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Articles in Sept 30, 2006, issue of Science News

• Gassy bugs: microbes may produce propane under the sea
  by J. Rehmeyer
• Altering ant uniforms
• Mixed bag: islet-cell transplants offer good and bad news
  by N. Seppa
• Catalyst cleans up
• Mystery of the missing heat: upper ocean has cooled slightly in recent years, despite warming climate
  by S. Perkins
• Meetings
• Scent stalking: parasitic vine grows toward tomato odor
  by S. Milius
• Rivers of America
• Chemical enlightenment: line up for the scientific, psychedelic mystical tour
  by Bruce Bower
• The Family That Couldn't Sleep: A Medical Mystery
• Out of Africa too
  by James Seeser
• Good gone wild: sometimes, ecotourism hurts what it sets out to help
  by Eric Jaffe
• Organic, Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew
• Slime mold forever
  by Paul E. Super
• Muscling up colors for electronic displays
• The Single Helix: A Turn Around the World of Science
• Hot stuff: a usually ultracold, odd state forms when warm
  by P. Weiss
• Insecticide gets help from gut bacteria
• Dinosaur Atlas: An Amazing Journey Through a Lost World
• The bad fight: immune systems harmed 1918 flu patients
  by C. Brownlee
• Mother deer can't ID their fawns by call
• Not a pretty picture
  by Fred Kohler
• Montessori learning aid: alternative school shows impact on poor children
  by B. Bower
• Rice-straw sweaters