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Articles in May 25, 2002 issue of Science News

• Science derby: student research and inventions nab awards - This Week - Brief Article
  by S. Perkins
• Digital Biology: How Nature is Transforming Our Technology and Our Lives. . - Books: a selection of new and notable books of scientific interest - book review
• Better mosquito: transgenic versions spread less malaria - This Week - Brief Article
  by S. Milius
• Carbon nanotubes burn when flashed - Chemistry - Brief Article
• Energy examined - Letters
  by Michael Lehner
• Verbal brains: neural word paths take a mature turn - This Week - Brief Article
  by B. Bower
• Body Heat: Temperature and Life on Earth. . - Books: a selection of new and notable books of scientific interest - book review
• Beyond Jell-O: new ideas gel in the lab - This Week - Brief Article
  by J. Gorman
• Freeing up the mouse genome - Genetics - free mapped mouse genome - Brief Article
• Water everywhere - Letters
• Prime effort: powerful conjecture may be proved - This Week - Brief Article
  by I. Peterson
• Tiny tungsten beams lord over light - Physics - tungsten rods acting as shields - Brief Article
• Correction - Correction Notice
• Look Ma, too much soy; hormone in infant food reduces immunity in mice - This Week - Brief Article
  by B. Harder
• High elevation linked to hormone dearth - Biomedicine - study of Peruvian women - Brief Article
• Searching for the tree of Babel: linguistic evolution may shed light on history
  by John Pickrell
• Lost Languages: the Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts. . - Books: a selection of new and notable books of scientific interest - book review
• Surgical option: removal of ovaries can prevent cancers in women at risk - This Week - Brief Article
  by N. Seppa
• Would-be brain boosters need data lift - Behavior - Brief Article
• Weird Nature: an Astonishing Exploration of Nature's Strangest Behavior. . - Books: a selection of new and notable books of scientific interest - book review
• Bugs on Mars: unearthly aircraft may explore the Red Planet—and beyond - flying robots for space exploration
  by Peter Weiss
• Raising the Dead: Organ Transplants, Ethics, and Society. . - Books: a selection of new and notable books of scientific interest - book review
• More evidence for a revved-up universe - Astronomy - Brief Article
• The Riddle of the Compass: the Invention That Changed the World. . - Books: a selection of new and notable books of scientific interest - book review