Articles from Science News (October 9, 2010)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
A growth chart for young brains: score tracks development of neural connections over time.	Sanders, Laura		418
Action games cut reaction times: players gain an advantage in processing sensory inputs.	Bower, Bruce	Brief article	287
Arctic melt third highest since '79: this year's sea ice minimum reflects polar warming trend.	Witze, Alexandra	Brief article	285
Back story: an epidemic of hypotheses.		Brief article	224
Believing without seeing gives science more power.	Siegfried, Tom	Editorial	351
Black hole silhouette: scientists attempt to image a shadow and its tumultuous ring.	Petit, Charles	Cover story	2723
Bookself.		Book review	210
Close encounter fascinates media: small space rocks often pass within radius of moon's orbit.	Cowen, Ron	Brief article	197
Cockroach brains can kill bacteria: insect extracts active against antibiotic-resistant microbes.	Ehrenberg, Rachel	Brief article	199
Craters tell tales about moon's past: orbiter data help scientists analyze history of lunar surface.	Carlisle, Camille M.		588
Doing their bit by not doing their bit: loafers can do a community good, yeast experiments show.	Saey, Tina Hesman	Brief article	241
Exposure to cold virus linked to obesity epidemic among children: research may partly explain why kids are getting heavier.	Saey, Tina Hesman		728
For daily use.		Brief article	116
Harvesting light the way plants do: team develops a recipe for self-assembling solar cells.	Ehrenberg, Rachel		310
Imperfect mimics: reprogramming may not produce exact embryonic stem cell replicas.	Saey, Tina Hesman		1265
Markers on DNA linked to obesity: epigenetic tags may influence disease risk, study suggests.	Saey, Tina Hesman		470
Mars organics were possibly missed: Viking's tests could have destroyed building blocks of life.	Cowen, Ron		468
Musical bonding.	Hawkins, Bill; Luke, Rylan; Silver, Stephen E.	Letter to the editor	389
Native toads find ant invaders tasty: Indonesian amphibian could help control aggressive insects.	Milius, Susan	Brief article	292
Natural gas dominates Gulf plumes: microbes are degrading easily digested hydrocarbons first.	Raloff, Janet		439
Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception.	Witze, Alexandra	Book review	251
Science past: from the issue of October 8, 1960.		Brief article	130
Scientific observations.	Fiske, Peter	Brief article	153
Streetlamps turn bird duds into studs: young male blue tits that sing earlier attract more females.	Milius, Susan		351
The Disappearing Spoon.	Ehrenberg, Rachel	Book review	302
The hunchback of central Spain: humped dinosaur pushes back the origin of feathers.	Dickey, Gwyneth		309
Unnatural selection: chemists build proteins with parts not in the typical toolkit.	Beil, Laura		2338
Warming throws off cuckoo timing: birds fool a different species mix when spring comes early.	Milius, Susan	Brief article	279
We, robot: what real-life machines can and can't do.	Ehrenberg, Rachel		858
Why cell phone talkers are annoying: unpredictable 'halfalogues' distract unwilling eavesdroppers.	Bower, Bruce		499