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Articles in Oct 20, 2007, issue of Science News

• Bad acid: ocean's pH drop threatens snail defense
  by S. Milius
• Feet of clay, but superstrong
  by D. Castelvecchi
• Road worries
  by Don Buelke
• Portrait of a Martian crater
  by R. Cowen
• Bacteria thrive by freeloading
  by P. Barry
• Looking for biomarkers: protein signature may warn of impending Alzheimer's disease
  by N. Seppa
• Emotional memory
  by P. Barry
• Stem cells from virgin eggs: nonviable embryos could answer ethical concerns
  by Patrick Barry
• Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things
• Not just hitchhikers: human pathogens make homes on plants
  by Susan Milius
• Inside the Body: Fantastic Images From Beneath the Skin
• Better than pap: blood test detects cervical cancer
  by S. Williams
• Same pathogens people and plants: some bacteria can cross the line
  by Susan Milius
• The Best American Science and Nature Writing
• Going coastal sea cave yields ancient signs of modern behavior
  by B. Bower
• Platinumfree fuel cell
  by D. Castelvecchi
• Vital Signs 2007-2008
• Beware the starlings: common birds can carry avian influenza
  by B. Vastag
• Titan: land of lakes—and drizzle
  by R. Cowen
• The Jesuit and the Skull: Teilhard de Chardin, Evolution, and the Search for Peking Man
• Regulating muscle decline: small molecules linked to degenerative diseases
  by P. Barry
• Motion of two nearby galaxies clouds the picture
  by R. Cowen
• Well, read
  by Ivan Mann
• Axion gone: new tests find no sign of anomalous particle
  by D. Castelvecchi
• CD players could serve as cheap lab tools
• How it happened stance
  by John E. Morris