Science News

View more issues:

Articles in April 7, 2007, issue of Science News

• Rare flower needs prickly neighbors
  by Susan Milius
• A gasping heart: cardiac quirk may worsen sleep apnea, invite altitude sickness
  by Ben Harder
• Wave's-eye view of a hurricane
  by Sid Perkins
• With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change
• Kill-save gene combo might fight malaria
  by Susan Milius
• Asian trek: fossil puts ancient humans in Far East
  by B. Bower
• Number: The Language of Science
• Freeze-thaw cycles: how not to mix soil
  by Sid Perkins
• That's a wrap: polymer coatings fortify pancreas cells
  by A. Cunningham
• The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World
• New solutions for unused drugs
  by Janet Raloff
• Mushroom boom: hobby records show climate-change boost
  by S. Milius
• Wild Borneo: The Wildlife and Scenery of Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, and Kalimantan
• On the move
  by Aimee Cunningham
• Not-so-artful dodgers: countering drug tests with niacin proves dangerous
  by N. Seppa
• Winter wonders
  by J. Striegel
• Patches take sting out of canker sores
  by Nathan Seppa
• Formula for panic: crowd-motion findings may prevent stampedes
  by D. Castelvecchi
• The thought that counts
  by Wayne Harris-Wyrick
• Meningitis vaccine stops ear infections
  by Nathan Seppa
• Drug-resistant flu detected: Japanese strains appear transmissible
  by B. Vastag
• No escape: there's global warming on Mars too
  by S. Perkins
• Pictures posing questions: the next steps in photography could blur reality
  by Patrick L. Barry