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Articles in Dec 18, 2004 issue of Science News

• Science news challenge
• An electron runs through it: surprising rivulets and ripples complicate the microchip picture
  by Peter Weiss
• Birth dilemma: doctors weigh pros and cons of cesareans
  by N. Seppa
• Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World
• Trade Center cough is diagnosed
• Mussel glue inspires coating for medical implants
• Magnetic bit boost: quantum rewiring for computer memories
  by P. Weiss
• A light wrap?
• Our sun, the healer
  by Wendy Wade
• Immigration blues: born in the USA: mental-health deficit
  by B. Bower
• John James Audubon: the Making of an American
• The birds are falling: avian losses could hit ecosystems hard
  by B. Harder
• Song fights: when male birds go tune to tune
  by Susan Milius
• Think fast
  by Del Dietrich
• Buckyballs store 1s and 0s in new memory device
• Kibble for thought: dog diversity prompts new evolution theory
  by C. Brownlee
• In Other Words: a Language Lover's Guide to the Most Intriguing Words around the World
• Ancient heights: leaf fossils track elevation changes
  by D. Shiga
• Colon scans reveal heart risk
• Ending the year right
  by R.N. Molina
• Sit, stay, speak: a dog gets a rare chance to talk about what's on, and in, his mind
  by Bruce Bower
• Bonelike polymer supports stem cells
• People, not robots: panel favors shuttle mission to Hubble
  by C. Cowen
• Schrodinger's Rabbits: the Many Worlds of the Quantum
• Growing where they haven't grown before
• Glass materials let Venetian art shine
• 2004 Ad
  by Julie Ann Miller