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Articles in Oct 18, 2002 issue of Science World

• Name that element! It's the ninth most abundant element in Earth's crust. It's as strong as steel but half as heavy, and you might find it in your braces, bike, even candy! What is it? To find out, grab a periodic table and follow these eight clues. Then
  by Lea Winerman
• Meet your incredible brain: check out command central for everything you do
  by Kathy Kukula
• Too cool for teeth?
• Exploring ecoregions: if Earth were a giant jigsaw puzzle, one way to see its pieces could be as countries. But scientists also see the pieces as different ecological areas, or ecoregions
• Crop circles: real or hoax?
  by Victoria Marcinkowski
• Blown away
• Gross out?
  by Mona Chiang
• Smoking gun: cigarettes are addictive and deadly. So why are teens still smoking?
  by John DiConsiglio
• Anthrax update: germ-on-germ warfare
  by Kim Y. Masibay
• The furious storm: one wild hurricane could drown a major American City. Can scientist prevent the disaster in time?
  by Larry O'Hanlon
• Heads up real news about drugs and your body
• What's a healthy weight?
• Freeze frame
  by Nicole Dyer
• Quiz
• Explain this!
• The lows of getting high: one teen's journey from street corner to jail to recovery
  by Cate Baily
• Fighting fat: America's new health war
  by Nicole Dyer
• Tease your brain
• Activities & resources