Articles from Science News (September 12, 2009)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
A place removed from 'the pressure of received ideas'.	Siegfried, Tom		792
Body & brain.			14
Bomb-tastic new worms.	Sanders, Laura	Brief article	155
Bookshelf.		Brief article	182
Casper becomes the quantum, friendly ghost.	Sanders, Laura	Brief article	151
Chemistry.			24
Comet halo holds ingredient for life; smallest amino acid could have extraterrestrial source.	Ehrenberg, Rachel		416
Correction.	Brody, Kristina Bartlett	Correction notice	66
Deprived of any external cues, people go round: feedback errors accumulate as walkers try to go straight.	Bower, Bruce		652
Doesn't cluck like a chicken.	Milius, Susan	Brief article	65
Drugged money.	Raloff, Janet	Brief article	107
Earth.			19
Fire engineers of the Stone Age: Africans heated stones for toolmaking 72,000 years ago.	Bower, Bruce	Brief article	256
Flurry of planets found at full tilt: violent interactions may have shaped extrasolar systems.	Cowen, Ron		528
Forest birds' wings get makeover, courtesy of evolutionary processes: logging, recovery may play role in the degree of pointiness.	Milius, Susan		432
From troublemaker to treatment: study finds estrogen may fight persistent breast cancer.	Seppa, Nathan		396
Gene may make for shorter nights: variant in people also reduces shut-eye in mice, fruit flies.	Saey, Tina Hesman		390
How bizarre.		Brief article	84
Human cells play Simon Says, too; research uncovers evidence for mirror neurons in people.	Saey, Tina Hesman		381
Life.			20
Little by little: as food allergies proliferate, new strategies may help patients ingest their way to tolerance.	Beil, Laura	Cover story	2503
Morality play: universal concerns, not cultural values, may shape kids' developing notions of right and wrong.	Bower, Bruce		2670
New data show quickening loss of groundwater beneath India: increased crop irrigation is depleting region's aquifers.	Perkins, Sid		1049
New drug shown to preserve bone: vertebrae density increases in two high-risk populations.	Seppa, Nathan		348
Pedantic but curious.	Crockett, Gary	Letter to the editor	137
Philosophers strike back.	Boersema, David; Kramis, Marc; Kreuzman, Henry B.; Wilson, Mark A.	Letter to the editor	643
Save Murray Gell-Mann a spot in physics hall of fame.	Siegfried, Tom		374
Science future.		Calendar	54
Science past: from the issue of September 12, 1959.		Brief article	115
Science stats: sweet tooth and schooling.		Brief article	70
Science Under Siege: Defending Science, Exposing Pseudoscience.	Sanders, Laura	Book review	256
Scientific observations.		Brief article	139
Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda.	Lee, Jenny Lauren	Book review	249
Styrofoam degrades in seawater, leaving tiny contaminants behind: study suggests styrene units are fouling the Pacific Ocean.	Ehrenberg, Rachel		462
Subtracting that smell.	Ehrenberg, Rachel	Brief article	137
The status quark: Murray Gell-Mann reflects on matter's building blocks and scientists' resistance to new ideas.	Siegfried, Tom	Essay	2079
To sing or not to sing.	Milius, Susan	Brief article	85
Traffic moves baritone birds.	Milius, Susan	Brief article	81
Tree keeps vigil for extinct moa; leaves may have defended against big, chomping birds.	Milius, Susan		444
Worm-inspired superglue.	Ehrenberg, Rachel	Brief article	165