Articles from Science News (September 26, 2009)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
'Black hole' origins.	Trimble, Virginia	Letter to the editor	191
Antibiotic resistance resides in gut; new genes transfer defensive trait when inserted into E. coli.	Lee, Jenny Lauren		342
Atom & cosmos.		Brief article	31
Bog iron.	Kopf, John O.	Letter to the editor	105
Bookshelf.		Book review	107
Broken symmetry: scientists seek mechanisms explaining development of the body's left-right pattern.	Lee, Jenny Lauren		2452
Decay patterns at B factory could challenge physics' standard model: tentative evidence hints at new massive elementary particle.	Cowen, Ron		521
Desperately seeking moly: unreliable supplies of feedstock for widely used medical imaging isotope prompt efforts to develop U.S. sources.	Raloff, Janet	Cover story	3065
Four healthy rhesus monkeys born with mitochondrial DNA from donor: procedure may one day prevent some inherited diseases.	Sanders, Laura		644
From baby scientists to a science of social learning.	Bower, Bruce	Interview	748
Fruity whiffs can mask the scent of carbon dioxide for flies, mosquitoes: study suggests new approach to making insect repellents.	Milius, Susan		490
Girls but not boys may be primed for arachnophobia, ophidiophobia: fear of crawly, slithery things could begin before first birthday.	Bower, Bruce		486
Google works on a different web; ranking system inspires algorithm for predicting extinctions.	Milius, Susan		348
Humans.			23
Hunting hidden dimensions: black holes, giant and tiny, may reveal new realms of space.	Steele, Diana		2494
Imagining the universe from outside of the plane.	Siegfried, Tom		395
Leptin-led hamster boom.	Lee, Jenny Lauren	Brief article	158
New bond in the basement tethers body's tissues together: sulfur-nitrogen link had never been seen in living creature.	Ehrenberg, Rachel		943
Reptile research tells a tale of four chambers; scientists find gene that may help regulate heart evolution.	Sanders, Laura		604
Rodents lacking gene feel the burn: study finds mutated mice use energy instead of storing fat.	Saey, Tina Hesman		451
Science future.		Calendar	59
Science past: from the issue of September 26, 1959.		Brief article	128
Science stats: reducing Rx's.		Brief article	59
Scientific observations.		Brief article	119
Seeing again through Hubble's eyes.	Cowen, Ron	Brief article	166
Special online feature.			21
Squished skull.	Jones, Henry	Letter to the editor	80
Stomach surgery benefits children; study finds obesity creates unhealthy fetal environment.	Seppa, Nathan	Brief article	261
Stories in Stone: Travels Through Urban Geology.	Perkins, Sid	Book review	272
Tamarins sway to their own tune: call-inspired music can alter primates' emotional states.	Lee, Jenny Lauren		358
The (-est).		Brief article	92