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Articles in August 16, 2008 issue of Science News

• In communicating science, Europe envies the U.S
  by Deborah Blum
• The Future of the Internet—And How to Stop It
• The Encyclopedia of Earth: A Complete Visual Guide
• Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910
• Reframing Scopes: Journalists, Scientists, and Lost Photographs from the Trial of the Century
  by Amy Maxmen
• The Universe in a Mirror: The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It
  by Ashley Yeager
• Breaking the link
  by Diana Gainer
• Starry details
  by John Myers
• Welcome to the quantum internet: quantum encryption is here, but the laws of physics can do much more than protect privacy
  by Davide Castelvecchi
• Built for speed: animals would prove fierce competitors at the Olympics—if only they would stay in their lanes
  by Susan Milius
• Death to dodder
  by Rachel Ehrenberg
• Toddler worldview shifts at age 2: study looks at leap in object recognition and thinking
  by Bruce Bower
• Fangs sprang from one source: embryos disclose history of snake venom delivery
  by Amy Maxmen
• Bumblebees deliver disease: hitchhiking pathogens threaten wild populations
  by Susan Milius
• Statin snag
  by Nathan Seppa
• Viagra for women
  by Nathan Seppa
• Asthma oddity
  by Nathan Seppa
• Spotting the smallest atoms
  by Davide Castelvecchi
• Go against the grains, diet study suggests: low-carb beats low-fat in weight loss, cholesterol
  by Nathan Seppa
• Back story: magnetism, then and now
• Fatal attraction: nanomagnets tackle disease: technique uses heat to kill cancerous cells
  by Janet Raloff
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• Science & the public
• Science stats
• Science future
• Science past: 50 years ago: from Science News letter, August 16, 1958
• Scientific observations
• Primeval Kinship: How Pair-Bonding Gave Birth to Human Society
• One Minute Mysteries: 65 Short Mysteries You Solve With Science!
• Planning for hazards
  by John Knight
• Neuron killers: misfolded, clumping proteins evade conviction, but they remain prime suspects in neurodegenerative diseases
  by Tina Hesman Saey
• No counting necessary: people track quantities even when distracted
  by Bruce Bower
• Molecule makes magnetic sense: cryptochrome could help explain animal orientation
  by Ashley Yeager
• Protein links metabolism to clock: work could lead to drugs for obesity, aging and jet lag
  by Tina Hesman Saey
• Quantum effects make [H.sub.2]O weird: bond lengths are different in heavy, light water molecules
  by Davide Castelvecchi
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• It's a heavy burden to report on heavy water
  by Tom Siegried
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