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Articles in Nov 18, 2006, issue of Science News

• Unstoppable bot: armed with self-scrutiny, a mangled robot moves on
  by Peter Weiss
• Black hole survey
• Sunny side heads up
  by Gregory Kusnick
• More evidence of protection: circumcision reduces STD risk in men
  by Nathan Seppa
• Asian amber yields oldest known bee
• Economic depression
  by Skip Simonds
• Cleanup speedup: device improves oil-spill recovery
  by Aimee Cunningham
• Nearest extrasolar planet
• You call that tourism?
  by Ron Levalley
• Chicken speak: birds pass test for fancy communication
  by Susan Milius
• Revving up recall while fast asleep
• Good trip, bad trip
  by Doreen E. McMahon
• Derailing a disease: stem cells slow dogs' muscular dystrophy
  by Christen Brownlee
• Hey, that's me!
• Dashing rogues: freak ocean waves pose threat to ships, deep-sea oil platforms
  by Sid Perkins
• AA Field Guide to Mammals of North America: 4th ed
• Evolution's mystery woman: disagreements rage about tiny ancient islanders
  by Bruce Bower
• Descartes: The Life and Times of a Genius
• The African source of the Amazon's fertilizer
• Saturn: A New View
• Ancient gene yield: new methods retrieve Neandertals' DNA
  by Bruce Bower
• Were Viking landers blind to life?
• The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell
• Dark fingerprints: hubble sheds light on cosmic expansion
  by Ron Cowen
• Farm salmon spread deadly lice
• Out of the Shadows: Contributions of Twentieth-Century Women to Physics