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Articles in Nov 4, 2006, issue of Science News

• Pain follows cycle
• A Year in the Life of the Universe: A Seasonal Guide to Viewing the Cosmos
• L'Chaim: wine compound lengthens mouse lives
  by C. Brownlee
• Mom's caffeine harms pups' brain cells
• Flow west, young river: ancient Amazon ran opposite today's route
  by S. Perkins
• Worthless waters: by midcentury, seas' value may be drained
  by B. Harder
• The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design
• Rejuvenating observatory: green light given for space telescope repairs
  by R. Cowen
• A swarm of umbrellas vs. global warming: astronomer thinks small to save Earth
  by R. Cowen
• A Beautiful Math: John Nash, Game Theory, and the Modern Quest for a Code of Nature
• Abated breath: serotonin problems may contribute to SIDS
  by J. Rehmeyer
• Helping hands: brief rehab method aids arm activity after stroke
  by B. Bower
• Passionate Minds
• First teleportation between light and matter
• Dribble quibble: experiments find that new basketball gets slick
  by P. Weiss
• Skin: A Natural History
• Unnatural success
• The cancer of Dorian Gray: is growing old an inescapable cost of averting malignancy?
  by Ben Harder
• Twisted logic?
  by Mike Crawford
• Ballot roulette: computer scientists and mathematicians look for better ways to vote
  by Peter Weiss
• Jovian storm grows stormier
• Dark secrets
  by Shawn Simpson
• Galactic spider
• Insulin can protect diabetic brains
• Shakespeare on the clock
  by Anthony Guneratne
• Nicotine during rat youth primes brain for harder drugs
• Dust bust
  by Eric Adams