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Articles in August 9, 2003 issue of Science News

• Emergency gardening: labs step in to help conserve the rarest plants on earth - csy
  by Susan Milius
• Are Universes Thicker Than Blackberries? Discourses on Godel, Magic Hexagrams, Little Red Riding Hood, and Other Mathematical and Pseudoscience Topics - Book Review
• Men's DNA supports recent settlement of the Americas - New World Newcomers - genetic differences between Central Asian, Native American men
  by B. Harder
• For European lakes, how clean is clean enough? - Science And Society
• Aswirl where? - Letters - led
  by Roy P. Finney
• Scientists uncover basis of material oddball - Electric Foam - piezoelectric materials
  by P. Weiss
• Alpha and Omega: the Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe - Book Review
• Fossil DNA analysis yields surprise - Three Species No Moa? - wingless birds
  by S. Perkins
• Clot buster attached to red blood cells avoids complications - Biomedicine - Brief Article
• Gripping question - Letters - led
  by David D. Jones
• Layered approach: a simple technique for making thin coatings is poised to shift from curiosity to commodity - layer-by-layer assembly
  by Jessica Gorman
• Galileo's Mistake: a New Look at the Epic Confrontation between Galileo and the Church - Book Review
• Horse and mule clones cross the finish line - Winning Bet
  by J. Travis
• Chemical rings act as a minirotor - Chemistry - Brief Article
• Beyond ballistic - Letters - led
• Marking original documents with a lick of gloss - Shining True - anti-forgery technology Glossmark from Xerox
  by S. McDonagh
• Large lake floods scoured New Zealand - Earth Science - Brief Article
• Ocean predators have diversity hot spots - Shark Serengeti
  by S. Milius
• A human migration fueled by dung? - Paleoecology - Brief Article
• Gluing building blocks with geometry - Physics
• The Truth About Chronic Pain: Patients and Professionals on How to Face It, Understand It, Overcome It - Book Review
• Ebola vaccine works fast in monkey test - Virus Shield
  by N. Seppa
• Naps with stages spark learning - Behavior
• Weeds in My Garden: Observations on Some Misunderstood Plants - Book Review