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Articles in April 14, 2007, issue of Science News

• Heated comments
  by Jim Cudahy
• New agent to spy clogged arteries
• Gene dispensers
• Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers
• Primate's progress: macaque genome is usefully different
  by S. Milius
• The Strage Case of the Broad Street Pump: John Snow and the Mystery of Cholera
• Correction
• Bug versus bug: insect virus makes a viable flu vaccine
  by B. Vastag
• The Lie Detectors: History of an American Obsession
• Quantum capture: photosynthesis tries many paths at once
  by D. Castelvecchi
• Ancient extract: T. rex fossil yields recognizable protein
  by S. Perkins
• Flowering Plant Families of the World
• Agents of metastasis: four proteins conspire in breast cancer spread
  by N. Seppa
• Female stem cells flourish: sex difference could affect therapies
  by P. Barry
• Animal Architects: Building and the Evolution of Intelligence
• Disinherited ancestor: Lucy's kind may occupy evolutionary side branch
  by B. Bower
• Taken for a spin: scientists look to spiders for the goods on silk
  by Aimee Cunningham
• Augmenting the good cholesterol
• Faster, cheaper, better: easier genetic sequencing could make personalized medicine a reality
  by Christen Brownlee
• Rats take fast route to remembering
• Cavernous findings from Mars
• Even outdoors, generators pose risks
• Enzymes release caged chemicals
• Color-tunable sunglasses