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Articles in July 19, 2003 issue of Science News

• Armed with a new gene, spuds fend off blight - Stout Potatoes
  by S. McDonagh
• Lucy's kind takes humanlike turn - Anthropology - Australopithiecus afarensis research - Brief Article
• The Secrets of Wildflowers: A Delightful Feast of Little-Known Facts, Folklore, and History - Book Review
• Cadmium mimics estrogen's effects, thwarts DNA repair - Metal's Mayhem
  by N. Seppa
• Abel's Proof: An Essay on the Sources and Meaning of Mathematical Unsolvability - Book Review
• Learning from the present: fresh bones could provide insight into Earth's patchy fossil record
  by Sid Perkins
• The Primal Teen: What the New Discoveries About the Teenage Brain Tell Us About Our Kids - Book Review
• Polymers on silicon chip catch, release proteins - Tiny Labs
  by J. Gorman
• Counting calories on the road - Technology - Brief Article
• Absent dads linked to early sex by daughters - Where's Poppa?
  by B. Bower
• An inexpensive catalyst generates hydrogen - Chemistry - Brief Article
• Science news for kids - Editor's Letter - Brief Article - Editorial
  by Julie Ann Miller
• Birds sing higher near urban traffic - City Song
  by S. Milius
• Revved-up antics of a pulsar jet - Astronomy - particles from Vela, a collapsed star - Brief Article
• Supernova spectacular: starburst galaxies shed light on the early universe
  by Ron Cowen
• The Path: A One-Mile Walk through the Universe - Book Review
• Amino acid proves key to plant reproduction - Down the Tubes
  by J. Travis
• Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human - Book Review
• Cancers follow shrinkage of chromosomes' tips - Split Ends
  by B. Harder
• Viral protein could help liver therapy - Biomedicine - Brief Article
• Atmosphere blocks many small stony asteroids - Protective Blanket
  by S. Perkins
• Gas sensor uses nanotube parts - Materials Science - Brief Article