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Articles in Sept 16, 2006, issue of Science News

• Scripted stone: ancient block may bear Americas' oldest writing
  by B. Bower
• Forewarning of preeclampsia
  by Nathan Seppa
• Women: where are your patents?
  by Janet Raloff
• Family tree: an arboreal genome is sequenced
  by C. Brownlee
• Linear Algebra Demystified
• Compounds pass the smell test
  by Aimee Cunningham
• Grounded epidemic: reduced air travel after 9/11 slowed flu spread
  by B. Harder
• The Harvard Medical School Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure
• Undergrad science and engineering are broadly useful
  by Janet Raloff
• Oversize orb: puffy planet poses puzzle
  by R. Cowen
• Hot topic
  by Paul Bade
• Cyber attack depletes cell phone batteries
  by Peter Weiss
• Sexually deceptive chemistry: beetle larvae fake the scent of female bees
  by S. Milius
• Short shrift to sea sheer
  by David Campbell
• Link between El Ninos and droughts in India
  by Sid Perkins
• Solid surprise: high-pressure oxygen takes unpredicted form
  by S. Perkins
• A penetrating look
  by Hal Heaton
• The Sun
• Pick your antipoison: researchers work to make antivenom safer, cheaper, and more effective
  by Christen Brownlee
• Stupid-human tricks
  by Emily Johnston
• Squirrels: The Animal Answer Guide
• Battle of the hermaphrodites: sexes clash even when sharing the same body
  by Susan Milius
• Magma heats up as it crystallizes
  by Sid Perkins
• Keywords And Concepts In Evolutionary Development Biology
• Weapon against MS: transplant drug limits nerve damage
  by N. Seppa
• Better protection
  by Ron Cowen