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Articles in April 28, 2007, issue of Science News

• Ash detector: laser device could protect aircraft in flight
  by Sid Perkins
• Putting Einstein to the test
• Children of prehistory: Stone Age kids left their marks on cave art and stone tools
  by Bruce Bower
• Fly Me to the Moon: An Insider's Guide to the New Science of Space Travel
• Flotsam science: you can learn a lot from floating junk
  by Sid Perkins
• Field Guide to Insects of North America
• A hexagon on the ringed planet
• Too Far From Home: A Story of Life and Death in Space
• In the zone: extrasolar planet with the potential for life
  by Ron Cowen
• Killer mice hit seabird chicks
• The Elephant's Secret Sense: The Hidden Life of the Wild Herds of Africa
• Inherited burden? Early menarche in moms tied to obesity in kids
  by Nathan Seppa
• Uncommon cancer gets start in muscle cells
• Meetings
• Headless Males Make Great Lovers: And Other Unusual Natural Histories
• Corrections
• Living fossil: DNA puts rodent in family that's not extinct after all
  by Susan Milius
• Dry winters heat European summers
• Long ago gas
  by John M. Corboy
• Sleep on it: time delay plus slumber equals memory boost
  by Bruce Bower
• Liquid origami
• Fractal fairy tales?
  by Steve Johnson
• Diabetes from depression: older adults face dual risk
  by Brian Vastag
• No heart risk from hormones taken near menopause
• Not planning on it
  by Robert Fizzell
• Pregnancy and pollution: women living in areas with poor air quality have babies with lower birthweights
  by Patrick Barry
• Fermilab could beat CERN to the punch