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Articles in Jan 19, 2008, issue of Science News

• Transport emissions sizable, and rising
  by Sid Perkins
• Getting the red out: drug improves kids' psoriasis symptoms
  by Nathan Seppa
• Night lights may foster cancer
  by Janet Raloff
• Phoenix heart: replacing a heart's cells could ease transplants
  by Patrick Barry
• Retro RAM
  by Davide Castelvecchi
• Judging science: courts may be too skeptical of research done with juries in mind
  by Janet Raloff
• Dusty fireball: can lab-made blob explain ball lightning?
  by Davide Castelvecchi
• Butterfly's clock linked to compass
  by Susan Milius
• The Five-Second Rule and Other Myths About Germs: What Everyone Should Know About Bacteria, Viruses, Mold and Mildew
• A thirst for meat: changes in diet, rising population may strain China's water supply
  by Sid Perkins
• Sleep disruption and glucose processing
  by Nathan Seppa
• The Normal Personality: A New Way of Thinking About People
• Second time around: some old stars may make new planets
  by Ron Cowen
• Switchgrass may yield biofuel bounty
  by Patrick Barry
• A Force of Nature: The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford
• When mice fly: bat DNA leads to longer limbs in mouse embryos
  by Ewen Callaway
• HIV variant might help vaccine search
  by Nathan Seppa
• Benjamin Franklin's Numbers: An Unsung Mathematical Odyssey
• Infectious voyagers: DNA suggests Columbus took syphilis to Europe
  by Bruce Bower
• Bird's-eye view of Antarctic ice loss
  by Sid Perkins
• Living Systems: Innovative Materials and Technologies for Landscape Architecture
• X-raying a galactic jet set
  by Ron Cowen
• Evening the score
  by Merlijn Van Veen
• Blind bet: despite uncertain odds, many horse owners gamble on stem cell therapy
  by Laura Beil
• Polar musings
  by Bob Nickelson