Articles from Science News (July 4, 2009)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
Alien visitor from afar.	Cowen, Ron	Brief article	105
Alpine Antarctica, before all the ice: study details chain of peaks under continent's flat surface.	Perkins, Sid		337
Astrometry nabs its first exoplanet: method provides more precision for mass measurements.	Cowen, Ron	Brief article	212
Astronomical art faux pas.	Bisenieks, Dainis; Ryan, Jack; Dilworth, Barbara	Letter to the editor	386
Autism care's biological toll.	Bower, Bruce	Brief article	189
Back story: black hole theory and discovery.		Brief article	117
Betelgeuse shrinks.	Cowen, Ron	Brief article	125
Bookshelf.		Book review	191
DNA's medical power may someday match its hype.	Siegfried, Tom	Editorial	379
Earth.		Brief article	36
Ecology, climate and human activities conspire to set the world on fire.	Barazesh, Solmaz		2429
Flotsametrics and the Floating World.	Perkins, Sid	Book review	262
Getting social with virtual peers.	Bower, Bruce	Brief article	156
Giant black holes in nearby galaxies may be more massive than thought: Simulations, observations may resolve long-standing puzzle.	Cowen, Ron		991
Gravity's influences could mean bumpy ride for inner solar system: new simulations describe scenarios for smashing planets.	Perkins, Sid	Brief article	320
Hummingbird pulls Top Gun stunts: for its size, the courting flier dives faster than a fighter jet.	Milius, Susan	Brief article	285
Introducing ...		Brief article	121
Lab tests find Huntington's protein may have crony in killing brain cells: results could explain why only some neurons are vulnerable.	Saey, Tina Hesman		470
Life.		Brief article	39
Microswimmers make a splash: tiny travelers take on a viscous world.	Sanders, Laura		2117
Nobelists to students: being wrong may be just right.			810
Physicists get good vibrations on entanglement: 'spooky action at a distance' achieved with oscillating ions.	Sanders, Laura		465
Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul.	Zelkowitz, Rachel	Book review	288
Protein caught in the act.	Sanders, Laura	Brief article	163
Quantum plant activity.	Edwards, Donald K.; Thomas, Bill	Letter to the editor	430
Replacing microRNA may offer new possibilities for cancer treatment: study in mice shows liver tumors shrunk or didn't develop.	Lee, Jenny Lauren		487
Role of tags in prostate cancer.	Sanders, Laura	Brief article	134
Scales provide a smoother slither: new study shows how push, friction move snakes forward.	Ehrenberg, Rachel	Brief article	301
Science future.			60
Science past: from the issue of JULY 4, 1959.		Brief article	118
Science stats: penguins from space.			17
Scientific observations.		Brief article	81
Seeking genetic fate: personal genomics companies offer forecasts of disease risk, but the science behind the packaging is still evolving.	Barry, Patrick		3238
Signs of hunting beneath Huron: survey finds lines and piles of boulders on lake bottom.	Perkins, Sid	Brief article	316
Stem cell stress leads way to gray: study traces how hair loses color-providing melanocytes.	Sanders, Laura		388
Surgery for obese adolescents.	Seppa, Nathan	Brief article	79
Tuberculosis subverts immune cells: team identifies gene that contributes to bacterium's virulence.	Seppa, Nathan	Brief article	278