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Articles in May 19, 2007, issue of Science News

• Therapeutic sorghum?
• Tiny pool protects flower buds
• Galileo's Gout: Science in an Age of Endarkenment
• X-ray kin: radiation risk is hereditary
  by B. Vastag
• Broadband vision
• Slimming on oolong
• Merry go round
  by R.G. Paul
• Biological hot spots: ocean eddies may not always lock away carbon
  by S. Perkins
• Embryos, please
• Captcha gotcha
  by John Haselsberger
• Low life: cold, polar ocean looks surprisingly rich
  by S. Milius
• Emissions tied to global warming are on the rise
• Plant with caution
  by Carson Barnes
• Water world: extrasolar planet is loaded with hot ice
  by R. Cowen
• Alzheimer's clues from thin brains
• Fly moves: insects buzz about in organized abandon
  by B. Bower
• Face it: termites are roaches
• Another layer of complexity: short lengths of RNA could provide new form of genetic control
  by P. Barry
• Sippewissett, Or, Life on a Salt Marsh
• Cleaning treasures: safer solvents for restoring frescoes
  by D. Castelvecchi
• Einstein: His Life and Universe
• Spinning into control: high-tech reincarnations of an ancient way of storing energy
  by Davide Castelvecchi
• The Songs of Insects
• Our microbes, ourselves: how bacterial communities in the body influence human health
  by Alexandra Goho
• The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South Pacificv