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Articles in Sept 23, 2006, issue of Science News

• Cause, effect, or neither?
  by Joan Sophie
• UV blocker: lotion yields protective tan in fair-skinned mice
  by N. Seppa
• Solar Revolution: The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry
• Crickets on mute: hush falls as killer fly stalks singers
  by S. Milius
• Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness
• Flying with their legs: hind feathers made primitive bird nimble
  by J. Rehmeyer
• Great Feuds in Mathematics: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever
• Calling death's bluff: implantable defibrillators can save thousands of lives—but which ones?
  by Ben Harder
• Long-sought laser? Standard microchips may gain speedy optical connections
  by P. Weiss
• Martian doings
• Temperamental monsters: massive stars may slim down in eruptive bursts
  by Ron Cowen
• SMART stop
• A thin laser gets thinner
• Start your engines
• Progestin linked to hearing loss in older women
• Exploring the Solar System: A History with 22 Activities
• Evolution's child: fossil puts youthful twist on Lucy's kind
  by B. Bower
• Shingles shot's value is uncertain
• Moo juiced?
  by Jesse Noell
• Graveyard shift: prostate cancer linked to rotating work schedule
  by B. Harder
• Mood disorder cuts work performance
• Neandertal debate goes south
• Hidden meaning
  by Bernard Rice
• Enigmatic eruptions: gamma-ray bursts lack supernova fireworks
  by R. Cowen
• Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design