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Articles in August 2, 2003 issue of Science News

• New thymus tissue jump-starts immune system in babies - Transplant Hope
  by N. Seppa
• Maybe what Polly wants is a new toy - Parrots - Brief Article
• Modern treatment plants strip hormone from sewage - Extracting Estrogens
  by B. Harder
• Antiglare eye black is better than tape - Health Physics - Brief Article
• The Water Garden Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Guide to Designing, Constructing, Planting, and Maintaining Garden Ponds and Water Features - Book Review
• Zinc links may inspire new materials - Worm's Jaws Show Mettle
  by J. Gorman
• Some female birds prefer losers - Quails - Japanese quail - Brief Article
• Nonstick Sticklers? - Letters - Letter to the Editor
• Strengthening the case for dark energy - Repulsive Astronomy
  by R. Cowen
• Old worms, new aging genes: biologists look into DNA for the secrets of long life
  by John Travis
• Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics - Book Review
• Getting a speed boost from DNA - Turbo Gene - muscle physiology
  by S. McDonagh
• Why do two-sex geckos triumph? - Lizards - Brief Article
• Corrections - Correction Notice
• Prehistoric Art: The Symbolic Journey of Humankind - Book Review
• Enzyme counters Alzheimer's-like snarls - Untangling the Brain
  by J. Travis
• The secret appetite of cleaner wrasses - Fish - Brief Article
• Vocal on herbals - Letters - Letter to the Editor
• Taking turbulence models to a new level - Fast Findings on Fluid Frenzy
  by P. Weiss
• Anthrax toxin curbs immune cells - Biomedicine - Brief Article
• What? What? What? Astounding Weird Wonderful and Just Plain Unbelievable Facts - Book Review
• Air sickness: how microscopic dust particles cause subtle but serious harm - air pollution
  by Janet Raloff
• The Empty Ocean - Book Review
• Love the one you're with - Letters - Letter to the Editor
  by Laurie Winogrand
• The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey - Book Review