For C-section, wait full term: babies born before, after 9 months face higher risk.	Seppa, Nathan	Report	349
Freaks of Nature: What Anomalies Tell Us About Development and Evolution.	Quill, Elizabeth	Book review	250
Math explains survival of beetles: new equations show why competing species can coexist.	Barry, Patrick	Brief article	317
Meteors deliver Earth-like crust: fragments may have formed early in solar system's history.	Perkins, Sid	Brief article	265
Migrants settle Americas in tandem: two groups may have crossed the land bridge independently.	Bower, Bruce		910
Milky Way puts on weight: new estimate makes galaxy comparable to Andromeda.	Cowen, Ron		456
Modern biology owes unpayable debt to Darwin.	Siegfried, Tom		435
Molecular evolution: investigating the genetic books of life reveals new details of 'descent with modification' and the forces driving it.	Saey, Tina Hesman		2856
Moth jams bat sonar.	Milius, Susan	Brief article	174
Record low for blood oxygen levels: challenges in Everest's thin air could inform patient care.	Ehrenberg, Rachel		362
Right-left preference.	Hemingway, Tana; Bower, Bruce	Letter to the editor	198
Science future.		Calendar	55
Science past: January 31, 1959.		Brief article	116
Science stats: global mental health.		Brief article	47
Scientific observations.		Quotation	116
Simultaneous Stone Age tool use: signs of early hand-ax making not limited to eastern Africa.	Bower, Bruce	Brief article	237
SIRT family's middle child.	Saey, Tina Hesman	Brief article	62
Step-by-step evolution: mining the gaps: transitional fossils are the hardest to find, but sometimes tell the best.	Perkins, Sid		2563
Surgery soothes muscles.	Seppa, Nathan	Brief article	81
The (-est).		Brief article	93
The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment.		Book review	39
The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA.		Book review	41
Tuned in to new noise from the sky: radio static could be from earliest stars or black holes.	Cowen, Ron		327
Vitamin D and peanuts.	Bennett, Bruce; Seppa, Nathan	Letter to the editor	171
Voyages of Discovery: A Visual Celebration of Ten of the Greatest Natural History Expeditions.		Book review	44