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Articles in March 1, 2003 issue of Science News

• A safe solution: disinfection at home could provide Africa with cheap and abundant potable water
  by Ben Harder
• The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science. - Scott L. Montgomery - book review
• Fossil finds enter row over humanity's roots - Pieces of a Disputed Past - Homo habilis upper jaw, eastern Africa; Homo erectus cranium, Java
  by B. Bower
• A safer antioxidant? - Biochemistry - Kiyoshi Fukuhara of the National Institute of Health Sciences - Brief Article
• The Monkey in the Mirror: Essays on the Science of What Makes Us Human. - Ian Tattersall - book review
• Jonathan Eberhart 1942-2003 - science writer - Brief Article - Obituary
• Technique may yield vocal cord stand-in - Materials Science - Brief Article
• Blood cells form liver, nerve cells - Stem Cell Surprise - adult stem cells, possible new source
  by J. Travis
• Worms may spin silk fit for skin - Technology - Brief Article
• The Memory Cure: How to Protect Your Brain Against Memory Loss and Alzheimer's Disease. - Majid Fotuhi - book review
• Can an ant takeover change the rules? - After Invasions - California invasion of Argentine ants disassembles a community
  by S. Milius
• Good taste in men linked to colon risks - Biology - Yale University researcher Linda Bartoshuk - Brief Article
• Mature before their time: in the youthful universe, some galaxies were already old
  by Ron Cowen
• The Founding Fish. - John Mcphee - book review
• Fish hormones change when oxygen is scarce - Sexual Hang-Up - impaired reproduction
  by K. Morgan
• Ceramic rebounds from stressful situations - Materials Science - Michel W. Barsoum of Drexel University - Brief Article
• Phobias: Fighting the Fear. - Helen Saul - book review
• Likely source of old dioxins identified - Ancient Taint - smoke, ash from burning peat, chlorine from oceanic salt spray permeated peat
  by S. Perkins
• HIV in breast milk can be drug resistant - Virology - Esther Lee of Stanford University - Brief Article
• Materials repel water with simplicity, style - Waterproof Coats - new coatings, Japan, Turkey research
  by J. Gorman
• Dolly, first cloned mammal, is dead - Biology - Brief Article
• Prometheans in the Lab: Chemistry in the Making. - Sharon Bertsch Mcgrayne - book review
• AIDS vaccine falters in whites, may help blacks - Mixed Results - VaxGen Inc., AIDSVAX vaccine may protect some African Americans
  by N. Seppa
• Designer RNA stalls hepatitis in mice - Microbiology - Judy Lieberman of Harvard Medical School - Brief Article
• Jonathan Eberhart: scientist as journalist - In Memoriam - Obituary