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Articles in April 6, 2002 issue of Science News

• Blood vessel poisoning: arsenic narrows artery that feeds brain - This Week - Brief Article
  by B. Harder
• New World hunters get a reprieve - American Pre-History - Clovis people likely not responsible for extinction of prehistoric animals - Brief Article
• Osmium is forever: rare metal's strength humbles mighty diamond's - This Week - Brief Article
  by P. Weiss
• Real pandas do handstands - Biology - giant panda may huse handstand to send warning - Brief Article
• Rough treatment - Letters
  by Eugene C. Bovee
• Scrambled drugs: transgenic chickens could lay golden eggs - This Week - using genetically altered animals to produce pharmaceutical agents - Brief Article
  by J. Pickrell
• Stone Age Siberians move up in time - Archaeology - Brief Article
• Hot cereal: rice reveals bumper crop of genes - This Week - rice genome deciphered - Brief Article
  by J. Travis
• Noble gases and uranium get cozy - Chemistry - Brief Article
• Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are. . - Books: a selection of new and notable books of scientific interest - book review
• Night patrol for tired cops: police lose sleep over workday hassles - This Week - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
  by B. Bower
• A tasty discovery about the tongue - Biomedicine - taste receptor specific to glutamates - Brief Article
• Odor readers - Letters
• Lamprey allure: females rush to males' bile acid - This Week - Great Lakes water pest - Brief Article
  by S. Milius
• Satellites discover new Arctic islands - Earth Science - Brief Article
• Dropped the ball? - Letters
• A field of diminutive daisies - This Week - carbon nanotubes - Brief Article
  by J. Gorman
• Backyard Pets: Activities for Exploring Wildlife Close to Home. . - Books: a selection of new and notable books of scientific interest - book review
• Clotting protein hinders nerve repair - Biomedicine - fibrin - Brief Article
• Political Numeracy: Mathematical Perspectives on Our Chaotic Constitution. . - Books: a selection of new and notable books of scientific interest - book review
• Guessing secrets: applying mathematics to the efficient delivery of Internet content
  by Ivars Peterson
• Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax". . - Books: a selection of new and notable books of scientific interest - book review
• Aerial war against disease: satellite tracking of epidemics is soaring - fighting vector-borne disease
  by John Pickrell
• El Nino: Unlocking the Secrets of the Master Weather-Maker. . - Books: a selection of new and notable books of scientific interest - book review