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Articles in June 14, 2003 issue of Science News

• Fossils plug gap in human origins - African Legacy
  by B. Bower
• Galactic RAVE - Astonomy - Radial Velocity Experiment survey - Brief Article
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees - Book Review
  by David More
• Clear view of globular cluster's crowded core - Sharpening a Heavenly Image - telescope picture of M-13 - Brief Article
  by R. Cowen
• Convenient hydrogen storage? - Materials Science - Brief Article
• Correction - Correction Notice
• If it looks like a sphere…Exploring the newly proposed solution to a famous problem about three-dimensional shapes
  by Erica Klarreich
• Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life - Book Review
• Adjustable lenses from liquid droplets - Fixed Focus
  by P. Weiss
• Lucky shot - Astronomy - picture of Helix nebula taken by Hubble Space Telescope - Brief Article
• Which wave? - Letters - Letter to the Editor
  by Nicholas L. Reuter
• Progesterone product may reduce premature births - Full-Length Pregnancy
  by N. Seppa
• Toddlers ride rail to tool use - Behavior
• A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market - Book Review
• Using hydrogen as fuel may hurt environment - Not So Green?
  by S. Perkins
• A new twist on ropes - Physics - mathematical analysis of the strength of ropes takes into account splices - Brief Article
• In the house - Letters - Letter to the Editor
  by James A. Bradbury
• Oceans aswirl: massive eddies influence Earth's climate, marine ecosystems, even big business
  by Sid Perkins
• Before California: An Archaeologist Looks at Our Earliest Inhabitants - Book Review
• Nanotubes make tough threads - Super Fibers
  by J. Gorman
• Satellites unravel a spot of mystery - Earth Science - proton auroral spots - Brief Article
• A Short History of Nearly Everything - Book Review
• Exotic pets bring pathogens home - Domestic Disease
  by B. Harder
• More fish survive if plankton bloom early - Oceanography - Brief Article
• Old mice live longer when given young ovaries - Lease on Life
  by S. McDonagh
• Tiny device brings out the best in sperm - Technology - Brief Article
• The true test - Letters - Brief Article
  by Makrina D. Savvidou