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Articles in May 24, 2008, issue of Science News

• Mental fluidity: training improves scores on problem-solving tests
  by Bruce Bower
• Archimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them
• Good medicine
  by Rachel Leibman
• Keep your eye on the mouse
  by Tom Siegfried
• Treat 'em
  by Nathan Seppa
• Winter Trees
• Ah-ha-ha-ha
  by Ethan B. Gallogly
• Blind might one day see, suggest new studies in humans and mice: genetic tricks offer a light at the end of the tunnel
  by Tina Hesman Saey
• Searching for habitability on Red Planet: Phoenix will dredge the Martian landscape with its robotic arm and onboard instruments
  by Ron Cowen
• Scientific observations
  by James Hansen
• Fat cells gain weight
  by Tina Hesman Saey
• Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin
• Universal recipe
  by M. David Wolf
• DNA change no good for diabetics: increased protein production stimulates blood vessel growth and may lead to blindness and kidney failure
  by Tina Hesman Saey
• Science past: 50 years ago: from Science News Letter, May 24, 1958
• Targeting Alzheimer's
  by Nathan Seppa
• Manipulative Monkeys: The Capuchins of Lomas Barbudal
• Supermassive black hole says sayonara to its galaxy: evidence supports simulations suggesting that gravitational recoil can trigger ejection
  by Ron Cowen
• Science future
• New species could fill big shoes once worn by island's dispersers: experiments suggest 'rewilding' for plant survival
  by Sid Perkins
• Newton: Ackroyd's Brief Lives
• Flooring the cosmic accelerator: new measure of dark energy suggests 'Big Rip' for universe
  by Ron Cowen
• Science & the public
• Screaming bats make big noise: high-frequency sounds louder than fire alarms
  by Susan Milius
• Curiosity and Enlightenment: Collectors and Collections from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century
  by Amy Maxmen
• Down with the transistor: new 'memristor' could radically transform computer chips
  by Davide Castelvecchi
• Science news for kids
• For food's ecological impact, meat means more than miles: 'buying local' has small effect on greenhouse gases
  by Rachel Ehrenberg
• Plants and rheumatism
  by Roger W. Otto
• Epic genetics: genes' chemical clothes may underlie the biology behind mental illness
  by Tina Hesman Saey
• Digital edition
• Warming trend bad for insects: hotter weather threatens cold-blooded creatures too
  by Rachel Ehrenberg
• A pervasive hidden influence
  by Julie Nelson-Thiele
• Scientists get a 2nd life: online world opens up new ways to do and learn about science
  by Terra Questi
• Sights & sounds
• Science stats: the lowdown on space junk
• The shape of Beethoven's Ninth: math, music and multidimensional geometry intersect
  by Davide Castelvecchi
• Keep reverence in its place
  by Brian Voyce
• Science in the city: first-ever festival explores the science in culture, arts and life
  by Rachel Ehrenberg
• Stay connected
• Jaw breaker: extinct hominid chewed softly, carried big teeth
  by Bruce Bower
• Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life
  by Elizabeth Quill
• Comments on the new Science News
  by Steve Wellborn
• John Wheeler : quantum theory poses reality's deepest mystery
  by Tom Siegfried