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Articles in April 5, 2008, issue of Science News

• High C[O.sub.2]—a gourmet boon for crop pest
  by Susan Milius
• Without substance: ADHD meds don't up kids' drug abuse risk
  by Bruce Bower
• Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator
• Correction
• Caught in the act? Images may reveal planetary birth
  by Ron Cowen
• Microbes weigh in on obesity
  by Rachel Ehrenberg
• Follow the glow
  by Donald Burr
• Night flights: migrating moths may use a nighttime compass
  by Susan Milius
• New drug curbs rheumatoid arthritis in adults, children
  by Nathan Seppa
• Nothing to write home about
  by Sanford Aranoff
• Curbing chemo: fasting cushions drug's side effects in mice
  by Patrick Barry
• Tibetan Plateau history gets a lift
  by Amy Maxmen
• Salty old cellulose: tiny fibers found in ancient halite deposits
  by Sid Perkins
• Squid beaks are hardly soft
  by Davide Castelvecchi
• Traveling toxin: Botox may hitch a ride on nerve cells
  by Rachel Ehrenberg
• Rare mutations tied to schizophrenia
  by Bruce Bower
• What is Life? Investigating the Nature of Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
• Take a breath: fatty substance may play role in cystic fibrosis
  by Nathan Seppa
• The Night Olympic Team: Fighting to Keep Drugs Out of the Games
• Comb jellies take root in a new tree of animal life
  by Amy Maxmen
• The Music of Pythagoras
• Quantum cocoon: diamonds are a physicist's—and perhaps quantum computing's—best friend
  by Davide Castelvecchi
• Molecules that Changed the World
• You, in a dish: cultured human cells could put lab animals out of work for chemical and drug testing
  by Patrick Barry