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Articles in Dec 11, 2004 issue of Science News

• What Good Are Bugs? Insects in the Web of Life
• Cloning milestone: monkey embryos urged to stem cell stage
  by C. Brownlee
• Crimes Against Logic: Exposing the Bogus Arguments of Politicians, Priests, Journalists, and Other Serial Offenders
• Gamma view of a big blast
• Nuclear fallout
  by John A. Cooper
• Up and down make different workouts
• Swift lift: birds may get a rise out of swirling air
  by P. Weiss
• Smog clogs arteries: pollution does lasting harm to blood vessels
  by D. Shiga
• The Fly in the Ointment: 70 Fascinating Commentaries on the Science of Everyday Life
• Sleeve worn on heart fights failure
• Mover Earth
  by Judy Angel
• Stemming incontinence: injected muscle cells restore urinary control
  by B. Harder
• Disks of dust: planet-stuff surrounds other sunlike stars
  by R. Cowen
• Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever
• Explosive tales: a modern look at two old supernovas
  by Ron Cowen
• TB vaccine gets a needed boost
• Shooting the breeze
  by John Toomay
• Recipe for Roman cosmetic revealed
• Correction
• Color collective: polymer self-assembles into light-emitting film
  by A. Goho
• Extreme Weather: a Guide and Record Book
• Remnants of the past: high-tech analyses of ancient textiles yield clues to cultures
  by Diana Parsell
• China's fermented past: pottery yields signs of oldest known wine
  by B. Bower
• Mice smell a mate's immune system